Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Domestic violence-- "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday



I'm in the dark, I'd like to read his mind
But I'm frightened of the things I might find
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
To tear him away
When I tell him that I'm falling in love
Why does he say

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

I try so hard not to get upset
Because I know all the trouble I'll get
Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
And something to fear-eh-eh
And I try so hard to keep it inside
So no one can hear

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

He wants me, but only part of the time
He wants me, if he can keep me in line

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, shut up now, voices carry
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Hush hush, darling, she might overhear
Hush, hush - voices carry
He said shut up - he said shut up
Oh God can't you keep it down
Voices carry
Hush hush, voices carry

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, gives a TedX Talk: We Should All Be Feminists.

Does the word "feminist" mean "a woman who is unhappy because she can't find a husband?"

Is this merely a Western concept?



Boko Haram: Bring Back Our Girls


On May 5, 2014, militants affiliated with jihadist group Boko Haram:


Monday, March 9, 2015

The War in Sierra Leone and its Impact of Girls

Across the world, children are forced into slavery as soldiers in conflicts.

Girl Soldiers in Sierra Leone.

Because I am  girl in Sierra Leone: outlining the effects of the war in Sierra Leone on young girls: