Women & Girls Have Certain Rights To Appreciate In America; "We take them for granted daily..."

                                

To come across this update about a 6 year old and her father's debt being paid; no true justice happened. As expressed through out the article, she will eventually be put back into this situation later on in her young life. With poverty and a large family, this will buy her only a short amount of time until the next opportunity for a neighbor to help provide the family in exchange for her hand in marriage. What was truly accomplished in this kind gesture? Nothing. Eventually, the spotlight will be off her situation and sadly so many others. Tradition & culture will continue to play as fate for their lives and no change can happen without courage & action.


Original report updated by New York Times writer ALISSA J. RUBIN 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/asia/donor-pays-afghan-familys-debt-but-questions-remain.html


With many here trying to bring awareness to the states, here below is a must see short documentary.

 Over an eight-year period, photographer Stephanie Sinclair has investigated the phenomenon of child marriage in India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia. Her multimedia presentation, produced in association with National Geographic, synthesizes this body of work into a call to action.

Stephanie Sinclair's images are featured in a story on child marriage in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. With the haunting voices of these young brides, we can no longer just say how sad and forget. Education is a threat and civil rights for women & children is a crime punishable by death for many.

As an American woman, I must admit this freedom I have not truly appreciated until now. We cry out loud of injustice and our freedom being taken away daily. There are many injustices in this nation, child abuse, human trafficking, poverty etc. At least in America, these crimes are more likely to find some justice then be ignored completely and victims becoming the accused & punished. 

 After seeing this, you might also reconsider how much we are deprived from and how our right for education should not be wasted! No excuses what so ever on how hard it is to live as a woman/girl in America, when so many others in these nations would do anything for your opportunity and civil rights.

                                                                                              ~N. Moore~

For further information or what you can do to help & bring more awareness to this important cause, click on the link below. Thank you.

http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/child-marriage-brides-too-young-to-wed-afghanistan-ethiopia-india-yemen