Thomasin McKenzie Instagram – Hiii🕴️

Thomasin McKenzie Instagram - Hiii🕴️

Thomasin McKenzie Instagram – Hiii🕴️ | Posted on 20/Aug/2023 00:34:57

Thomasin McKenzie Instagram – The end is just the beginning 🥲🩵
Thomasin McKenzie Instagram – @sotheycan first met Kamsino and Chepoghon on their 40-kilometre round trip by foot to collect cooking oil and flour for their households.

The girls explained how they had never been to school and were about to undergo female genital cutting (FGC) to prepare them for marriage. Their hair had already been put into red coils as advertisement to show they were on the market to be sold.

Kamsino and Chepoghon admired the idea of attending school, but were unaware that this was option for them. Instead, their futures were mapped out for them — child marriage, early pregnancy and unpaid labour is the norm for many girls and women in their community.

A couple of weeks after meeting the girls, So They Can’s local team was able to connect with their parents and discuss the risks of FGC, as well as the importance of education for girls. Following these conversations, both households decided they would not progress with their plans to cut and sell off their girls and instead, with So They Can’s support, send their girls to school for the first time ever.

This International Day of the Girl Child, please join me in standing up for girls just like Kamsino and Chepoghon by advocating for their fundamental rights to education, safety and dignity.

My thoughts also go out to the children of Israel and Palestine. This tragedy and their suffering is incomprehensible. 

#internationalgirlsday #girlsrights #endchildmarriage #educationforall

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