EP 88 - Happy? International Women's Day

March is women's month, and every year we have a different theme, yet our problems are still the same. I will always celebrate the strength and resilience of women. Still, I also look forward to when I can genuinely, happily celebrate women's month. Knowing that Women are finally at a place in this world where we are no longer treated as the weaker gender, where we do not have to fight for our rights, where we are respected and acknowledged in society.

Still, Happy Women's Month!

Mentioned In This Episode:

1. International Women's Day: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
   
2. Women's month: https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/womens-history-month
   
3. BRT Bus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit
   
4. Cameroon Crisis: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/cameroon
   
5. Ukraine Crisis: https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine 

EP 7 - THE GIRL

In This Episode:

We live in a world where it’s ok for a man to marry a CHILD
We live in a world where this CHILD loses her right to education to satisfy the sexual desires of a psychopath she now calls a husband
We live in a world where this CHILD is then forced to bear a CHILD for her ‘husband’
We live in a world where this CHILD is then tossed aside, and made to live like a wild animal due to the repercussions of early childbirth
We live in a world where the GIRL CHILD is treated like she is less than human, and then grows up to only continue the fight to be treated like a human.

It hurts to see that after all these years and all the advancements in technology, the Girl child still faces the primitive issues she has struggled with from day one.

Today I raise my voice LOUDER, as I speak up for the rights of the Girl Child.

Mentioned In This Episode:
1.  Stella Damasus’ “Day of the Girl” Monologue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLet1Nd-47Q&t=15s
2. The Day of the Girl (International Day of the Girl Child) - http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/girl-child
3. Mental Health Awareness Day - http://www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/en/
4. Girl Child Education 
5. Al Jazeera - http://www.aljazeera.com/
6. Stella Damasus on Al Jazeera - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nypkT5OewuA
7. VVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicovaginal_fistula
8. Women Equality
9. Girls Not Bride - https://twitter.com/childnotbride
7. Twitter - https://twitter.com/
8. End Child Marriage - https://twitter.com/End2ChildAbuse

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