Because I am a Girl: Eight Authors, Eight Countries, Eight Unforgettable Stories

SEVEN AUTHORS, SEVEN COUNTRIES, SEVEN UNFORGETTABLE STORIESBecause I am a girl I am less likely to go to school Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutritionBecause I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the homeBecause I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties.Seven authors have visited seven different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes.Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations. Eight writers, including Joanne Harris, Marie Phillips, and Irvine Welsh, spent timewith a charity promoting the development of women and girlsand were inspired towritean extraordinary array of stories and essays that statistics cannot convey Irvine Welsh tells a story ofprostitutes in the Dominican Republic,while Xiaolu Guo tells of a policeman with a Khmer Rouge past. Marie Phillips takes on the sexual abuse of Ugandan schoolgirlsand the outcome of the abuse. Seven authors have visited seven different countriesBrazil, Togo, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Uganda, Ghana, and the Dominican Republicand spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles, and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings based on the girls'true stories,about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience, and changing attitudes. Seven Authors Have Visited Seven Different Countries And Spoken To Young Women And Girls About Their Lives, Struggles And Hopes. The Result Is An Extraordinary Collection Of Writings About Prejudice, Abuse And Neglect, But Also About Courage, Resilience And Changing Attitudes. Proceeds From The Sale Of This Book Will Go To Plan, One Of The World's Largest Child-centered Community Development Organizations--page 4 Of Cover. Road Song / Joanne Harris -- Bendu's Dream / Tim Butcher -- Woman Who Carried A Shop On Her Head / Deborah Moggach -- Ovarian Roulette / Kathy Lette -- Ballad Of A Cambodian Man / Xiaolu Guo -- Change / Marie Phillips -- Response / Subhadra Belbase, Country Director Of Plan Uganda -- Remittances / Irvine Welsh. By Tim Butcher ... [et Al.]. Because I am a girl I am less likely to go to school Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutrition Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the home Because I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties. Eight authors have visited eight different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes. Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations.