Girl Rising Essay:
The girl I have chosen to write about is Asina, the girl from Afghanistan that learned to defy what had already been planned since the day of her birth.
Being born in middle eastern countries, like Afghanistan, your parents hope and pray that they birth a boy. Sexism and misogyny is prevalent in these countries.
Men are seen as higher, and being born a woman is the equivalent of dirt.
Asina says that when she was born they didn't even bother to record her birth date and that her mother burst into tears at the discovery of her sex.
Growing up, Asina was not given everything that she desired. She grew up with an older brother, which already shows that she is a lesser in her family.
She says at the beginning of her segment that she would not be …show more content…
When you grow up in a place where an extremist group that degrades women is your leading force, you can expect that you're not going to get much leeway. Although Asina was given to her cousin for marriage and birthed a son for him, these events sparked a fire in her. She refused to be the typical
Afghan woman that the Taliban had shaped, she did not want the rest of her life to consist of just childbirth and being a dummy for her husband to relish in.
She was much, much more than that. She was independent, and smart, and desired an education. She would not let men tell her how to live her life, whether or not they had the ability to kill her. She looked up to strong female role models like Malala, she aspired to be like them. She wanted other girls to realize that they do have a voice and they can stand up to the men that think they have the right to tell them how to live.
Asina desired to lead a movement, she wanted women to hear her words and be inspired. An education is more important than risking your life to bear a child for a man that shows no significance in your life. He doesn't love
The girl I have chosen to write about is Asina, the girl from Afghanistan that learned to defy what had already been planned since the day of her birth.
Being born in middle eastern countries, like Afghanistan, your parents hope and pray that they birth a boy. Sexism and misogyny is prevalent in these countries.
Men are seen as higher, and being born a woman is the equivalent of dirt.
Asina says that when she was born they didn't even bother to record her birth date and that her mother burst into tears at the discovery of her sex.
Growing up, Asina was not given everything that she desired. She grew up with an older brother, which already shows that she is a lesser in her family.
She says at the beginning of her segment that she would not be …show more content…
When you grow up in a place where an extremist group that degrades women is your leading force, you can expect that you're not going to get much leeway. Although Asina was given to her cousin for marriage and birthed a son for him, these events sparked a fire in her. She refused to be the typical
Afghan woman that the Taliban had shaped, she did not want the rest of her life to consist of just childbirth and being a dummy for her husband to relish in.
She was much, much more than that. She was independent, and smart, and desired an education. She would not let men tell her how to live her life, whether or not they had the ability to kill her. She looked up to strong female role models like Malala, she aspired to be like them. She wanted other girls to realize that they do have a voice and they can stand up to the men that think they have the right to tell them how to live.
Asina desired to lead a movement, she wanted women to hear her words and be inspired. An education is more important than risking your life to bear a child for a man that shows no significance in your life. He doesn't love