Young Journalists and Writers Raise Voices on Global Issues an article by Zvijezdana Marković (a writer of YJAW) on YJAW blog
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Sunday, July 26, 2015
Sport, Peace and Development
Sport is a fundamental human right and involves all forms of physical activity that contribute to the development of physical fitness, mental well-being, and social interaction, such as play, recreation, organized or competitive sport, and indigenous sports and games. (United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, 2003. p. v).
The question is whether we use sport in so far as we should in order to spread peace in the world and help new generations to get to know a new form of activity?
The question is whether we use sport in so far as we should in order to spread peace in the world and help new generations to get to know a new form of activity?
I think not enough, not so much as we should.
The sport can be an amazing thing. Why is like that? I am going to explain how sport can change our lives.
The sport can be an amazing thing. Why is like that? I am going to explain how sport can change our lives.
It can bring people of different backgrounds together on the basketball court, football pitch or athletics track, but the experience of playing together in safe and friendly environment that sports offer, truly helps youngsters overcome conflicts between one another.
Youngsters taking part may approach the game as black or white, one religion or another, but whilst on the sports field, they are only team-mates.
The game of course may only last a short while, but for those taking part in it, the experience of having their preconceptions questioned lasts a great deal longer, even for a lifetime.
It’s just like famous tennis player Boris Becker has said, the secret and the strength of sport lies in that “it has its own rules, it knows no skin color, no religion, no boundaries.”
The universal application of sport for peace is not practical; however, the concept of sport for development and peace should be acknowledged more in the international community since it has not been recognized enough and there needs to be a framework which addresses the general principles.
A good example is the foundation of Novak Djokovic that through sport for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, helps to grow, play and develop in a stimulating, creative and safe environment, while learning to respect others and take care of their environment.
Youngsters taking part may approach the game as black or white, one religion or another, but whilst on the sports field, they are only team-mates.
The game of course may only last a short while, but for those taking part in it, the experience of having their preconceptions questioned lasts a great deal longer, even for a lifetime.
It’s just like famous tennis player Boris Becker has said, the secret and the strength of sport lies in that “it has its own rules, it knows no skin color, no religion, no boundaries.”
The universal application of sport for peace is not practical; however, the concept of sport for development and peace should be acknowledged more in the international community since it has not been recognized enough and there needs to be a framework which addresses the general principles.
A good example is the foundation of Novak Djokovic that through sport for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, helps to grow, play and develop in a stimulating, creative and safe environment, while learning to respect others and take care of their environment.
This gives the child a chance to face every challenge and be a winner in any field.
United Nations General Assembly has declared April 6th 2013 as the International Day for sports in honor of the memory of the day when they opened the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Before making a resolution on behalf of all athletes, Djokovic has strongly supported the idea that sport is recognized as a separate activity in the interests of international peace and development.
In the field, the collaboration among international organizations, governments, NGOs and local communities is essential to operate sport based initiatives that work towards development and peace and, moreover, further studies to examine cases that have been implemented in the world are needed in order to create a substantial framework of sport for development and peace programs and its evaluation and improvement.
Nikolina Kunić
United Nations General Assembly has declared April 6th 2013 as the International Day for sports in honor of the memory of the day when they opened the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Before making a resolution on behalf of all athletes, Djokovic has strongly supported the idea that sport is recognized as a separate activity in the interests of international peace and development.
In the field, the collaboration among international organizations, governments, NGOs and local communities is essential to operate sport based initiatives that work towards development and peace and, moreover, further studies to examine cases that have been implemented in the world are needed in order to create a substantial framework of sport for development and peace programs and its evaluation and improvement.
Nikolina Kunić
SPORT: BUILDING TRUST, FRIENDSHIP, AND COMMITMENT {A TRUE STORY}
I
have never been free with other youths before, despite the formal meeting I had
at youth sessions organized by our church, at most, my communication ends with
a hand shake, and the latter, a by-gone Story. Each gathering gave me the
opportunity to connect with people, share ideas and argue about Proactive
topics related to youth issues; especially dating. But I never gained anything
worthwhile because I talked or debated on youth topics when asked to, and if
not, I remained still. The youth revival sessions was fun, but the grand
opening at the headquarter was the most massive; because youths from different
backgrounds and church groups across the nation came to sing, pray and share relevant ideas
with other youth groups. There were music competitions, a'cappella groups with
their angelic voices, and the cultural dance groups whose feet sway to the rhythm
of tattoo talking drums; creatively, displaying the uniqueness of religion and Christianity.
Indeed, heaven fell. At the grand opening, I stayed away from other youths,
like a black moth in the midst of white butterflies, because I didn't know how
to connect with them. I have been to a gathering, a youth convention, a praise
night, etc., but I have never seen a congregation where each person from a
different background interacted with his neighbor as if they had been friends
for a long time. The flying ants buzzing around white glowing bulbs made me
busy with my thoughts; while from the altar, a tall dark-skinned boy, perhaps a
youth, sang Amazing grace, and tiny beads of tears rolled down my eyes for no
just cause. At that hour, my heart started talking to me, like a man's thoughts
at dawn, slowly beating the Nunc Dimittis. I could only hear the faint sounds
of mumbled songs, and the erratic strokes of bass guitars and table pianos;
only my inner self felt this miracle ; I was anew again. It was 6:00pm, and the
sonorous sounds from the guitars and drums had diluted into the atmosphere, and
youth leaders from different regions declared a call-up for all youth members
in their chapter. I refused to attend to mine; I could not tell why I did. I
guess the closing hymn made me linger a little. My thoughts scurried on the
night before the service, the things I did afore, and how I managed to get
here. My dad couldn't afford my transport fare, so a friend gave me a tip. I
could remember how boring and humiliating the journey was. At 6:35pm, I had decided
to ride along, perhaps, be akin to other folks who saw me as different, as I
them. The bus had just warmed up and the youth leader, the pastor, and other
youth members walked in gracefully like men heading to a war zone. It was Sunday
again; the church was well dressed, choirs in their orange tinted aprons; the
pastor in his charcoal-gray suit and brown polished shoes, walked down the
aisle smiling; while the mother of the house--as the Catholics would call a
nun, blessed the morning with her
dazzling Mazarine. The service began smoothly: from a brief sermon, to prayers,
and finally a closing theme. The chairs were being arranged, while the church-cleaners
came in to keep the auditorium neat. I had barely left the church before the
youth leader announced a sport competition organized by the region. It was a
program created to connect youths together, and a platform for different age
groups to know what matters to them most by coming together to share profound
ideas on educative topics through sport. We didn't actually commit ourselves to
a great deal of practice, because time was unfriendly, and most of the youths
never showed up. The final sport competition was held on a Saturday afternoon;
just a few blocks away from our church headquarter. Youths thronged the occasion
with their blue colored vests and white sneakers, while youth leaders
maintained a white t-shirt. It was fun to be there, and seeing the faces of new
people was the most thrilling of all. We were scheduled for the last run-up,
which was "a game of eggs." It was played by a volunteered team
member who was supposed to run to a
finish mark, carrying an egg on a spoon. I have never done anything like this
before, neither have I been to a gathering where people run with eggs. Each
team player was given a spoon, and the referee placed a raw egg on each of
them; while they waited for his directives. The whistle had been rung and team
players ran as gently as they could so their eggs wouldn’t fall. At the end of
the mark, we came in forth position. Although we didn't received an award or
price, the competition, gave us an edge. It brought both new and old members of
our church together for the purpose of sustaining a mutual, perhaps, a cordial
relationship with each other. Alas, I was able to meet people who actually
understood me and who wanted to hear what I had to say. It is a day I will
never forget. We talked, sat at a round table to eat; prayed and sang. The
sport competition made us aware of our weakness—how we could solve the problems
entangled in it; and how we should relate to each other never minding the
circumstance at that point in time. If I have had a grudge with anyone in a
youth group, I believe the competition would have healed it.
