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21 Cents

June 8, 2016
By Alliemundis BRONZE, Brookline, Massachusetts
Alliemundis BRONZE, Brookline, Massachusetts
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You have the power to reimagine another world

Where women don’t die every minute from giving birth
With causes that are 99.9% preventable.

You have the power to change statistics
To free 15 million child brides from marrying every year
And to stop violence against 1 in 4 women.

You have the power to change this vicious cycle
Where womanhood is associated with shame
And women make 79 cents to a man’s dollar.

You have the power to destroy the barriers
To get the 2 out of 3 illiterate adults, who are women, into schools
And to free the 20.9 million girls who are trafficke and feel scared and alone.

You have the power to change a girl’s life
Give her a pencil and some paper
Give her a chance because she will deliver.


We have the power to change these man-made problems
No one is going to give you the platform
You must take the crown and scepter.


The author's comments:

I hope this poem will inspire people to make change. I got inspiration from a conference I went to about women's global health. I want to spread messages about the power of women. 


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