There's much worse but sexism is still real. People just don't always realize it's there and when this happens it feels awful. You have to elect someone and most of the time it's always a man. I don't think my school has ever had a female student representative in the school council, and this happens in little things as much as in more relevant ones.
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?
Read MoreWhat does life as a woman or girl look like in your country / city / town / village? Any issues / challenges / exciting milestones? Life as a girl in my country is challenging in every aspect. Some girls are engaged at the early age of 16-17 with men older than them. Life as a girl requires you to fight everyday for the basic rights boys are given without thinking twice.
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