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A child holds a national flag during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Victory Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 16, 2021. On this day in 1971, the Pakistani Army surrendered in Dhaka, marking the end of nine months of atrocities in Bangladesh. (Syed Mahamudur Rahman / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

BY LALEH ISPAHANI | As a young girl in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Iran, I never expected to be fighting for democracy in the United States.

We are linguistic and ethnic strangers, yet we are family and are at home in the United States. And we are one among many here. That spirit of welcome is the spirit that should propel us toward the new democracy we want—and need. It’s what should animate us as we build a new democracy that we can all call home.

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Girls attend school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Oct. 23, 2021. (Herman Emmanuel / Xinhua via Getty Images)

BY RACHEL MARCHAND | The world is letting girls fall behind at an alarming rate. This International Day of the Girl, the world must reassess its commitments to girls everywhere—for a flourishing world and, most importantly, for the individual health, rights and well-being of each girl, no matter what. 

Girls will reach their fullest potential when global governments comprehensively prioritize their education, safety, health and autonomy.

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At an orientation camp in Tinwari, India, in 2017, Saarthi Trust challenges mothers and their daughters to take an oath to say no to child marriages. (Facebook)

BY ARUNDHATI NATH | Kriti Bharti founded her nonprofit, Saarthi Trust, in 2011 to fight child marriage and empower women and girls. Since then, she has helped legally annul 49 child marriages and prevented 1,700 more from being “solemnized” in ceremonial engagements. She has aided in the rehabilitation of 20,500 children and women, and has conducted orientation programs that resulted in 35,000 villagers taking oaths to resist child marriages.

“One day,” she said, “we should be able to say, ‘Once upon a time, there was something called child marriage.’”

(This article originally appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Ms. Join the Ms. community today and you’ll get Ms. in print delivered straight to your mailbox!)

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