WON...

aims at breaking the silence that has shielded the evil called 'sexual abuse', with the goal of giving liberty, confidence and faith to as many that have been victims, and Christ Jesus is my foundation

Monday, 22 July 2013

MARRIED AS A CHILD…





Married as a child… if I get married at the age of 10, or maybe 8, or 6, or even 3…what’s that? Would I still be called? - a child? Would I have been said to have a childhood?
Married as a child... if the society I happen to be part of or the leaders my parents or those older than me trusted to bring modesty and order to the society, end up been the ones legally giving me out to be married as child, would there be hope for others coming after me? Would we still have a generation for children? It’s more likely we’ll start having adults thrown down to earth rather than have children.
I mean, define it yourself. A child getting married? She aint a child no more; a child carry a pregnancy? That’s no child; a child giving birth to a child or even children? Is she still a child? And what makes it worse is that the society doesn’t care anymore. 

Do you know what it means to be a child? It means that I get to live and act in ignorance. Ignorance is a whole lot of bliss for a child. It means I don’t need to worry because (by right) I have people to do the worrying for me. I don’t need to act or live mature, because by nature, I’m not meant for the adult things or situations. This is childhood; this is the joy of a child. So, why rob her of her privilege? Why rob her of this joy and bliss and laughter with her peers? Not just that, but these kids become exposed to insanity, low self esteem, diseases and even death; it means this child is robbed of LIFE…
We talk of a globalized world; we talk of a world or society with so much literacy and wealth, and so much on how the girl-child should be educated and equipped…we’ve not cleaned up these issues yet, and we stand to say she can be married at whatever age… Aren’t we going back to the period and age of grave illiteracy and poverty? What can a child have to pass on to a child she birth when she wasn’t allowed to learn hers? When did politics and religion become a tool used to mess up a child’s life? This is abuse. This implies that the society is legalizing Child Sexual Abuse…
By creation, a child has got the right to live; by nature, a child has got the right to play and learn in their world of ignorance; by societal standards, a child has got every right to be protected and provided for. Why should my beloved country try to rob this child of these rights and much more?
Please, our leaders, as we decide over the fate of our children (these sweet little ones), bear in mind that they have being given the right to live and act in ignorance and enjoy its bliss long before we all existed; bear in mind that if you had being robbed of your childhood joys you probably might have been long gone or living with so much trauma and that implies that you won’t have been occupying those seats. These children are our tomorrow; it’s our responsibility to guard and guide them. It’s our responsibility to let them enjoy their innocence till they are matured enough (physically, emotionally, psychologically etc). 

IT’S NEVER A CRIME TO BE A CHILD! IT’S NEVER A CRIME TO BE A CHILD! NO, NO, NO, IT’S NEVER A CRIME TO BE A CHILD!!!

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