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PAKISTAN - GIRL CHILD PROJECT

 

The Pakistan Girl Child Project was launched to address the needs of girls between the ages of 11 and 18 years from rural and urban low-income families. More specifically it aims to raise awareness about the situation of girls and young women; to promote health, education and economic self-reliance in young girls; to provide girls with knowledge and skills; to encourage them to participate in the development process; to equip them to serve as role models and agents of change in their local environments; and to empower them to improve their status in families and communities.

 

 

 

I am a girl . . . (Poem by a girl child)

My father does not love me;
Perhaps he does, but he doesn't express it.
My brother is younger than me,
But, because he is a boy,
He is the apple of my father's eye.

When my father comes home from work in the evening,
"My son, my son, my son!" is all he has to say.
Every word of my brother is like the order of a king.
He is my father's identity, my father's future.
It is my brother's doll's wedding tomorrow.
But my doll is still at home, alone and friendless.

No matter if my brother misses school,
No matter if he makes fun of me,
No matter if he raises his hand at me,
No matter if he breaks something.

But if I make even a small mistake,
My father immediately scolds me:
"You are 17 and still so useless!!
Perhaps you may get some sense when you are an old woman!"

My father says: "She does not belong to us,
She is a daughter, a shadow who is with us for a fleeting time only."
My mother says that when I go to sleep at night,
And wander carelessly in the wonderful world of dreams,
My father comes and fondles my head
Smiling softly to himself.

How I wish that one such day I wake up
To see and feel my father's love.

 

 

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