Epilogue: Building Trust, Friendship
and Commitment
I
could see the look on our faces after the competition, how we held hands and
laughed like we had seen each other
after a long break-up. Life is too short to hold grudges or start a war that
may never seem to end. Creating a scene where young boys and girls can relate
to each other and share their ideas, with a common synopsis of what they want,
develops a foundation that cannot be subdued by fear. Trust, begins with
understanding, and friendship connects an odd and even person together for the
purpose of a mutual commitment; which is laid on the tiers of sport. In the
world we live in, one of the key notions that have reduced racism and
unemployment is sport.
People
now see a difference in what they do, because they believe that partaking in a
game that thrills people, encourages them to do more to keep it the way it is
supposed to be. From my short story, I never had an a venue to express myself,
and no one cared to listen to what I had to say, but the competition brought
out a new leaf in me. Developing more channels for creative sport competition
is a way to ease the tension of a poor relation that has separated
youths across the world.
NAME: - VICTOR EHIKIOYA OMOVBUDE EHORVOUNMEN BROWN
COUNTRY: - NIGERIA.
School Drop-out; Major hindrance of the educational development of Nepal
Most of the times, we think about those children who have never been to school and we have the opinion that most of the out-of-school children in Nepal belong to the hard-core population who have economic problems. But there are some children also who have attended school in some parts of their lives but have never been able to continue it or have dropped out without passing their S.L.C (School Leaving Certificate), the secondary level of schooling in Nepal. We always tend to look at the gross numbers of the students drop out but never try to analyze it. If we consider the extremely high dropout rates and if we assume that many of the out-of school population might have attend school at one point of time and they could have dropped out for some reason then. In this case, we might need to look at the factors associated with school dropout more critically. Thus, enrolling the children in school is not the only solution of the issue.
Despite the fact that education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have provided a pathway to effective planning, implementation and monitoring, there still exist many gaps in addressing education. Many children today leave school without being able to read and write effectively, making it harder for them to gain admission to higher levels of education. As per the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nepal needs to ensure primary education for every child by 2015, which was short by 36 percent when the target was first set in 1999. With only one year left to meet the education Millennium Development Goals, we can see a gloomy picture of Nepal's achievement.
Quantitatively, Nepal has made impressive progress in basic education in recent decades. Today over 90 percent of children enroll in primary schools, and there is virtual gender parity in enrollment. But the quality of public basic education is very so poor. The result of School Leaving Certificate (SLC), a final secondary level national examination, often referred to as the 'iron gate' since it determines which students will be eligible for higher secondary programs, illustrates the bleak reality of Nepal's public education system each year. We have only been thinking about the growth rate in student enrollment in the school but we fail to analyze that how many of the students who get enrolled continue it and pass their S.L.C. Although Nepal has allocated 17 percent of the total budget to education, which is quite higher than other developing countries, it is unlikely to achieve the MDG mainly due to the high dropout rate. The report of Department of Education states that just 74.3 percent of children enrolled in Grade 1 reach Grade 5 while 45 percent quit school before reaching the lower secondary level. According to the report, 7.9 percent of students drop out after the first year while wild 59. 2 percent are out of the education system by the time they reach Grade 10.
There are several reasons why this is happening. Most of the students fail to continue their schooling because of various socio-economic factors. There is also a lack of equal access to education for girls, with many being forced into early marriages to help sustain the family financially while their brothers are sent to school. Sexual violence against girls, challenging family environments, poor sanitation etc. are some of the main reasons. The United Nations Secretary General's Global Education First Initiative has a list of 18 barriers to school enrolment and completion, quality of learning and global citizenship. They are unaffordable costs, a shortage of classrooms, humanitarian emergencies, gender discrimination, child labour, shortage of qualified teachers, lack of learning materials, weak foundation of early learning, challenging family environment, mismatch of skills and today's livelihood, language barriers, hunger and poor nutrition, ineffective system to evaluate the performance of students. And these are the barriers to education of our country too.
There is a great need to address these barriers in education ensuring that government, civil society creates effective and sustainable partnerships that expand educational opportunities to everyone. Education is the answer to the greatest challenges we face in the society, we need to focus on overcoming the barriers on the best possible ways. We need to build schools, train teachers and improve the learning environment for all children. It has been shown that we could lift over 170 million people out of poverty simply by teaching every child in low-income countries basic reading skills. So let us make this a reality in our country as well.
Education management, quality, relevance, and access are some of the critical issues of education in Nepal. Societal disparities based on gender, ethnicity, economic class, geographic hindrances have made the goal of education a challenge for the country. So why not make a move to overcome it?. There is solution for each and every problem. It's never too late to start. Let's not depend on government each time. Let us work from our side also to end this barrier of education. We all are the heroes, who want our country to progress. We, who are educated, are fortunate, now it's our turn to pay off. Let us take a step, may be small but break the barrier of education so that other will too get a chance to continue their schooling as we don't want any barrier to education. Let us say together, we want no barriers to education.
Written by:
Name: Bhawana Shrestha
Country: Nepal
Despite the fact that education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have provided a pathway to effective planning, implementation and monitoring, there still exist many gaps in addressing education. Many children today leave school without being able to read and write effectively, making it harder for them to gain admission to higher levels of education. As per the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nepal needs to ensure primary education for every child by 2015, which was short by 36 percent when the target was first set in 1999. With only one year left to meet the education Millennium Development Goals, we can see a gloomy picture of Nepal's achievement.
Quantitatively, Nepal has made impressive progress in basic education in recent decades. Today over 90 percent of children enroll in primary schools, and there is virtual gender parity in enrollment. But the quality of public basic education is very so poor. The result of School Leaving Certificate (SLC), a final secondary level national examination, often referred to as the 'iron gate' since it determines which students will be eligible for higher secondary programs, illustrates the bleak reality of Nepal's public education system each year. We have only been thinking about the growth rate in student enrollment in the school but we fail to analyze that how many of the students who get enrolled continue it and pass their S.L.C. Although Nepal has allocated 17 percent of the total budget to education, which is quite higher than other developing countries, it is unlikely to achieve the MDG mainly due to the high dropout rate. The report of Department of Education states that just 74.3 percent of children enrolled in Grade 1 reach Grade 5 while 45 percent quit school before reaching the lower secondary level. According to the report, 7.9 percent of students drop out after the first year while wild 59. 2 percent are out of the education system by the time they reach Grade 10.
