On the International Day of the Girl Child

Cintia Bolio, #Girls, NOT Mothers, 2017.

On the International Day of the Girl Child, Cintia Bolio's cartoon above points to a specific dilemma, but one that exemplifies the precarious lives of girls across the globe.

Girls should be empowered. They should be on the receiving end of education and safe formative years, and never be the wastebaskets of all that is corrupt in a society. Everybody loses when we lose our girls.

As a special edition of the Day of the Dead this one comes with a warning. When have we ever seen the Grim Reaper objecting to doing his job because the task at hand goes against his conscience? 

The cartoon shown is courtesy of Cintia Bolio and must not be reproduced without her permission.