The girl-child is a simple girl living an ordinary life; not so special nor extraordinary.

In her world, girls and women are not given equal access to education due to reasons like pregnancy, violence at school, lack of funding, disabilities, child labour, poor sanitation etc.

The girl-child has her life planned out for her; it’s go to school – get married – give birth to children. When she reaches the age of 12-14 years, the elders of the community feel she is “ripe for marriage” and their words are law.

The native traditional philosophy is that a woman’s place is in her husband’s kitchen and her primary role centres on home.

The girl-child dreams of the future she wants to have.

She hopes to be seen and heard by society.

When she is educated, she realizes the full potentials endowed in her; she discovers to be whoever and whatever she wants to be.

With education, she will break the shell of ignorance and open that of self discovery.

The girl-child is the woman in the girl, the girl in the woman.

When given the right chance to nurture her talents and skills needed for social interaction and self-improvement, she has it in her to excel in different areas of life.

The girl-child is your daughter, your sister, your mother, your aunt, your grandmother, your friend, your colleague.

The girl-child is you!