There are several reasons why this is happening. Most of the students fail to continue their schooling because of various socio-economic factors. There is also a lack of equal access to education for girls, with many being forced into early marriages to help sustain the family financially while their brothers are sent to school. Sexual violence against girls, challenging family environments, poor sanitation etc. are some of the main reasons. The United Nations Secretary General's Global Education First Initiative has a list of 18 barriers to school enrolment and completion, quality of learning and global citizenship. They are unaffordable costs, a shortage of classrooms, humanitarian emergencies, gender discrimination, child labour, shortage of qualified teachers, lack of learning materials, weak foundation of early learning, challenging family environment, mismatch of skills and today's livelihood, language barriers, hunger and poor nutrition, ineffective system to evaluate the performance of students. And these are the barriers to education of our country too.
There is a great need to address these barriers in education ensuring that government, civil society creates effective and sustainable partnerships that expand educational opportunities to everyone. Education is the answer to the greatest challenges we face in the society, we need to focus on overcoming the barriers on the best possible ways. We need to build schools, train teachers and improve the learning environment for all children. It has been shown that we could lift over 170 million people out of poverty simply by teaching every child in low-income countries basic reading skills. So let us make this a reality in our country as well.
Education management, quality, relevance, and access are some of the critical issues of education in Nepal. Societal disparities based on gender, ethnicity, economic class, geographic hindrances have made the goal of education a challenge for the country. So why not make a move to overcome it?. There is solution for each and every problem. It's never too late to start. Let's not depend on government each time. Let us work from our side also to end this barrier of education. We all are the heroes, who want our country to progress. We, who are educated, are fortunate, now it's our turn to pay off. Let us take a step, may be small but break the barrier of education so that other will too get a chance to continue their schooling as we don't want any barrier to education. Let us say together, we want no barriers to education.
Written by:
Name: Bhawana Shrestha
Country: Nepal
Peace
From darkness to thunder,
Where in the streets do I wonder?
The pain I hold,
Yet there is no shelter for my soul to
mould.
The streets are empty and cold;
The quiet night with voices of silent
whispers unfold,
Where is peace which my heart can hold?
And then I see one hope,
It is a street which goes down the slope,
Where in morning Birds sing and fly,
The feeling of raging battle within me
slowly flies.
BY MISHAAL SHAHZAD
ISLAMABAD,PAKISTAN
Education is the only solution for the betterment of our world
From the time an individual is born to the day that he dies
learning and the acquirement of knowledge is paramount. Having an education
whether it is from a school, life, a friend or a family member should be
empowering in nature. Many people classify education as the certificate,
degree, diploma that you get from a learning institution but I see education as
a body of knowledge that you obtain that can set the stage for your advancement
throughout life. Many have the certificates, degree, diplomas but are not
advancing while others who don’t have this level of achievement are
progressing.
Now do not get me wrong. I am all for people getting their
certificates, degrees and diplomas but I am more concerned with how we apply
what we have learnt to our environment. People having such certificates may asked to apply for jobs, it is worthy at some extent but they needs to move towards entrepreneurship to solve global problems. So what really is
this thing we call education? is it just getting a certificate, diploma, or
degree or is it the ability to possess a body of knowledge that can solve
problems and derive solutions for our world?
The word Education that many of us use today is what a lot of
us are referring to as having a teacher or lecturer speak to us and we
regurgitate what was said in order to pass the necessary tests to obtain that
certificate, degree or diploma. However, the education that I know and believe
that will put in motion the betterment of our world is the one where we challenge
ideologies, philosophies and concepts coming to us in the lectures and
textbooks and how best we can extrapolate their essence and apply them to our modern day societies.
Our Education should be built on being revolutionary from
designing technology, to how we handle and manage medical care, to how we grow
food, and to how we deploy research methodologies and NOT mere regurgitation from a textbook or lecture.
Lyn-Marie Blackman
Bridgetown, Barbados
Education is the only solution for better future of the World
Education is the only
solution for everything. Education should have first priority." The
expressions of 16 year old Pakistani school young lady Malala Yousafzai.
Crusading for young ladies' rights to instruction in a nation where general
proficiency rates are underneath 50% and those of young ladies possibly half or
even less of that, at 15 years of age Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by
the Taliban last October for her movement to promote Education.
Roughly 57 million youngsters worldwide don't
have the chance to learn. Getting a decent education is the way to our
development as individuals, as it permits information to be progressed from era
to era.
Students attaining Education, whether it is
in school or college or University, have numerous more advantages than an
untalented and uneducated labourer. One learns to do critical thinking as they
compose assignments for classes and build understanding. Education issues one a
base level of comprehension that permits them to effectively take an interest
in savvy discussions and makes them mindful and liberal in any circumstances.
Training is vital to enhance the nature of human life. Knowledge and Education
can never let you fail in any sphere of life. Education is a necessity and is vital
especially for girls who can stand up for their own rights through Education.
In 1986, Mohammad Ayub left
his village in order to seek employment in Islamabad. Increasing Poverty in the
areas of Islamabad made him decide to come up with such an initiative which
could help poor children attain Education and thus he decided to teach those who
were poor and couldn’t pay for their Education. At first people’s reviews were
very skeptical but later they got satisfied and as time passed Master Ayub took
place in F6-3 park where numerous students come and master Ayub teaches them
for free providing them with free books and pens as he thinks it’s education
which will help them become better people. At the age of 65, Master Ayub is determined
to continue his work and says these kids are diamonds and he wishes to be their
helping hand till his last breath.
Pakistan
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Rigid thinking and women empowerment
Woman empowerment: first we need to clarify this term what people think about woman empowerment because there is so misapprehension about this term as people unfortunately take it as western agenda. Empowerment is basically strengthening the spiritual, political, economic, social capacities of an individual and it is a multi-dimensional process through which an individual can exercise their rights freely and can enjoy their lives by having control on them . Women empowerment means that women have the right or control over their lives.
People talk and discuss a lot about women empowerment, but when it comes to practical dimension this term seems vague. There are so many reasons behind this phenomena, especially in our country where people are trapped in so called cultural taboos and obviously great misconceptions of religious teachings regarding women’s rights and their status. It has been seen that people like to talk about famous personalities for instance Fatima Jinah, MalalaYousafZai, Shermeen Obaid Chanai and quote their examples to their daughters and sisters, but when their women want to join any professionby their own choiceor want to excel in their field by availing any golden opportunity or if they want to marry with some who they like, they face so much resistance in their way;so the real problem is that people are so diplomatic. They show themselves broadminded but they don’t even know the meaning of broad-mindedness. They claim that they want to see women progressing in different fields but actually they are trapped badly in rigid thinking and prejudices that prevail in our society, in the end they would suggest their women to stay at home.So here is big question mark for all those people who talk a lot about women’s respect, women empowerment, gender equality and women rights.
Women are human beings, they have rights like men but they cannot exercise their rights like men dobecause people don’t want to accept this reality. Our society never raise questions against men’s empowerment but when it comes to women empowerment people take this term as something alien or strange. People especially male chauvinism resist to accept this reality plus our cultural barriers also play a very negative role in this regard.
With the passage of time a positive change has been observed with respect to women empowerment and gender equality as you can see high enrollment of girls in education sector and in professional sectors as well, so this is a green signal for women to come and prove their abilities and talent to masses. Things seems to change due to women education, social media, print media, awareness campaigns , NGOs working on women issues.These factors give hype to women empowerment.Now,its need of time to empower the women as our economy need more potential to grow. In this regard, women can play a vibrant role by engaging themselves in different sectors that boost the economy.
By Aisha Siddique
People talk and discuss a lot about women empowerment, but when it comes to practical dimension this term seems vague. There are so many reasons behind this phenomena, especially in our country where people are trapped in so called cultural taboos and obviously great misconceptions of religious teachings regarding women’s rights and their status. It has been seen that people like to talk about famous personalities for instance Fatima Jinah, MalalaYousafZai, Shermeen Obaid Chanai and quote their examples to their daughters and sisters, but when their women want to join any professionby their own choiceor want to excel in their field by availing any golden opportunity or if they want to marry with some who they like, they face so much resistance in their way;so the real problem is that people are so diplomatic. They show themselves broadminded but they don’t even know the meaning of broad-mindedness. They claim that they want to see women progressing in different fields but actually they are trapped badly in rigid thinking and prejudices that prevail in our society, in the end they would suggest their women to stay at home.So here is big question mark for all those people who talk a lot about women’s respect, women empowerment, gender equality and women rights.
Women are human beings, they have rights like men but they cannot exercise their rights like men dobecause people don’t want to accept this reality. Our society never raise questions against men’s empowerment but when it comes to women empowerment people take this term as something alien or strange. People especially male chauvinism resist to accept this reality plus our cultural barriers also play a very negative role in this regard.
With the passage of time a positive change has been observed with respect to women empowerment and gender equality as you can see high enrollment of girls in education sector and in professional sectors as well, so this is a green signal for women to come and prove their abilities and talent to masses. Things seems to change due to women education, social media, print media, awareness campaigns , NGOs working on women issues.These factors give hype to women empowerment.Now,its need of time to empower the women as our economy need more potential to grow. In this regard, women can play a vibrant role by engaging themselves in different sectors that boost the economy.
By Aisha Siddique
Lahore, Pakistan
"Education is the only solution for better future of the World"
Perhaps the most important global problem is education today. If Properly used, it will give a better society; in the opposite case, it can destroy us. That's the power of outcome of the fact that education is a tool that society has created for the formation of the latter generations; for this purpose it is effective, and almost the only tool for the stated purpose. In our century, education has become complex, expensive and desirable.
Education is the key asset for achieving power, happiness and success because by using it, we take our destiny in our own hands and thus do not depend on others or on circumstances.
the economic logic can easily come to the conclusion that it is necessary to ensure equal opportunities in education. "Knowledge Society" is a term globally used in the last decade for the economy that is knowledge-based, it is primarily science and technology. In the knowledge society, a high level of education and quality education play a decisive role.
The European Union has its new strategy for the years till 2020, "Europe 2020", as one of the main objectives set is increasing the level of education in Europe. Unfortunately, speak out on equal opportunities in higher education can not be considered a luxury that can be afforded only by the economically developed countries or it is a topic that is yet to come on the agenda after solving other priorities in the education system and society as a whole.
There is therefore a global political trend of emphasizing the importance of education as a key factor of economic development. But there is one additional economic logic for ensuring equal opportunity in education, and it's just that the educational failure and social exclusion, that results from it in the long run expensive for the state. Those individuals without the skills needed to contribute to the social and economic development, generate higher costs for state aid, health and social welfare system.
The world just needs to admit its unique power of education to train or not to train the upcoming generation by successfully dealing with the problems, opportunities and tasks ahead.
If we will work (everyone) on this problem certainly we will have success in terms of education.
Remember: „Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.“ John Dryden
Education is the key asset for achieving power, happiness and success because by using it, we take our destiny in our own hands and thus do not depend on others or on circumstances.
the economic logic can easily come to the conclusion that it is necessary to ensure equal opportunities in education. "Knowledge Society" is a term globally used in the last decade for the economy that is knowledge-based, it is primarily science and technology. In the knowledge society, a high level of education and quality education play a decisive role.
The European Union has its new strategy for the years till 2020, "Europe 2020", as one of the main objectives set is increasing the level of education in Europe. Unfortunately, speak out on equal opportunities in higher education can not be considered a luxury that can be afforded only by the economically developed countries or it is a topic that is yet to come on the agenda after solving other priorities in the education system and society as a whole.
There is therefore a global political trend of emphasizing the importance of education as a key factor of economic development. But there is one additional economic logic for ensuring equal opportunity in education, and it's just that the educational failure and social exclusion, that results from it in the long run expensive for the state. Those individuals without the skills needed to contribute to the social and economic development, generate higher costs for state aid, health and social welfare system.
The world just needs to admit its unique power of education to train or not to train the upcoming generation by successfully dealing with the problems, opportunities and tasks ahead.
If we will work (everyone) on this problem certainly we will have success in terms of education.
Remember: „Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.“ John Dryden
By Nikolina Kunić
Prijedor
Bosnia Herzegovina
The significance of education in my life; promoting gender equality and empowering women
I was three years old when a serious discussion took birth in my house; should I get a chance to go to school or not? This may be a simple question for most of the families when a child comes the age to go to school but genuinely this was serious in my case as at the very moment my parents were not in the condition to afford the extra income for my school expenditure. But thanks to my mom and dad who finally decided to work some extra hours for my education. Finally, I was at school and since then neither my parents nor me had taken a second thought about not continuing it.
In my society, where most of the people don't hesitate to mock the value of education by comparing it with the size of an elephant saying, "has the elephant grown big by getting education or has the ant become small by not getting education?" it is very difficult to discover the significance of education in a person's life as the significance is intrinsic and it's even more difficult when it's a female.
For me, the significance of education doesn't lie in being a scientist one day or achieving distinction marks in academic exams; similarly it's also not the means of earning money. Instead for me, education is the constant encouragement through which I get confidence to do any work. I get a hope in my life whenever I am in any problem; the problem may be personal or social but it's the power of education that shows me the path to move on in the way of solving it. If I hadn't been educated, I would have run away from the complexities of my life, but I never do that as I have the strength of tolerance, which of course comes from the blessing of education.
Education has not only made me efficient in whatever I do, but it has also made me complete. I am who I am today simply because of education. It has given me a name, an identity in the male dominated society which, I think, I would have overlooked as other female members of my society if I hadn't been educated. By reading the biography of the most influential persons, I get inspiration to go far beyond in my life. By observing the society, I get an integrated understanding of life which I bet I would have never ever been able to observe if education hadn't worked as my third eye. I am transforming and with me the society is transforming. I am being inspired and with me the whole society is being inspired. I am learning and with me the whole society is learning. Every change is being possible because I am educated and with my education I am educating others.
