An African Girl-child face discrimination from the womb to the grave!

Half of African population is devalued-treated as inferior and insignificant.What kind of world are we living in if millions of lives can be extinguished just because they are girls?
The girl child is discriminated against from the earliest stages –through her childhood and into adulthood.
There are many countries where little girls are cherished loved and cared for; they are seen as hope and flowers of future-unfortunately majority of girls live in countries where this is not so.Their condition is critical,desperate,hopeless and oppressive.A girl child face challenges from the womb to the grave.most African women face a lot of harsh treatment from their partners the moment they discover they are carrying a girl child.For surprise births, many women face neglects from the hospital to their marital homes.Today’s girl is tomorrow’s ;wife and mother .why cant we; respect ,appreciate ,cherish and treat them adorably much as we expect from them? Why?
Mothers are the most important part of a; family,community,country,continent and the world as a whole .We look up at them from the time we are days old till we are old enough and ‘wise’ enough to know they are not worthy any respect at all.Some may argue here that they really cherish and love their mothers dearly but the moment you insult that woman on the street ,that woman in the bus, the moment you down look your employee just because she is a woman you are disrespecting your own mother As well.what goes around comes around! Respect all women regardless of whom they are to you
Mothers sometimes share the discrimination game blame.They discriminate against their sweet little daughters from a tender age.The poor girls are burdened with household chores from a tender age.They toil and moil while their brothers play happily with their friends .The lucky ones share hard work with their siblings but they don’t get lucky enough, come evening and all household chores are all left to them. Boys surround their fathers and grandfathers and listen to old -days stories.They are sternly warned against doing women chores like; cooking, washing dishes, sweeping and collecting firewood. From a tender age they grow up with the notion women got no value in all other areas. This traditional phenomenal must be buried- buried deep!
Unwillingness of the girl’s family to meet the burden of bringing up a girl adds on to the gruesome list of causes.The belief a girl-child should not be educated denies her the knowledge and skills needed to advance their status in the society .Education is the only key which would enable her realize her full potential to; think, question and judge independently but she is denied all this. She is at risk if she is lucky to go to school.School atmosphere is at times dangerous .Teachers are as ready as vouchers to pounce on her.She drop out of school –under age pregnancies, this proves the adage –a girl child is better at home. At home is no better they face incest from insane close relatives and they are left helpless with no one to turn to. The menace continues to grow unbridled as parents prefer to stash away their daughters for cheap domestic servants whilst the payment is directly paid to parents ,to meet family needs and educate boys. the boys soon forget this kind gesture and look them down when they progress in life. In some African communities girls are forced to marry old men.The value here is not marriage but the dowry the old man is willing to pay in exchange.The poor girl is subjected to marriage responsibility at a very tender age.
One thing is clear-unequivocally clear-Africa would be a lot better placed than the one in which we are living in today if a girl child would be given an equal chance of life just as boys. Girls can not advance without the advancement of women and no improvement in women’s lives will be sustained unless girls have opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Girls carry their mothers and their wisdom –inside them, they lifelong dialogues with them ,turning to them,emulating them and often becoming them-make your presence within your daughters mind and heart a good warm dependable one that she can reach into for the rest of her life.
To help girl child survive and reach her full potential; discrimination against her should be eliminated, negatives cultural attitudes and practices against her should be fully eliminated, discrimination against her education should be a thing of history, violence against her at home, society and in the continent should be strengthened through improving her status. If we successfully practice this, a lot will be achieved in the society in the country and in the continent as a whole-Behind any successful home there is a woman, behind any successful leader there is a woman and behind any successful county, continent there are women. By educating all girls Africa will successfully join the rest of western countries in enjoying a successful economy-then we will be all proud of our mother land Africa.