Childhood? Wrong! So much responsibility is with girls worldwide

Asha from India tells

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My name is Asha and I'm 13 years old. The village where I live is called Vilaselli and is located in Rajastan. An hour's walk is before us when we go to school. It is located in a remote village. Here I learned to read and write.

I was allowed only two years to primary school, because the girls do not go to school as long as the boys, Meanwhile, I have to take care of all the housework, while my brothers Valpandi and Ramaradj make their way to class together.



Djenebou from Mali tells

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My name is Djenebou, I am 13 years old and live in the village Sanokoroba in Mali. Because of all the work I can not go to school. My ten-year-old brother Harouna has more time for it, because boys only have to help in the fields, but not in the housework. Besides, my parents think that school is not worth it for me because after my marriage I have to work in my husband's family anyway.

My brothers will continue to live with our parents after their marriage. They are later to earn money while their wives and daughters run the household. My parents hope that they can be better looked after by their sons once they are old. Because who is better educated, earns more money?

Yoselin from Ecuador tells

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?I'm 14 years old. My village is called Santa Cruz and is located in the Andes. Here I live with my family. At the weekend we sell our woven fabrics in the market. That's why I travel often with my older sister Blanca or by bus to the city. Then, when a boy sits down next to me on the bus and harasses me, it is much harder to fend him off than when my father accompanies me. When he's around, no one dares to bother my sister and me.

My dad says we are smaller and weaker than the boys of our age, but when we girls get together we are not totally defenseless. That's why I always try to sit next to other girls or women.?



The exhibition "Because we are girls ..."

Go to school, see a doctor, eat enough? Many girls in Africa, Asia and Latin America can only dream of that, even though the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child demands equal rights. However, from the disadvantages that children face worldwide, girls are more affected in many countries than boys.

Asha, Djenebou and Yoselin exemplify how difficult the lives of many girls around the world are. To draw attention to their fate, does the organization "Plan International" have the interactive exhibition?Because we are girls ...? brought to life. Here, children and adults can try out what everyday life in distant regions looks like or even play the role of girls? such as grazing, fetching water or driving a bus.

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City Museum Norderstedt

Friedrichsgaber Weg 290

22846 Norderstedt near Hamburg

Opening hours: Wed to Sat 15-18 clock / Sun 11-18 clock and by appointment

Closed on public holidays and from 24.12.2016-01.01.2017

The exhibition will be shown until 02/26/2017 in Norderstedt

How to Process Your Emotions (March 2024).



India, Mali, UN, Children's Rights