Opinion: Nigerian Girl-Child: As Vulnerable As the African Elephant, By Chinna Okoroafor
One can never say too much about some of the terrible hardships the girl-child faces, no matter how people refuse to face these unpleasant facts. The odds are huge and debilitating. Illiteracy, cultural practices, religious misinterpretations, rejections, sexual assaults, maternal and child mortality may directly affect the girl-child…
Her life should not be limited to only domestic engagements because, like her counterparts, she possesses unlimited potentials. She must be allowed the right to enjoy her childhood, which is necessary for her to grow into her fullest, highest self. She deserves to attain her full abilities, regardless of the socially constructed fragility and lay understandings of the female gender. She is the opposite sex and not a weaker sex, for she brings a unique quality to life, which only she can provide.
Commonly, in households with less economic resources, a girl-child with hopes and dreams is shut out of education, so that her brothers can go to school or learn trade. She ends up being married off against her will, to a 50 year old predator. At her new home, she experiences violence and forced sexual relations.
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