Because I am a woman
Asserting my sexuality and femininity
Makes me indecent, a tramp or promiscuous
My body is theirs
And when I get raped because I wore a mini-skirt
It’s my fault.
Because I am a woman
Giving birth to a girl child
Is my biggest fear
Because I know how cruel the world is
To a human being born with
a vagina between the legs.
Because I am a woman
I am expected to aspire to marriage
family and child-rearing.
My dreams and goals can wait
As my ‘womanly’ roles need to come first.
Because I am a woman
I will probably be killed by my partner
Abused or raped in my lifetime
And justice might be something
I will never get.
Like the countless women who
have suffered the same fate
Here on earth or in the heavens up above.
Because I am a woman
I have to stand up and fight against this injustice,
To make the world a safe place to live in
for all girls and women.
And because I am a woman and you are a woman
Let’s unite and fight to stop inequality, discrimination and
violence against women.
Together.