Today, I dream because I know that I have the potential to fulfill my dreams. I dream of a beautiful life, a beautiful society and a beautiful world where no one is deprived of going to school. I work as an education activist with the aim that one day I would, with the joint effort of others,make our place educated and integrated. Thanks to education that I have a dream as there are many other people who are fearful of having a dream as they can't dare to fulfill it. Education has given me the power to dream and the strength to fulfill my dream.
My parents opted to provide me education then and now I want other parents to choose the same path. I want others to walk through the same path that education has provided me as I know, though there are challenges, the path is safe to move. Education has made me kind enough to understand other's problems and help them. It has inculcated the behavior of sharing in me so that I desire to share whatever I have learnt with others. I must say, education has given me the wings, which I can flap and fly higher and higher to reach my destination; my dream of changing the family, changing the society, changing the nation and changing the whole world.
I am me, an independent person and no other can take over the credit of giving me this feeling of independency other than education. I have a meaningful life, a significant life just because of education. Unfortunately, there are several children who are deprived from leading a meaningful life. There are context and cultures due to which many children can't go to school, especially the girls. That's why now, as education has made me capable enough to raise my voice for them, I would work for them. What is the significance of learning in our life if we don't use it for the betterment of every one? It's easy to mock others but difficult to prove. I am the one who hasa dream to prove the significance of what education has given me, after all this power to prove is also given to me by education.
By: Bhawana Shrestha
Nepal
In my society, where most of the people don't hesitate to mock the value of education by comparing it with the size of an elephant saying, "has the elephant grown big by getting education or has the ant become small by not getting education?" it is very difficult to discover the significance of education in a person's life as the significance is intrinsic and it's even more difficult when it's a female.
For me, the significance of education doesn't lie in being a scientist one day or achieving distinction marks in academic exams; similarly it's also not the means of earning money. Instead for me, education is the constant encouragement through which I get confidence to do any work. I get a hope in my life whenever I am in any problem; the problem may be personal or social but it's the power of education that shows me the path to move on in the way of solving it. If I hadn't been educated, I would have run away from the complexities of my life, but I never do that as I have the strength of tolerance, which of course comes from the blessing of education.
Education has not only made me efficient in whatever I do, but it has also made me complete. I am who I am today simply because of education. It has given me a name, an identity in the male dominated society which, I think, I would have overlooked as other female members of my society if I hadn't been educated. By reading the biography of the most influential persons, I get inspiration to go far beyond in my life. By observing the society, I get an integrated understanding of life which I bet I would have never ever been able to observe if education hadn't worked as my third eye. I am transforming and with me the society is transforming. I am being inspired and with me the whole society is being inspired. I am learning and with me the whole society is learning. Every change is being possible because I am educated and with my education I am educating others.
Today, I dream because I know that I have the potential to fulfill my dreams. I dream of a beautiful life, a beautiful society and a beautiful world where no one is deprived of going to school. I work as an education activist with the aim that one day I would, with the joint effort of others,make our place educated and integrated. Thanks to education that I have a dream as there are many other people who are fearful of having a dream as they can't dare to fulfill it. Education has given me the power to dream and the strength to fulfill my dream.
My parents opted to provide me education then and now I want other parents to choose the same path. I want others to walk through the same path that education has provided me as I know, though there are challenges, the path is safe to move. Education has made me kind enough to understand other's problems and help them. It has inculcated the behavior of sharing in me so that I desire to share whatever I have learnt with others. I must say, education has given me the wings, which I can flap and fly higher and higher to reach my destination; my dream of changing the family, changing the society, changing the nation and changing the whole world.
I am me, an independent person and no other can take over the credit of giving me this feeling of independency other than education. I have a meaningful life, a significant life just because of education. Unfortunately, there are several children who are deprived from leading a meaningful life. There are context and cultures due to which many children can't go to school, especially the girls. That's why now, as education has made me capable enough to raise my voice for them, I would work for them. What is the significance of learning in our life if we don't use it for the betterment of every one? It's easy to mock others but difficult to prove. I am the one who hasa dream to prove the significance of what education has given me, after all this power to prove is also given to me by education.
By: Bhawana Shrestha
Nepal
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Nigeria’s Broken Children
Do you
know that Nigeria has an internally displaced population of 3.3million? And
most of these displaced people are women and children? As things are, these 3.3
million people are only the officially registered internally displaced persons
and many other unregistered internally displaced persons may exist. About 850,000
people in Nigeria’s North East region are internally displaced and the National
Emergency Management Agency has set up only 23 camps to cater for them. What
this means is that this agency expects an average of about 36,956 people to live
in any one of these 23 camps which are mostly National Youth Service Corp camps
or secondary schools that do not have the facilities to deal with such a
population.
Sometimes,
I wonder what it means to be displaced. What it means to abandon your home, to
run from the certainty of all that is familiar into the uncertainty of
mountains and bushes. In all my questing, I have asked a few people; what that
all important thing they will take is: when they hear bombs in distance and the
sound of gunfire approach, what is that one thing they take as they leave, of
all the people I have asked, two variables kept recurring; certificates and
cash. A few people said things like iPads and travel documents, but those were
really few.
In
justification of the choice of their certificates, most people say that when
the insurgents eventually are conquered and there is relative security, only
their certificates will help them rebuild their lives. Considering that, since
the civil war in 1960, at no point have Nigerians been forced to leave their
houses such as now; and when there is a constant threat of death education mostly
becomes secondary, it is encouraging that people still believe in the capacity
of education to get them out of hopelessness and into opportunity.
In all
of these, children are perhaps the worst hit as they are most times pulled from
schools and develop an unwillingness to return to education. It is not hard to
imagine why. The insurgents who terrorize them serve to fight and banish
Western education, the psychological effects of this is in time schools begin
to remind these children of horror, death and bombs.
Perhaps
to alleviate this, in addition to clothing and food drives we carry out for
displaced persons, we should provide these camps with teachers and mentors.
With guides and matrons, because when you live in such atrocious circumstances,
there is the tendency that your world becomes small; reduced from beauty and
possibilities to the sound of shelling and gunshots.
This by
itself is a tragedy we must never allow to happen , we must raise structures
that empower Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) to change their mindsets from
those of victims to survivors. As it is, we are doing dangerously little to
help child victims and it is only our help that can help them win the war against
the very same insurgents who made them leave their homes and schools in the
first place. Doing anything less will amount to the insurgents winning and the
children loosing.
Most
people argue that from the United States to Kenya and Pakistan or France,
Nigeria is not the only country battling insurgency either on its shores or in
an ally nation. The thing with the Nigerian state is that we lack the
capacities these nations have demonstrated in dealing with these insurgencies
and even when we make progress in infrastructure or the economy, lives don’t
improve because the basic necessity of security is not provided.
On one
of the only times I met a displaced child; I asked her the kind of questions
you expect a concerned older person to ask. I asked her ‘What do you want to be
when you grow up?’. I half expected to hear ‘doctor’ or ‘pilot’ or ‘hair
dresser’, but no. Her face turned blank and she said “Alive. I want to be alive
when I grow up.” I did not ask any more questions. The tragedy that the Nigerian
state has become hit me.
By Adejoh Idoko Momoh.
"Volunteering : Those In Need!"
Volunteering is an Outstanding
Act. An act of lending a helping
Hand, a willingness
To paint a Smile
On a rough face.
With grace, let us raise
Hands with an open
Heart. To entertain
Both the crippled, and the needy
In this economic weather–
Which changes dramatically,
Like the thoughts of man.
And like a lark’s dying
Speech, let our thoughts
Be as calm as the daunt’ess
Ocean at eve; as we embrace,
The ugly, the languorous,
The slaves, the homeless,
And the infected,
Into a world of peace.
”We can’t save earth without volunteering.”
Act. An act of lending a helping
Hand, a willingness
To paint a Smile
On a rough face.
With grace, let us raise
Hands with an open
Heart. To entertain
Both the crippled, and the needy
In this economic weather–
Which changes dramatically,
Like the thoughts of man.
And like a lark’s dying
Speech, let our thoughts
Be as calm as the daunt’ess
Ocean at eve; as we embrace,
The ugly, the languorous,
The slaves, the homeless,
And the infected,
Into a world of peace.
”We can’t save earth without volunteering.”
Name: Victor Brown Omovbude
Country: Nigeria
Sunday, January 4, 2015
You
Are the worst enemy I
will ever face. You
are that man of different
creed or race. You
Am I that different?
Do my eyes disconcert
You? Why you?
You killed her! It was
YOU! Get back here and pay for your sins!
We may lose the battle but you will never win!
You killed her!
You raped me!
You stole my life!
You broke my things!
We will fight, and fight, and fight once more, without any knowledge of what tomorrow brings.
Peace
Is now the caged canary that sings
Set down your guns, open the cage
Watch the bird wash away the rage.
By
Zara Williams-Nicholas
will ever face. You
are that man of different
creed or race. You
Am I that different?
Do my eyes disconcert
You? Why you?
You killed her! It was
YOU! Get back here and pay for your sins!
We may lose the battle but you will never win!
You killed her!
You raped me!
You stole my life!
You broke my things!
We will fight, and fight, and fight once more, without any knowledge of what tomorrow brings.
Peace
Is now the caged canary that sings
Set down your guns, open the cage
Watch the bird wash away the rage.
By
Zara Williams-Nicholas
Peacock
Have you ever thought to yourself having only one leg but also being happy and dancing like a peacock is possible? You may call me insane but it's not a foolish question that I am asking as I have seen someone really doing it here in Nepal. Neelam Dhungana, 21, an amputee, who lost her one leg in a tragic bus accident while she was only 15, has the power to dazzle you with her mesmerizing dance performance. I bet, you will start imagining yourself in her shoes and feel miserable for having both legs and still not being able to have those flawless steps like her. Neelam is an exemplar in this mentally handicapped society where, physical disability is associated with failure, with dependency and with not being able to do things (even the regular chores of life).
Neelam as her name suggests, is really like a gem stone (The Blue Sapphire), with a captivating beauty and never ending smile. Her school mates always had a dream of dancing like her as every one used to appreciate her dance moves. Any cultural program at school and Neelam wasn't there; the program wouldn't be interesting, and theywould opine. She was synonymous to a peacock.
Our life is like a Pandora's Box. We never know what tragic surprises it has for us when we open it. The same happened with Neelam when she was just on the edge of her youth. An ambitious dream of being a famous actor, a blissful teenager, thousand youthful aspirations and most of all the best diversion of her life; dancing were all shattered in a road mishap made by a careful driver when she was rightfully walking on her own lane holding the hands of her best buddy. In the tragedy she not only had to lose her friend forever but she even had to mislay all her dreams and lead her remaining life as an amputee with only one leg. When she remembers the very day she says, "I learnt that my leg was amputated only a day after. Though my family members were around me giving me hope, but in private I used to admit the misery and shed tears for the misfortune of not being able to dance any more.
Yes, there is light at the end of the tunnel. For her, disability was typical trajectory. After a period of time, she started to adapt to her new situation, and started making much of it. She started dancing even with her one leg without giving notice to others for her happiness as dancing was the ultimate ecstasy of her life. After five years of practice (which wasn't easy), her talent got the limelight on a local stage on the occasion of 'International Day of Persons with Disabilities' a year back with the support of Bhima Khatiwada and Mina Acharya, who too are physically disable; whom Neelam likes to credit. Since then, she has never stepped back from her aspiration of being an actor. "Even if life is sometimes hard, my spouse, parents and mentors have always supported me and helped me become the one-leg dancer of Nepal.", Neelam shares.
We often assume that people with disabilities are unhappy. But in fact we're wrong. Surveys reveal people with disabilities consistently report a quality life as good as, or sometimes even better than that of non-disabled people. Human flourishing is possible even if you lack a major sense like sight, ability to walk, or beingphysically dependent on others. Sometimes, disabled are driven to greater achievements than before. That's why if we presuppose that physical difficulties for people result in misery for them, then we are wrong.
What is more important here is the social blockade rather than the physical impairment itself. It's true that in general, disabled people usually have fewer choices than non-disabled people. Most societies still have limited accessibility for them, which have certainly created some problem for them. Otherwise, special people like Neelam are much better than mentally jammed people of our society.
Yes, it's also true that physical impairment undoubtedly involves greater degrees of misery than average human should endure. Apart from that, there are some examples like Neelam whose transformative life stories teach us an important lesson that human beings are capable of adapting to almost any situation and can march on to triumph, overcoming all the misfortunes. Neelam, even after such misfortune still dances like a peacock.
Written by: Bhawana Shrestha
Country: Nepal
What is this life!
Life —— a set of philosophies, emotions, expectations, struggles and achievements. Sometimes, this life amuses the mind of a person; this is something beyond the limitations of a human mind. It takes a lifetime to comprehend the purpose of this blessed "Life". This life is a precious gift of Almighty to His creation. The purpose of life is to discover your gift; the meaning of life is giving your gift away. Life is a race there is no other destination but grave. Life is a game played by everyone, where your performance will figure out your consequences. Life is a waiting room where the wait ends on the moment which leads to eternal life. Life is a colorful journey that depends upon the miscellaneous ideas of a person. Life is an art; how to know, deal, and lead the people. Life is what we make it. Life is all about faith, knowledge and great understanding between mind and soul. Life is a continuous struggle; one only gets whatever he believes in and whatever he struggles for. Although, Man may be captain of his soul and master of destiny.
By
*Too many ‘life’ words used in the above para, replace them with ‘it’
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. Life is a race between good and evil, between your attitude and aptitude, your dedication towards your destiny. It is a war between heart and mind. The mind adjusts and materializes the ways to overcome this materialistic world but only the heart discovers the absolute destiny. Only the heart knows how to find what is precious. There is only one journey, going inside yourself. Life is an examination whose question paper is same since long, defined and publicly announced.
The life of this world is merely a deception and a test for all. What is eternal is the life after death and we have to realize this fact before our time runs out. As Quran says:
"It is He who has created death and life that He might try you—which of you is best in deeds; and He is the mighty, the most forgiving." (67:3)
We in today's life remain in search of power and fame; we keep running for the accomplishment of our desires. A poor man striving to get one meal throughout his life, lives with satisfaction and gratefulness to God for blessing him whatever he desired for. That poor man is leading a better life. As compare to the people living in this scientific age who make themselves the powerful and successful man of the world but have done nothing for the life after death because they didn't have time to interpret the true essence of life.
