The gist of what happened is-Boko Haram fighters (terrorist organization) kidnapped these precious girls as they were at their boarding school in Northern Nigeria. Boko Haram kidnapped the girls (many Islamist terrorist organizations are against women being educated) and have since "converted" the girls to Islam, holding them at an unknown location. These girls have been without their families for a month, May 14th (today) making it an exact month from the date they were initially kidnapped. According to this article from CNN, Boko Haram fighters will "negotiate" a release of these young girls if their terrorist brothers are released from prison. What a ridiculous trade. Precious lives of young girls who stood to be educated in exchange for terrorists who are where they should be (prison). Terrorists threatening the lives of young girls who are trying to be educated, a story similar to that of Malala Yousafzai who I wrote about previously (and I'm sure that less publicized stories on a smaller scale are happening more often than we even know).This is devastating, this is infuriating, this is something that we can't stop talking about. Not until they release our girls.
Just so you know, the girls who were kidnapped from school represented a group of individuals who are not always a part of the norm. Here are some stats about Nigeria and education from GirlRising.com-
(Reminds me of the book "I am Nujood Ali, Age 10 and Divorced")
The stats have it. This is happening in this world. Our world. We have a right to protect these children, these girls. Don't let the fight die down and fizzle out of social media. These girls are still not home with their parents. #Bringbackourgirls
Malala Yousafzai
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
xoxo.
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