To mark the International Day of the Girl Child,Waje paid tribute to her daughter and mother ..She wrote
Today, the 11th of October, is the International Day of the Girl Child
and I really want to celebrate my childhood and thank God for how
blessed I am to have the mother that trained me. I want to celebrate my
daughter… The best thing that has ever happened to me and the most
important person in my life!
When I was still pregnant with my
daughter, I had very tough decisions to make; would I have to quit the
university to raise my child? Would I be able to live my lifelong dream
of being a musician? Would I be able to raise my daughter single
handedly? How would I make ends meet?
I was one
of the lucky ones, the ones with a support system of mothers , of
parents pushing their daughters to pursue an education, to continue to
dream, to work towards their dream and to continually inspire, motivate
and push other young women to excel.
I look around me and I worry
about the future of women and girls. I worry about the world I am
building for my daughter and her friends. I worry about how our
legislation affects girls. I see inequality everywhere and I wonder how
these young girls who we are celebrating today will cope if we sit and
do nothing about their future. Does every single woman have to fight her
way through and with everything to remain honourable and respected in
her field? But nothing bothers me more than the inaction by women in
power and authority.
Too often women fail to empower each other. it will also be our fault
that our girls are not sitting on the table and contributing to
decisions that ultimately affect them.
There is so much work to do
to re-educate the modern day woman to remind her that we are not each
other's adversaries but that there is strength in sisterhood. To teach
the generations that come after about those that paved the way for us.
Now it is time to open doors for our daughters and sisters and to
embrace our weaknesses together and turn them into strengths.
Beautiful girl.
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