GENDER-BASED-PROJECTS

IMPACT OF ABUSES AND POVERTY: THE GIRL CHILD AS A VICTIM

The girl child from conception to birth, birth to adulthood is always a victim of the circumstance she finds herself. She is subjected to prenatal sex selection, suffered in female genital mutilation rituals, trades, and sold as slave and prostitute across national borders. She is a victim of child marriage, sexual harassment and abuse at workplaces, wars, and conflicts, and besseted with social, economic, and political deprivation. Not until recently, the girl child is expected to be seen but not heard. What a world of inequality!

It is in this regard, the brains behind the establishment of an initiative like the International Family Foundation must be applauded, encouraged, and supported because of the daunting task they are launching themselves to. The launch of this foundation today marks another milestone in our quest to fight the twin scourges of poverty and girl child abuse in the world, continent, country, State, and our individual homes.