By Aastha Kapoor
It
has been more than a month since those 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their
schools and carried in a convoy truck by a group of militants in Nigeria.
Around 50 of them have managed to escape and there is no news about the other
223 who are still missing. Sadly, the Nigerian government hasn’t been in action
which has made an outside intervention inevitable. Social media has managed to gather
a worldwide support for the cause of bringing those girls back home safely. The
region they come from is a hotbed for the terrorist group ‘Boko Haram’ whose
English translation is “Western education is a sin”. It is therefore not a
daunting task to look for the real cause behind the abduction. Around 50
schools have been demolished in the country in recent months. It was here that
these girls had resolved to get over their fears and pursue their education. Many
of them were to become doctors and lawyers till the day arrived when they were
kidnapped. It is feared that these girls would be put into sex trafficking.
Therefore,
the problem roots from the cultural and social stigma associated with education
which reveals how much work is yet to be done to dream of a happy and safe
Nigeria. Only a well-informed and educated person has the tool to uproot the mismanaged
system. While the US Secretary of State John Kerry has called Nigerian
President Goodluck Jonathan to act urgently on the large scale kidnapping and
human trafficking incident, it is not the first time that an African country
has come to news; there are many sectors like health, infrastructure, security,
education and safety that need to be developed which in turn is impossible without
worldwide solidarity and actionable plans.
Sadly,
one single incident takes us miles behind our cause as it takes a lot of time
to re-kindle and re-instate the same trust in people’s minds who have endured
hardships to seek for a better change all these years. DeltaWomen itself works
to rebuild that society. It is important though that the efforts don’t halt and
that we don’t fail in our little endeavours to bring out a positive change. Even
if it is signing a petition on change.org, every little effort is worth it. It
is necessary to survive and win this war.
Malala Yousafzi won her
fight, lets hope these schoolgirls win theirs too.
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