Mentoring the Girl Child

Mentoring the Girl Child by Sunday Akinrelere.

I am a man, but I feel it is not out of place to advocate for the girl child, too.

Charles Malik once said, “The fastest way to change society is to mobilize, educate, mentor and empower young ladies and the women of the world.”

This is not far from the truth!

Investing in girls education is undoubtedly a rewarding investment. It is like casting one’s bread on the waters, for it will be found after many days.

The evils carried out by today’s generation of girls need to be quickly addressed before it gets out of hand, because girls will grow to become mothers, and mothers have great influence on their children which make up the society.

Some girls are victims of rape and have been deflowered because of their indecent dressings and undefined relationship with the opposite sex.

Some of our girls are already exposed to the use of contraceptives at their tender age.

We now have more girls in this ‘Indomie’ generation who cannot boil water, let alone prepare stew, probably because they’re not well trained by their parents or they refuse to make themselves available for training.

We have many physically attractive girls today with lots of packaging, but lack virtues. They are weighed on the scales of good characters and are found wanting!

Here’s a clarion call on all virtuous women to mentor our teenage girls, and serve as good role models to them.

Parents/Guidance should invest in girls education as much as they do for the boys. Girls should not be considered as liability to parents and of little importance in the family.

The popular assertion that, ‘women education ends in the kitchen’ no longer holds true as we have great women, both at the local and international level, who have left their footprints on the sand of time.

It is wrong to invest time and resources only on the male child while concentrating less on the female child.

Let’s empower the girl child for a brighter tomorrow.

Protect our girls.
Be a good role model.
Mentor the girl child.