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So Now that school has started (or will be) for all my younger sisters in the village- I want to remind you that in this country- we are blessed to have free education- and some of us pay for private education. The following poem is from India- where many many girls are denied education- and they are- through arranged marriages sold to their new in laws and treated like slaves- not allowed to go to school- raped and abused, without identity. Count your blessings- and remember we have sisters who would kill for the opportunity to learn. Education is a privilege.. keeping women empowered.- Marianne Goldweber Because I Am a Girl, I Must Study - By Kamla Bhasin- India A father asks his daughter: Study? Why should you study? I have sons aplenty who can study. Girl, why should you study? The daughter tells her father: Since you ask, here’s why I must study. Because I am a girl, I must study. Long denied this right, I must study For my dreams to take flight, I must study Knowledge brings new light, so I must study For the battles I must fight, I must study Because I am a girl, I must study. To avoid destitution, I must study To win independence, I must study To fight frustration, I must study To find inspiration, I must study Because I am a girl, I must study. To fight men’s violence, I must study To end my silence, I must study To challenge patriarchy I must study To demolish all hierarchy, I must study. Because I am a girl, I must study. To mould a faith I can trust, I must study To make laws that are just, I must study To sweep centuries of dust, I must study To challenge what I must, I must study Because I am a girl, I must study. To know right from wrong, I must study. To find a voice that is strong, I must study To write feminist songs I must study To make a world where girls belong, I must study. Because I am a girl, I must study. —Kamla Bhasin Find out more about her women’s empowerment organization, Sangat. sangatsouthasia.org/index.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:49:30 +0000

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