As I'm from a village, I have seen a lot of discrimination against women. Girls are getting educated and the society…harassments are increasing against [women].
Read MoreSexual harassment and rape are very common issues in our country. There is so much sexual harassment happening, especially in public transports. It’s not safe for a girl to go to a place alone even at daytime. Because of that our freedom is very limited here. We can’t experience things, go out to places like the girls in other countries do most of the time. Girls are always judged by the clothes they wear, the way they act or talk, the way they behave with their boyfriend, that kind of stuff. Society expects us to be something that most of us are not.
Read MoreAt 12, my school principal told me that my shorts were a disturbance to my male teachers who were all at least 40 years of age and that I should never wear them again. At 14, a grown man followed me home and tried to push my house door open. That is the true experience of a Moroccan girl yet my stories aren't even as bad as it gets. Must I speak of the girls that were raped and forced to marry their rapists? Must I speak of the girls that were raped, murdered and decapitated? Must I speak of the women who are abused and beaten by their husbands? Must I speak of the women that are raped by their husbands but forced to believe that it is okay just because they are their husbands? Must I speak of the young girls that are forced to marry men 4 times their ages by their parents? Must I speak of the young maids that are regularly beaten by their bosses and forced to give their hard earned money to parents that don't care about them? Must I speak of the young girls that are kidnapped and raped on their way to school?
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