Half the sky~

This is a book that inspire a lot of people about women rights. How there are a lots of women being treat wrongly and how culture discriminate women's rights. They also have documentary shows about it. I just watched them. In spite other people my age watched the dramas and cartoon and busy being online, i watched a documentary which was after Conan cartoon. I was so inspired. And i felt so lucky to be born in Malaysia and being raise as a Moslem in a proper way. I don't have weird cultures that i must face.

They travel around the world and find for women that had been discriminate and how they actually being torture and they show how lucky a man is, there. I mean, they are lucky to be a man rather than being a woman.

This time, they went to Somalia and they find out that most women died because of giving birth. They died because of sickness that have solutions. But its just too late to save them. What makes it more tragic, they have a disgusting culture. Girl age around 8-9 must be uncircumcised. I don't see the process but i know its terrible. They used something like torn of something to sew it back. But that thing makes it hard for someone to give birth and really hurts when they wanna pee. They let the girl lay down for a week without giving them food after that process. So they wouldn't defecate. They only have a small hole. That's what they said but i don't know how small it is and i don't want to know. It hurts and the girls screaming! Its terrifying to hear about it. I think i will cry if i watch it. They will ask the men to go to town.So they don't hear the screaming.

They will get marry in a very young age. Btw, the live inside tent. Something like this:



But they have more cloth to cover it. But the structure is still the same. Can you imagine it? They said, most of them give birth at home. Inside that kinda place. Without hygiene care and give birth by their grandmothers or their mum. Seriously! The resident said, if you are strong you give birth at home if you are not strong then you go to the hospital. I'm like, dude its not about the strong thingy but its about your life and how you are taking care of your baby.

Then, there is a woman who built a hospital to take care of the pregnant women. She built it herself and people who heard about it helped her. They gave her things to complete her building. She used all of her money to built that building. She was someone important in PBB but she turn herself into an old woman who retire and used her stuff like jewelries and microwave and etc to get money and turn that dump place to a hospital. She said that not me.



http://www.crowdrise.com/TeamFriendsofEdnas

The one wearing green. Her name is Edna. She also held a program where she trained girls from all over somalia about basic of being a nurse and how to be a proper midwife for 18 weeks or month im not sure then they send them back to contribute to their own place. She is also the first woman that graduate in Somalia from UK after 6 years of studies.

The one that started this Half the sky is a man name Nicholas Kristof. He is the international reporter. He wrote books and write of the newspaper. He stand for some women issues and he is strict about it.

Guys are not all evil. Different people have different mission in life.



I also watched about how Indian girls must be a prostitute. BTW, in every program, they will invite an artist to witness everything. This time they invite America the ugly betty series actress.

They said that the children of the women actually in the room where their mothers entertains the customer. They sleep under the bed of the mothers. You know what i mean. Masya Allah...

Its too painful to tell about it. You guys can read more detail in:

http://www.halftheskymovement.org/issues/maternal-mortality

http://www.halftheskymovement.org/issues/forced-prostitution

You can find Edna here:

http://www.ednahospital.org/

Read about it and be inspire. As a girl that will grow up and a woman, i hope i will grow up as someone that will help the society... Insha Allah.