Life comes with no guarantees, no time and no second chances. You only live once but if you do it right once is enough. Life started since the birth of Adam; life comes with ups and down. Mistakes are the second name of experience. One who will learn from his mistakes, will lead to a meaningful life. An adversity of a life builds up character of a man.
Everything happens for a reason. Life should be to serve humanity and never harm anyone from your soul. As Rumi said, "This world is a mountain in which your works are echoed back to you".
According to Iqbal the rhetorically attributes of man should be
We can't direct the winds but can adjust our sails. Turn your doubts to question, turn your question to prayers and turn your prayers to God. Be the rainbow in the storms of life. Life is to the fullest; live it's every moment meaningfully, keeping an eye on its end. Life is a story, write it by yourself under the shadow of divine rules.
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. Life is a race between good and evil, between your attitude and aptitude, your dedication towards your destiny. It is a war between heart and mind. The mind adjusts and materializes the ways to overcome this materialistic world but only the heart discovers the absolute destiny. Only the heart knows how to find what is precious. There is only one journey, going inside yourself. Life is an examination whose question paper is same since long, defined and publicly announced.
The life of this world is merely a deception and a test for all. What is eternal is the life after death and we have to realize this fact before our time runs out. As Quran says:
"It is He who has created death and life that He might try you—which of you is best in deeds; and He is the mighty, the most forgiving." (67:3)
We in today's life remain in search of power and fame; we keep running for the accomplishment of our desires. A poor man striving to get one meal throughout his life, lives with satisfaction and gratefulness to God for blessing him whatever he desired for. That poor man is leading a better life. As compare to the people living in this scientific age who make themselves the powerful and successful man of the world but have done nothing for the life after death because they didn't have time to interpret the true essence of life.
Life comes with no guarantees, no time and no second chances. You only live once but if you do it right once is enough. Life started since the birth of Adam; life comes with ups and down. Mistakes are the second name of experience. One who will learn from his mistakes, will lead to a meaningful life. An adversity of a life builds up character of a man.
Everything happens for a reason. Life should be to serve humanity and never harm anyone from your soul. As Rumi said, "This world is a mountain in which your works are echoed back to you".
According to Iqbal the rhetorically attributes of man should be
We can't direct the winds but can adjust our sails. Turn your doubts to question, turn your question to prayers and turn your prayers to God. Be the rainbow in the storms of life. Life is to the fullest; live it's every moment meaningfully, keeping an eye on its end. Life is a story, write it by yourself under the shadow of divine rules.
By
Majida (Maya)
C.S.S. Academy Latifabad
Pakistan
C.S.S. Academy Latifabad
Pakistan
The Battle against HIV & AIDS in Kenya
It is reported that Kenya has the fourth largest HIV epidemic in the world. In 2012, out of a population of about 40 million, an estimated 1.6 million individuals were living with HIV and there were approximately 98,000 new infections. The HIV & AIDS epidemic in Kenya has since been often referred to as being generalized. In essence this means that it affects all sections of the society including children, youth, adults, women and men alike. According to a Kenya AIDS Response Progress Report, a concentrated certain group of Kenyans are more susceptible to contracting the virus due to their vulnerability to HIV transmission.
These groups can be categorized as follows;
a) Men who have sex with men (MSM)
b) Persons who inject drugs (PWIDs)
c) Sex Workers
d) Women and young girls
HIV prevalence among MSM in Kenya is almost three times more than the general population. Condom use among this group is reportedly fairly low. It is important to note that sexual relations between men remain illegal in Kenya and can carry a prison sentence of about 21 years if found guilty. Homosexuality is thus largely considered taboo and repugnant to the cultural values and moral code of the Kenyan Nation. This stance leads to high levels of stigma and discrimination towards MSM as well as towards other members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender community in Kenya. This often acts as a huge barrier and deterrent for these individuals to seek HIV treatment and testing.
I will not belabor with the jurisprudential arguments on the law and morality and how these two are either distinct or analogous hypotheses. However, what I would like to direct your attention to the Kenyan Constitution in specific to Article 43(1)which guarantees every individual the highest attainable standard of health-which is important to the realization of the right to life. Articles 26,27 and 28 in my mind also suggest that everyone has a right to life and that everyone shall be subjected to equality and freedom from discrimination in every sphere including access to medical care and treatment irrespective of sexual orientation or preference.
Granted, the Kenyan Government has made significant contributions to addressing the HIV & AIDS pandemic but a correlation and consistency remains to be seen in theory and in practice. One of the greatest strides taken was in 2006 with the enactment of the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control ACT 2006 which establishes the first ever tribunal (only one in the world) to handle legal issues relating to HIV, including discrimination against people living with HIV and protecting the confidentiality of medical records. Since its establishment in January 2012, the tribunal has received 400 complaints, admitted 14 cases and delivered two judgments.
Although the HIV prevalence among the general Kenyan population has fallen with rigorous campaigns around testing at VCT centers, sensitization and education campaigns as well as free ARVs medications provided at Government clinics, women and young girls unfortunately continue to be disproportionately affected by the epidemic. In 2012, Government statistics report that 6.9 % of women in Kenya were living with HIV compared with 4.2 % of men. Young women aged 15- 24 in Sub-Saharan Africa are almost three times more likely to be living with HIV than men of the same age. This can be attributed to discrimination that women and girls face in terms of access to education, employment, healthcare to name but a few. As a result, men will often always dominate sexual relations with women not being able to practice safe sex even when they know and understand the risks.
In the wake of the recently publicized partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Nike Foundation and the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) on a $ 210 Million initiative to reduce new infections in adolescent girls and young women, governments in Sub-Saharan countries should also accelerate efforts in prevention initiatives targeted at the most vulnerable groups as identified. More people should be encouraged to know their status and thus be able to access treatment, care and support regardless of other collateral factors. The Kenyan Government should also work on overcoming social, cultural and legal barriers that hinder access, treatment and testing of all its citizenry. Leaders should also start thinking of sustainable ways to scale up and fund existing prevention and treatment efforts to curb HIV & AIDS.
By
Kate Kiama
Write 4 Girls
Do you happen to feel the chill running down your spine while reading this? You should, because it is alarming and to be quite upfront, not so frequent. You may not pay much attention, but many other girls in our surroundings crave to be salvaged from the claws of people who own them. Unfortunately, even though we live in the 21st century, that phenomenon is still among us. Those girls are thrown away on the street, made robots for distributing money at an early age. It does not seem or feel right. But the question remains - What should be done?
Girls are often considered as a weaker gender, being put in inferior position. But shouldn't they be treated with care and protected? I bet you can see the irony in that. Imagine your sister, cousin being abused and maltreated by a bully or, if we stretch to extremes, a pimp. You would do anything to change the situation, regardless of the law and regulations. That is how we need to start feeling for all the girls, not just the significant ones. In this theoretically free world, people are open - minded and ready to help by giving tribute to those who deserve. Girls are awarded Nobel Prize because they deserve it, by showing how strong and independent the weak gender can be. That is something I personally, feel proud of. Neglecting the nation she belongs, ethnicity and religion. That does not matter when we have a higher purpose, a goal to chase.
