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V What examples of discrimination come to mind?

V Does the United States provide equal

opportunities for men and women«and girls
and boys?

V If the US does provide equal opportunity

between sexes, how does it do so?

V Is anyone familiar with the following words:

female infanticide, female genital cutting, honor
killing?
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 he Convention on the Rights of the

Child (CRC) defines a child as a person
under the age of 18. A girl child is thus a
female younger than 18 years of age

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based on class or category rather than
individual merit; partiality or prejudice.

V Õ  ëoney or property that a ride·s

family must give to the family of her
husband as a requirement of marriage.
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  he murder of a female infant. It
occurs often as a deliberate murder or abandonment
of a young girl or infant.

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abortion, sex-selective abortion, or female feticide-
selective abortion. It involves the abortion of a fetus
because it is a girl. ëany women from communities
or cultures with a preference for boys practice
selective abortion.
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ca he practice that
involves the removal or the alteration of the female
genitalia. It is a centuries-old practice found in many
countries among people from various religions and
beliefs, most prevalent in Africa.

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 he practice of killing girls and women

who are perceived to have dishonored a family·s
reputation by allegedly engaging in sexual activity or
other improprieties before or outside of marriage.
¶Improper· behavior justifies grounds for killing. It has
expanded to include transgressions, which are not
initiated by the girl, including rape and incest.
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V Currently, 60 million girls are reported as ´missingµ as a
result of infanticide, sex selective abortions, and neglect.

V At least 130 million girls alive today have undergone

Female Genital ëutilation, and 2 million more are at risk
every year.

V It is reported that at least 5,000 women and girls are

murdered each year for ´honor·s sakeµ by members of their
own families.

V United Nation statistics, national reports and studies

initiated by non-governmental organizations repeatedly
show that girls, as a group, have lower literacy rates, receive
less health care, and more impoverished than boys.

Source: Youth Advocate Program International: www.yapi.org

Source: Youth Advocate Program International: www.yapi.org
Source: United Nations Children·s Fund: www.unicef.org
Source: Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
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V 
 he deliberate killing of a girl child.

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Girl children who are born in societies

where poverty, overpopulation, and
male biases are prevalent.

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In regions where poverty and

overpopulation are prevalent. It
predominantly occurs in societies
where girl children are not viewed as
economically advantageous.

V   Dineage, Income, Dowry, Protection,

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he practice that involves the removal or alteration of the
female genitalia.
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Young or adolescent girls from cultures that believe that
FGC will prevent girls from being promiscuous and
prevent them from engaging in sexual intercourse
before marriage.
V    28 African countries, ëuslim populations, Indigenous
groups in Central and South America.

V   Cultural beliefs and attitudes on multiple fronts: sexual,

sociological, hygienic and aesthetic, religious
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infections, complications with sexual intercourse and
childbirth.
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annah was genitally cut when she was

eight years old. She knew little about the
procedure, but understood it to be a ritual, a
ceremony, a process that would allow her to
become a woman. Six women held annah
down to perform the procedure. here was
no anesthesia or pain medication at any
point during the procedure, and annah
almost lost consciousness because of the
immense pain. he practitioner was then
paid the equivalent of one dollar for the
procedure.
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2illing of women that can be defined as acts of
murder in which a woman is killed for her actual or
perceived immoral behavior.

V   Women who have failed to keep marriage contracts,

refused to agree to arranged marriages, requested
divorce, flirted with men other then their husbands, or
for ¶allowing· themselves to be raped.

V    ëost prominent in the ëiddle East, Southwest Asia,

and Northwest Africa.

V   For violating sexual norms or being victims of rape or

other sexual rumor. his is a custom where women are
treated as property and business contracts.
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Raina Arafat was twenty-one years old and

did not want to marry the man her family
had chosen for her. She Was secretly seeing
her Iraqi boyfriend whom she wanted to
elope with. er aunts told her they had
arranged a secret meeting between the two
and brought her to an open patch of land in
the suburb of Amman. er aunts walked
away and let her brother, Rami, shoot her in
the back of her head. Raina·s ¶crime· was
being in love with a man that was not
sanctioned by her family and cultural ideals.
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V What are three reasons why women face prejudice
around the world?
V Do you think that equal education of girls and boys
would provide more equal rights and less
discrimination against girls?
V Who should be in charge of making changes
regarding the issues we have discussed today?
V Why do you think people continue to commit these
acts, even though there are laws against them in some
places?
V What do you think you can do to help?
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V Î
 yourself about the rights of the Girl Child.

V 
 local, state, and national politicians.
- Write letters asking for their opinion on the rights of the
Girl Child.

V T to your parents about the CRC.

- Educate the adults in your life!

V ¦
 for awareness of the CRC.
-
egin a social awareness/ human rights club.
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UN igh Commission on uman Rights
www.unhcr.org

UNICEF
www.unicef.org

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org

Youth Advocate Program International

www.yapi.org