It’s like millennials do not understand that middle east has been at war for 1000′s of years. That we intervened on behalf of Kuwait. That without “bombing” people that want to kill and oppress others, millions will be murdered and tortured.
“at war for 1000′s of years”
you clearly know nothing about Afghanistan nor the middle east
It’s interesting to note that when the communist government came to power in Afghanistan in the late 70′s, one of the first things they did was declare equality of the sexes, made education for girls mandatory, & banned child marriages. The conservative tribal leaders who the US armed & funded (& who later became the Taliban) declared this to be a “war on Islam” & fought against the central government.
The US had no problem back then with encouraging the growth of Islamic conservatism to counter socialism/communism. You created your biggest enemy & you have no one to blame but yourselves.
“When she was 13 years old, Memory Banda’s community told her that she was an adult. Like 40 percent of girls living in Malawi, she was pushed to attend an initiation camp to ready herself for marriage. Fully aware of what went on in those camps, Memory refused to go, despite being called “stupid” and “stubborn” by her family.
The camps are used to teach girls about satisfying a man, Memory explained during her speech at the TEDWomen 2015 conference. The final act includes what’s known as kusasa fumbi, or a sexual cleansing, in which a man hired by the community has sex with the young girls to rid them of their “childhood dust.”
In many cases, this unwanted sexual act results in an STD or unwanted pregnancy. Memory’s younger sister, Mercy, became pregnant during her time at the camp when she was only 11. Facing pressure from her parents, Mercy married the man who impregnated her. Five years and two failed marriages later, Mercy is 16 and has three children.
Memory rejected the cultural ritual that drastically derailed her sister’s life, but she didn’t stop there. Hoping to end child marriage in her country, she used her sister’s experiences to galvanize young women in her community.
At 18, Memory is happily unmarried and believes that with cultural and political advocacy, every girl will be able to say, “I can marry when I want.”
Awee really! thanks so much!! <3 hopefully in a few years when im done my education im actually gonna try to be a contribution to the future in solving world issues cuz thts what’s really important THANKS SO MUCH THO ILY
Palestinian Mohamad Abu Thabet collects anemone coronaria flowers with his children in a field in the West Bank village of Beit Dajan, near Nablus, April 5, 2016. Abed Omar Qusini
