On one occasion in Khost, Afghanistan, several years ago, I sat on the floor sipping tea with brave-faced older women and widows who spoke passionately about the necessity of women teachers and students.
"Until we say that without hesitation, in every language, every article and every UN report, we’ll keep calling a crime a custom and keep failing the girls who should be playing barefoot in the summer sunshine."
Thank you for writing this. I think about girls like these, amongst other children whose innocence has been taken from them, almost every day. My heart breaks for all the children of the world—including these precious girls.
"Until we say that without hesitation, in every language, every article and every UN report, we’ll keep calling a crime a custom and keep failing the girls who should be playing barefoot in the summer sunshine."
Love, love, LOVE this summary sentence.
Thank you for writing this. I think about girls like these, amongst other children whose innocence has been taken from them, almost every day. My heart breaks for all the children of the world—including these precious girls.
Aligning these benchmarks in various societies around the world requires close interaction and consciousness implementation.
The key to the major resolution is ofcourse 'education of the girl child' which has yet not made its channel through effectively.