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The Girl Effect, as stated in a previous post, is a wonderful charity. Their aim is to eradicate poverty and they believe this can be done through girls. I felt like writing a post about this to support the wonderful work and goal they are apart of.
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Are women the key? Maybe they are. As a woman I would like to think that we are the key to solving poverty and eradicating the mistreatment and abuse of girls. Personally, I believe a single gender cannot be the key and men/boys are just as important in eradicating poverty and cruelty. Who are often the perpetrators of violence, child marriages and restricting women’s rights? Are men to blame? Men are not to blame because in many third world countries (and first world) there are negative role models (e.g. parents), obscure traditions and beliefs (men are superior to women, the boys grow up with this belief just like we may grow up with knowing the sky is blue) and often foreigners exploit the people and young children for their own, perverted gain; the adults in that society may see that as an opportunity to make some money to survive. On the other hand there are some adults, some men and some women who are full of malice and the girls are the victims. Not a single gender is to blame and no single gender can free us. I believe it’s a collaborative struggle and without both parties desiring to make good of the world there is only so far we can go.
With all that said I think the Girl Effect is amazing, and I also think it’s a great way to take steps forward to make this place a better one. Women may not be the key, men may not always be the villains but children (and in particularly girls) are often the victims of varying levels of abuse. They are the underrepresented, the silenced and the beaten. They are not provided a voice, an education and sometimes not even a supportive family. Even families that are “supportive” can arrange marriages that the girls do not wish to take part in or restrict her role in society.
There are charities for poverty worldwide, for the homeless and to save the rain forests. There are charities to find the cure to cancer, to fight against animal cruelty, to save the turtles and for obscure endangered animals. They all share similar goals, they want to change the world for the better and they believe that their cause is important. Why do I support the Girl Effect? Because their goal is important, it’s our daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts and grandmothers. By helping women you are helping their children, their brothers, and so forth. Giving women a chance, a voice, that can change the world for the better. Maybe women aren’t the key but if there are charities for spotted whales then there should be a hundred more for the girls of our world. They can make a difference.
Who else agrees?
- Ermisenda Alvarez
Eliabeth’s post. Summer Haze: A story written by Ermisenda on poverty.
Here is an interesting protest image about poverty. What do you think?
Reblogged on Ermisenda's tumblr.
It is so pathetic to think that it was not until 1920 before women had the right to a basic societal right of voting, and even then it took the 19th amendment to the Constitution to make this happen. Also this was just a token to equal-rights. It has been such a long battle that still continues today. Sometimes though, it just seems like it is being lost and gets discouraging. But everyone must continue on until there is full equal-rights for women.
I totally agree. It is sad to see people discourage equal rights, and often these people are women themselves. And just as disgracefully, some people (often women) degrade men as a means of “achieving equality”. It’s a battle that both sexes have to fight and it has to be equality, not men are greater than women or women are greater than men. Thank you for leaving a comment and sharing your thoughts!
That image from a protest on poverty says a whole lot! Huge sums of money are infused into all the wrong sorts of wars, it’s so sad. I come from a country that’s not even at war but a greater percentage of the annual budget goes into the defence ministry and less than enough into health care. I did my hospital intern-ship in the national referral hospital and it was so sad having to send very poor patients and their families out to buy some drugs from private pharmacies, and some of these were drugs the government could very well provide. An even sadder part is one gets used to it. Not that it makes it any less un-just. Some how money for the truly important things just has a way of ‘not being on this financial year’s budget, so please wait!’
“Some how money for the truly important things just has a way of ‘not being on this financial year’s budget, so please wait!’”
Oh how sad but true! It is not to those who need it most, but to those who scream the loudest, make the most fuss, or wave their arms the highest that get the money. Or, like in US politics, it is the ones who already have the money who get more because they have the power to buy it.
Thanks for your comment.
I agree with you, Ermisenda. The war on poverty can’t be the sole responsibility of only half the population. But as you said this is a great cause and whether this effort is run by men, women, or both is not the point here.
Thanks for leaving a comment Adriene!
It is a joint effort and a great cause to fight for girls. 
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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I do book reviews. I wanted to share my email jackiepaulson8@gmail.com. I love all but Horror for review. Fantasy is not really my thing either. Although I have read two. But the book above on poverty sparks my attention as I love to advocate for homeless people and animals or even abuse. I took in a girl for 8 months who was abused until she could find a job and get on her own two feet. My heart goes out to all of them.
Jackie Paulson
The world is often cruel, it’s those acts of kindness that push the world in a better direction. There is so much that can be done to help, if we simply invest the time, compassion and often money. Thanks for stopping by!