„…There is this special day, which they call "Very Special
Day" where a man who is hired by the community comes to the camp and sleeps with the little girls. Imagine the trauma that these young
girls go through every day. Most girls end up pregnant. They even contract HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases. (…) On the other side, there is this girl. She's
amazing. (Laughter) (Applause) I
call her amazing because she is. She's very fabulous. That
girl is me. (Laughter) When I was 13 years old, I was
told, you are grown up, you have now reached of age, you're
supposed to go to the initiation camp. I was
like, "What? I'm not going to go to the initiation camps…“
Girls in
Malawi and other African countries have to cope with a lot of problems. Memory
Banda is a leading warrior for Girls´ Right and has given an inspirational
speech at TED conference that gives you a good picture of the everyday
situation of girls in Malawi:
No means No – campaign
Good luck,
that we meet Glory from the campaign „No means no worldwide“! The campaign
fights for girls´ rights in Africa and is supported by unicef. „No means No“ is
a campaign by the organization Ujamaa Pamodzi Africa and started in Kenya.
Link to the
website of the campaign: http://nomeansnoworldwide.org/
I asked
Glory in private, if they could also come to our school, even if we were not
governmental. And they came!
We gathered all girls from Standard 4 up to
Standard 8 in the school hall. The girls from No means No teached them first in
theory about Girls´ Rights, Sexual Assault – later the girls got practical
lessons in self-defence: real boxing and shouting and fighting! We all had fun
and learned a lot!
I am shure
if you contact them, they will help you out with materials or maybe come to
your school.
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen