"Almost unnoticed, one of the great civil rights struggles of our times is being fought out in our midst. Across the Indian subcontinent, in Afghanistan and in Africa, supporters of universal girls’ education are being threatened, assaulted, bombed and murdered."
This excerpt is from an Op-Ed piece in Monday's New York Times by Gordon Brown. It is a haunting piece titled "Girls Who Risk Their Lives for Education" that tells unthinkable stories of the atrocities many young girls have met - and all they have been accused of is a desire to learn.
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| Nathalie Bardou/Associated Press via NYTimes |
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