10 Reasons to Educate Girls in a Developing World - TBD2024-03-28T15:37:00Zhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topics/10-reasons-to-educate-girls-in-1?commentId=1991841%3AComment%3A348602&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes, it is beautiful, Aiya. A…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-09-07:1991841:Comment:3486022009-09-07T22:57:10.833ZChez moihttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Chezmoi
Yes, it is beautiful, Aiya. And the ten reasons are very important points.
Yes, it is beautiful, Aiya. And the ten reasons are very important points. Thank you for sharing this.tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-09-07:1991841:Comment:3485922009-09-07T22:53:50.622Zkainsworthhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/kainsworth
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing this. Yes, I wrote this when it hap…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-08:1991841:Comment:616722009-07-08T15:51:52.015ZLorihttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/LoriVB
Yes, I wrote this when it happened in November 08.<br />
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/index.html">http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/index.html</a>
Yes, I wrote this when it happened in November 08.<br />
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/index.html">http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/index.html</a> For the girls in Afghanistan…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-08:1991841:Comment:615122009-07-08T14:55:04.711ZLorihttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/LoriVB
<b>For the girls in Afghanistan</b><br />
<br />
I packed up my books and went to school today<br />
To fill my head with subjects<br />
Forbidden by a Taliban man I don't know,<br />
But history tells me of whom I should be afraid.<br />
He wants to keep me in a place<br />
Of servitude, of complacency,<br />
And a burqa I must wear.<br />
He wants me to hide what he cannot stand,<br />
My voice remain silent,<br />
My mind in check,<br />
Idle my hand.<br />
<br />
Still I packed up my books and went to school today,<br />
Facing the terrors of being beaten, or worse.<br />
I thought…
<b>For the girls in Afghanistan</b><br />
<br />
I packed up my books and went to school today<br />
To fill my head with subjects<br />
Forbidden by a Taliban man I don't know,<br />
But history tells me of whom I should be afraid.<br />
He wants to keep me in a place<br />
Of servitude, of complacency,<br />
And a burqa I must wear.<br />
He wants me to hide what he cannot stand,<br />
My voice remain silent,<br />
My mind in check,<br />
Idle my hand.<br />
<br />
Still I packed up my books and went to school today,<br />
Facing the terrors of being beaten, or worse.<br />
I thought the time had come for the freedom<br />
To see beyond my veil,<br />
To learn what my heart desires.<br />
My survival<br />
So depends on what they cannot take away.<br />
My education is the key;<br />
It is the lamp that lights my way.<br />
<br />
I packed up my books to walk home from school today, and<br />
From motorcycles, men with acid they did spray.<br />
My clothes, my hands, my face, my dreams dowsed<br />
In the name of Muhammad, but not the Muhammad to whom I pray.<br />
<br />
I stayed home from school today.<br />
Covered with bandages in a hospital bed I lay,<br />
Healing my third degree burns<br />
Heavy medicine to blunt the pain.<br />
<br />
Forever my scars shall remind me of this horrendous crime,<br />
But females in this land are 2 million strong.<br />
We can battle this wrong<br />
And we can fight for what is our human right.<br />
<br />
I want to pack my books and go to school today, but<br />
My yearning for now remains tucked away.<br />
One day soon my sisters and my brothers will walk hand in hand with one another<br />
In a peaceful place that celebrates diversity<br />
And the Taliban man on a mission<br />
Like my nightmares, will be a distant memory.<br />
<br />
Years from now when my granddaughter sits on my lap and asks,<br />
"Why, what is that there on your face?"<br />
I will tell of the day<br />
When the man tried to annihilate our desire,<br />
Yet we rose up united and strong,<br />
Marched right through the shadows of the terror and fright<br />
With faces raised high<br />
And into light. What an incredibly thought-pr…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-07:1991841:Comment:582862009-07-07T23:17:12.722ZAmanda T. Willshttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/atw
What an incredibly thought-provoking post. Kudos to you!
What an incredibly thought-provoking post. Kudos to you! I picked up an awesome "freeb…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-06:1991841:Comment:523702009-07-06T20:16:00.335ZLorihttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/LoriVB
I picked up an awesome "freebie" magazine for women while in NC called SKIRT and found that list there. They are also online (skirt.com).
I picked up an awesome "freebie" magazine for women while in NC called SKIRT and found that list there. They are also online (skirt.com). This is such a wonderful list…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-06:1991841:Comment:522162009-07-06T19:39:55.042ZLyndaAndLabhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/LyndaAndLab
This is such a wonderful list! With education comes feelings of pride and accomplishment, new and positive feelings for girls and women in many parts of the world. With a feeling a self worth, girls and women will see value in what they do. In many parts of the world, women in developing counties are starting businesses, with the assistance of aid organizations and the internet. They make different kinds of jewelry, and a variety of textiles, as purses, clothing, scarves, baskets... In so many…
This is such a wonderful list! With education comes feelings of pride and accomplishment, new and positive feelings for girls and women in many parts of the world. With a feeling a self worth, girls and women will see value in what they do. In many parts of the world, women in developing counties are starting businesses, with the assistance of aid organizations and the internet. They make different kinds of jewelry, and a variety of textiles, as purses, clothing, scarves, baskets... In so many developing countries this type of hands-on education provides women with true independence.