The UNICEF Ambassador gives advice to girls of the world


Dear Girls of the World,

Some of you will be familiar with the childhood rhyme, "What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all things nice, that's what little girls are made of."

Marketing and stereotyping combine to have us believe that you're also made of pink dresses, pigtails, dolls, ringlets, ribbons, bows and tiaras. That you like cupcakes. That all you will want to be are wives and mothers. That you're more "inclined" to the arts and "better suited" to caring professions like teaching and nursing.
And, maybe, that's true for some. But my daughter Salma teaches me every day that there's so much more to you -- and for you.


Salma is 13, and I can count, on one hand (in fact, on one finger!), the occasions she's worn a dress -- and they've never been pink! Dolls always stayed on the shelf. She's happiest dribbling a soccer ball past her brothers and scoring goals or building model airplanes with her father. She dreams of being an engineer. That's my Salma; that's why I love her.

So, when I think about girls rising, I think of girls like her and her sister, Iman. I think of the millions of courageous girls all over the Arab world and beyond who, every day, summon inner strength, surmount barriers and make a difference in their communities.

Let me tell you about 16-year-old Wafa Al-Rimi.


http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/06/Queen-Jordan-Letter-girls.html

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Is this what they are talking about in that place?

Shollypopz: Though not as elaborate as I would hv loved it to be, a lot of young girls need to be aware of this.

Parents should get rid of that mentality and society should put effort into embracing individualism.

Mtcheew,another thread for feminists to feast on and have a field day....smh....feminists over to you guys

Owkay! Its ladies thread.....am outta hia. Pardon my intrusion in the first place