As for Diwa, we need to pray her word gets heard, that she finds her Safe Heaven, her shelter in this harsh world. Hope is something we need to embrace and to cherish, without which we cannot survive. Hope is the one thing that keeps us going. Hope for a better future, for a better life with love, equality and peace. That is what we all long for, is it not?
By
Una Ristic
Issues faced by Young Girls and Women Empowerment
In every aspect of society, gender inequality balance has turned into the norm. All around acknowledged standards of human rights have set the standard for correspondence between women and men. This concept reaches out to the distinguishment that young girls and women are remarkable individuals with rights and duties like those of young men and boys.
Have you ever pondered the lives of young ladies of your age in poorer nations as far and wide as possible? From numerous points of view they are the same: these young girls enjoy in family, attempt to discover time for hanging out with friends, and consider what's on the horizon. Anyway in a few ways the issues and difficulties confronting them are altogether different.
Twenty-five percent of adolescent young ladies in "developing" or low-salary nations live in extreme poverty. It implies that individuals don't have all the basic needs for survival, in the same way as food, water, lodging, home, clothing, education, and health care.
Education: In numerous countries, when young ladies are near to their puberty, their guardians demoralize them from proceeding in school or even pressurize them to drop out, to protect their reputation and marriage prospects. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, just 17 percent of young girls are enlisted in secondary (high) school.
Training = Power: Every year of educating builds a young lady's earning power by 10 to 20 percent, while the return on their secondary education is significantly higher. Additionally, improved education for young girls is interfaced to lower HIV disease rates, lessened baby mortality, and an increment in a country's general for every capita pay.
Work Opportunities: Young women have a harder time finding work than young men and by and large are considered as just for a restricted range of "suitable" occupations like sewing, housekeeping (household), or factory work. These occupations pay less of what the young men's occupations. Young girls are frequently abused by their managers in light of the fact that they have constrained power, security, protection and rights.
Early Marriage: Young Motherhood, Unwanted Pregnancy, and Disease: One in seven young ladies in creating nations get married before age 15, and almost half are married by age 20; regularly, the young ladies are not given a decision in the matter. Married, young ladies go from fathers and siblings to their spouses. Not just do one-third of ladies in creating nations conceive an offspring before age 20, they are much more prone to pass on from pregnancy-related complications than ladies in age of 20.
Their children are likewise at higher danger of illness and death. Substantial extents of these pregnancies are unwanted, since a large portion of these young women need access to legitimate health awareness and birth control. Every year, somewhere around 2 and 4 million girls resort to risky, off and on again fatal, abortion techniques.
Young Girls and women in late-modern social orders are depicted as those most subordinated to the consumer society. In previous socialist nations, prostitution has offered restricted to acquire the moneynecessary to take part in new consumer ways of life. All through history, young people have been examined as to their demeanour, conduct, sexuality and general behaviour. Moral Panics are frequently structured in West Society .Ex: Teenage Pregnancy and Crime rate expanded due to growing youthful mother population. In Central and South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, one in five births is to a female under age 20. The conception rates for youngsters in this age gathering are additionally high in Latin America and the Caribbean and in East Europe compared and rest of Europe as appeared.
The lifestyles and practices of young ladies and women have changed. Smoking and under-age drinking have ended up more normal and become a norm, and drug use has expanded. A British study -In 1995 demonstrated that one in five females between the ages of 14 and 25 utilized cannabis at any rate once a week, and 22 percent of the 15-to 16-year-old young ladies surveyed had attempted it;11 numerous young ladies apparently related drinking and drug use with sociability and development.
Consistently, more than 14 million young ladies wed before their eighteenth birthday. Early marriage is most common in rural and impoverished territories of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia; however the practice is in no way, shape or form restricted to these regions.
Poverty frequently triggers this practice. Families may trust that an early marriage will secure a young girl's future and honour. Again and again, however, these unions bring about disempowerment, misuse, and early pregnancy – all of which can prompt genuine wellbeing outcomes.
The information is compelling: almost 30% of young ladies matured 15–19 in a marriage or dating relationship have encountered physical and/or sexual violence on account of their intimate partners. Complications joined to pregnancy and labour is the second leading reason for death among these girls.
Early marriage damages a young lady's rights. It adequately closes her Education and her capability to win her living further down in future, helping society's economic and social advancement. It can likewise put her life in danger.
Conclusion
Girls are needed to be encouraged and backed by other ladies. Occasions bringing ladies and girls together, workshops building self-assurance and respect toward oneself.Displaying persuasive yet aspiring good examples to young ladies who they can look toward and learn from. Raising aspirations of young people and helping them recognise their so they can accomplish positive things in life. We must guarantee equivalent access to education and livelihood opportunities for ladies and young girls. We must challenge social standards that help male power and control over ladies and young girls. We must empower adolescent young ladies with confidence, faith and awareness of various life options. We must work with juvenile young men and young ladies to create equal connections relationship in shared appreciation. We must train parents and schools to teach kids through non-violent practices.
BY
MISHAAL SHAHZAD
Write for Girls
Every young adolescent girl all over the world is being assaulted by society based on her gender, she often gets beaten, raped and in some countries even murdered. It is a huge problem that can cause young girls to feel as if they are not an important part of society and it can destroy their self esteem. I’m sure that every young girl is special in her own unique way and because of that they should be respected and allowed to be who she really is.They are often afraid to talk about that, but when the whole world is silent, even one single voice becomes powerful.
Every girl should have the dignity, respect, education and freedom she deserves. The best way to help young adolescent girls is to unleash their own potential to change the world. God bless those ambitious young adolescent girls who are willing to fight for their rights!
By
Ermina Beganovic
Every girl should have the dignity, respect, education and freedom she deserves. The best way to help young adolescent girls is to unleash their own potential to change the world. God bless those ambitious young adolescent girls who are willing to fight for their rights!
By
Ermina Beganovic
FORBIDDEN WISHES
Poem - Genre: Gothic Fiction
At the hillside a beauty feel so blue..
Picking rue by the light of the moon..
She was a divinity's creature but, attuned...
A dark sinister as bible construe...
Hoping mercy would show her face...
To a gothic revival in her way....
Sarah, she was a sign of pure yin...
But in a deep love with an angel of sin...
That queen of snow certainty deprived...
In a tainted perdition, and then she cried....
Abandon to love was the only settlement,
But oh God! it is an immortal sentiment...!!!
By
Sarah Bhurgari Pakistan
At the hillside a beauty feel so blue..
Picking rue by the light of the moon..
She was a divinity's creature but, attuned...
A dark sinister as bible construe...
Hoping mercy would show her face...
To a gothic revival in her way....
Sarah, she was a sign of pure yin...
But in a deep love with an angel of sin...
That queen of snow certainty deprived...
In a tainted perdition, and then she cried....
Abandon to love was the only settlement,
But oh God! it is an immortal sentiment...!!!
By
Sarah Bhurgari Pakistan
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