Day: March 8, 2023

Linkedin, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Text messages buzz with Women’s Day messages and inspirational quotes. I still do not find myself happy, glad, and inspired by the shift in perspective. As a mother to a daughter, I have a slightly different perspective. This Women’s Day, I hope –

1. No girl is sold or bought as a commodity in any part of the world.
2. No terrorist organization kidnaps a school full of girls to work on farms and tend their beds.
3. No 6-year-old girl is kidnapped from a gas station by a psycho for unthinkable tortures.
4. No daughter is loved lesser than her brother.
5. No girl is abused/molested by her family member.
6. No girl is eve-teased while walking down the street.
7. No teenager ends her life because of the fear of disappointing her parents.
8. No teenager is bullied to depression.
9. No girl is asked to cover her legs because men will ogle.
10. No girl suffers a lifetime of burns because she chose not to love someone.
11. No girl is killed by her family because she is brave enough to fall in love.
12. No woman is stoned to death because she has feelings for a co-worker.
13. No wife is physically, verbally, or mentally abused by her husband and in-laws.
14. No daughter-in-law is forced to bear a child because the parents-in-law want a grandson.
15. No daughter-in-law is blamed because she could not conceive. 
16. No expecting mother is discriminated against at the workplace because she is about to take a “big leave.”
17. No woman is stripped of her rights to speak up because she is a woman.
18. No woman is denied her right to choose.
19. No woman is ridiculed for her choice of hair color/partner/clothes.
20. No woman needs to explain the meaning of ‘No’ and ‘Consent.’

Apologies for the darkness. I am hoping that the next women’s day will be a better one. One can only hope. I am going to try and make this world a better place for all our daughters to live in. I am not sure how, but I will try. Happy Women’s Day to you and yours from me and mine!