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People tell my father, 'You've lost your daughter; she's fighting against tradition and religion!' He's scared but supports me

— Hadja Idrissa Bah

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There are many unwanted pregnancies among young people

"We must denounce violence; it's the only way to stop this cycle," the young activist chanted at the time. "The shame of rape must change sides"

They say that the environment makes the man, but in my neighborhood, everyone does whatever they want

The authorities need to stop supporting tradition and instead support the law. Everyone needs to wake up, including religious leaders, community leaders and other influential public figures

All these girls take care of their children and no longer go to school, or their parents reject them

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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