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Erika-Rose Ramirez

Conrad

Honors Global Studies

17 May 2019

Action Plan

The objective of this project was to help raise awareness for the young girls and teens in

Sub-Saharan Africa that are forced into marriages everyday by older men, family members, and

communities. My goal was to raise enough awareness that may spark a change in way certain

traditions are viewed and practiced. I want to help liberate these young girls from the demanding

life as a wife and mother at such a young age. I hope that by exploring and exposing the reasons

behind this horrendous practice that I can in some way not only spread awareness but encourage

others to join and help fight for these young girls as well.

My community is filled with thousands of people who are privileged with the freedom to

marry whoever they want after they have already finished their education and are adults. Many

people don’t realize this and might not be aware of the struggles of girls their age and younger. I

think people should stop taking their freedoms for granted and help others who may not have a

voice to fight for what's right. We are all people no matter what country or region we are from and

everyone deserves the same rights no matter their gender, therefore people from all across our

country who have freedoms should work to help those who were stripped of those same valuable

freedoms.

Slowly people have been realizing the horrors of forced child marriages and there are

organizations out there with intent to also help the innocent brides. However while their efforts

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have been felt they only made a small impact on a huge problem. The rooting cause of this issue

stems from poverty, lack of education, lack of strict laws which protect females, and ancient

traditions which are still followed heavily to this day.

Scholars all across the globe agree that one possible answer could be to educate girls all

across the African continent. Studies which are outlines in previous blog posts of mine have found

that girls enrolled in educational programs and schools are less likely to be forced into marriage.

More possible solutions may be to form laws in African countries that higher the age of consent to

marriage and sex, making it illegal for teens and young children to get married. There is however

the fact that many if these forced marriages are taking place in rural areas where traditions are

followed strictly and it will be very hard to eradicate customs. The idea of educating these young

girls could be very beneficial as education can be focused on the topics of the dangers of early

marriage and sex at a young age and the dangers and risks of pregnancy as an adolescent.

While there are organizations which already focus on educating young girls , I think the

more people who try to do the same then the faster we can solve this crisis. My proposal is to raise

money for that will then be used to build schools in Africa and pay for education supplies and

teachers. If as a community, country, or globe we can raise enough money we could afford to build

small schools and buy supplies such as updated textbooks, chalk boards, desks and chairs, note

books, pencils, even computers and electrical devices for the young girls to further their learning

deeper and share the stories of what is happening in their communities which could raise even

more awareness. If the girls had computers and radios and tvs to see what great things women from

all across the world have done and accomplished they can be inspired to want to fight for their

rights even more and focus even harder on their educations. As years go by with a new generation

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of educated girls perhaps the traditions will slowly die out and fade away and one day child

marriages will be considered a taboo of the past and no longer exist.

Step Who What/Action When/Time Resources Communication

1 The people Create an No exact A go fund me The stakeholders

across not account in period of time account on include the people
only the which for donations facebook, a who donate which
United States donations can collections, place to send will then get to see
but other first be made and the quicker donated where their money
world deposited the better, supplies to be is going into once
countries who into. however held until the the schools are
aren’t Donations of donations can schools are built. There is
currently any kind be sent and ready. nobody yet
facing would help submitted Roughly 20 affected.
poverty and including any even thousand
have money amount of throughout dollars per
to spare money even the process of small school
so much as a building the house to be
dollar or schools. built, roughly
more. Also 100$ per desk
create a place so about 3
where other thousand
donations dollars for a
such as books class of 30,
and education around 200
supplies could dollars in
be sent in by notebooks ,
donors. pencils,
folders, a
couple
hundred for
at least 3
computers,a
few thousand
on internet
access if the
area doesn't
yet have any

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and money to
either buy
blackboards
and chalk or
use
chalkboard
paint and
paint a section
of a wall and
use it as a
chalk board
along with
chalk.

2 Organizations After A few months The money The only people

such as collecting per school to that was now affected are
habitat for enough be built already and the volunteers who
humanity, and money we depending on hopefully put in the manual
buildOn. can contact the number of would labor and sweat
Volunteers in one of these volunteers continue to be and hard work to
those organizations available to donated that accomplish the job
countries who or others that help could then be of building and
want to help build schools spent on setting up the
build the in order to supplies to schools
schools and partner with build with
volunteers them to build such as wood
from other the schools and tools and
countries who electrical
go to Africa circuits for
to help build lights and
the schools internet and
glass for
windows and
materials for
doors and
flooring and
roofing and
then the
materials to
set up the
classrooms
such as the
desks,
textbooks,

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computers,
etc.

3 People who Get in contact Hopefully this As far as The stakeholders

want to travel with the would take a human are now not only
to Africa to World Teach few months to resources you the donors but also
become Organization a year to would need a the trainers from
teachers and so that they properly train minimum of 1 the World Teach
the people of can send teachers with teacher per Organization who
the towns and trained basic skills in classroom but all get to see the
villages who teachers to the common a preferred progress being
want to then teach the core subjects. amount of 2 made to help
become other teachers or 3 per class create an
teacher as and to help teach education system
well. volunteers so as many girls for the girls and
Professions that they can as possible. teens. The teachers
from the then work in Also would are affected by
World Teach the schools then need the helping make a
organization and teach the technological difference in their
to go to the girls and and physical community as an
countries and spread resources appreciation of a
teach and education. which are better education
train the required to for themselves.
teachers. properly train
the teachers,
which would
probably
amount to a
couple
thousand
dollars.

4 The young Once the Hopefully Resources of The people who

girls and teens schools are each girl can course made donations
who will created and get the include the and helped the
become the teachers remainder of donations that whole process
students and are equipped their were made through will get to
their families to teach and childhood and continue see the results of
who get to the supplies years filled to be made in their kindness and
see them are gathered with order to dedication and
become for the education and support the hardwork. The
educated students, maybe even years of families will get to
young children can continue onto education the see the girls get
women who begin to a higher level girls deserve education and
will go on to enroll in and of education. and have a make something

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raise a new attend the Girls who are right to. As out of their lives.
generation schools where just young well as the The girls will
that doesn't they can learn children will teachers to receive a good
include child the common get hopefully teach the education be able
marriages core subjects at least 12 classes and to enjoy their
such as years of the students childhood and
reading education which would freedom,
writing grades k- 12 hopefully accomplish their
science math with the amount to goals, grow into
and the arts. option of about 20-30 adulthood and
They can furthering students per then raise families.
learn health their class The future
education education depending on generation will not
about either in the sizes of be forced to follow
pregnancies bigger cities the the strict traditions
and sexual or outside communities and overall the
diseases and their country and numbers continent of Africa
the risks of if they can. of teachers will flourish and
having sex per class. grow
and getting economically and
married at become well
such a educated and in
premature competition with
age. They can the rest of the
learn about countries of the
other women world.
from around
the world
who have
used their
education to
accomplish
great things
and spark and
inspiration for
them to
continue and
dedicate
themselves to
their
education
with goals of
doing
something big

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with their
lives one day.
The girls can
learn about
the dangers of
their ancient
traditions and
reflect on
what they
learn as they
grow and start
families
which will
then form a
new
generation
that will
slowly
eradicate the
major crisis of
child
marriages.

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