where are the global girl activists? don't ask (not today, anyway)

[niyad]

Where Are the Global Girl Activists? Don’t Ask


Where are the young women in the fight for global women’s rights?

Don’t ask me this stupid question today. Most days I could calmly and politely explain to you where and how young women are doing this work. How it looks different than it did before, that the keywords are different and much of the work is being done online as well as offline. But calm and polite is not something I can muster today. Because today the answer is this:
The young women in the fight for global women’s rights are being shot in the head in Pakistan for fighting for girls’ right to education.

Malala Yousafzai is 14 years old. When she was 11, the private girls school owned by her father was forced to close, along with all other schools for girls in Swat, Pakistan, at the order of the Taliban.
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This morning the Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting Malala in the head and neck on a school bus as she returned home from school. When the gunman boarded the bus and asked which girl was her, the other students tried to protect her. He shot two other girls for their defiance. The Taliban official said Malala’s assassination had been in the works for over a year.

This morning, Malala is fighting for her life in a hospital in Pakistan because she spoke out when she saw an injustice. This morning, of all mornings, during the week of the International Day of the Girl. And this morning, people will still be asking where girls are in the fight for global women’s rights.
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http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/10/09/where-are-the-global-girl-activists-dont-ask/

[niyad]

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[bigtree]

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[LiberalAndProud]

3. Do not go gentle into that good night.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. I'd like to take the MRA idiots and beat them with this.

Fat prejudice gets more attention than stone cold murderous misogyny.

[niyad]

5. sadly, you are correct

[BlancheSplanchnik]

8. yes, sad indeed

that this thread and all threads like it can be relied upon to sink like a lead Elizabeth Cady Stanton statue.

[Starry Messenger]

6. k&r

[LiberalAndProud]

7. Kick for Malala.

110 views isn't enough. Awareness will foster action, and we need action.

[niyad]

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