It’s easy to think we’ve achieved equality here in the Western world. We can vote. We can drive. We can make our own choices.
But in many places around the world, girls are still unable to make choices for themselves or do what they want to do. The following video tells the story of a Yemenese girl who walked into a courthouse by herself at the age of 10 and asked for a divorce.
This is a good reminder of why Girls Can’t WHAT? exists and a somewhat frightening example of why we still have so far to go in achieving equality and respect for our gender.
For more information on this topic, visit the National Geographic Live! channel on YouTube and see their series titled “Too Young to Wed”.
Special thanks to Cynthia Gorney for her work in raising awareness of these issues.
