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Exhibition 2021 OLP

One more freedom of choice that women are limited on, is the free choice of sexual orientation and gender. I can see a change during these last years regarding how women around me are free to choose their own gender and sexual orientation. I think this is good, because we should, as women, feel completely free to choose who we like to be and who we like to be with. I will quote the UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-moon from 7 March 2012: “Some say that sexual orientation and gender identity are sensitive issues. I understand. Like many of my generation, I did not grow up talking about these issues. But I learned to speak out because lives are at stake, and because it is our duty under the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to protect the rights of everyone, everywhere.” — I think that now that we are shaping a better, more tolerant and open world, we should keep working on protecting everyone’s rights everywhere by speaking out. We should fight homophobic and transphobic attitudes, and discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity strongly.&nbsp;Something that I find really upsetting is the fact that some people cannot even accept who they really are, or who they like, because of society's expectations for them. This may be because they are scared of others, even their own family. In 77 countries there are laws that criminalize private, consensual same-sex relationships, and the individuals are at risk of arrest, prosecution, imprisonment and even, in at least five countries, death penalty. On top of that, did you know that intimate partner violence affects 3 in 10 women over a lifetime all over the world? Last but not least, I find religious clothes somehow complicated these days. In many countries around the world, women’s choices about their clothes and appearance are restricted by laws or regulations. Most of these countries have laws that prohibit women from wearing religious clothes in public places. Far fewer countries require women to wear some types of clothes, such as head scarves or long dresses, for religious reasons. Did you know that women in 56 countries experienced social harassment due to clothing that violates religious dress norms? This social harassment can range from verbal abuse to physical violence or killings. (according to the sources analyzed for a recent Pew Research Center study of 198 nations between 2016 and 2018). On one hand, the fact that women have to cover their bodies because of their religion is controversial,they should do it only if they want to. But society should not force them to do so. If they freely decide to wear Hijabs or any religious clothing they should be profoundly respected and accepted. Hijab social experiment How does society act around people with hijabs? How do some people act when wearing hijabs for the first time? First of all, I asked Niki Mandalaoui to wear a hijab and to tell me how people acted around her with a hijab on. And she told me. “Wearing the hijab today, I felt strange. People asked me what are you wearing? Or, What are you doing with that on your head? It seems to me that people should be adapted to seeing women with hijab, and although it is not very common in Argentina we should understand the religions of others”.

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27/04/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I woke up really early today. I was so excited for the protest! Taylor came to pick me up. I felt like I was finally making a big change. I don’t know if it really was big but it is the biggest thing I did. Except for that protest at school. It was done because some guys were slut-shaming her , because she had dated two guys in a month. These boys graffitied her locker and wrote horrible words. This was actually not the first time that it happened, they even made a website with an awful name but this time girls were fed up. I felt really bad for this girl, I think I was able to understand that it isn’t her fault if neither of the relationships worked out. And it is not other people’s business how many boys she dates. I remember she didn’t go to school for like three days, until she realized all the girls and some boy who had her back and were willing to help. She came back to school and many people were defending her.&nbsp; I know how happy she was and how good she felt because I was that girl. I was the depressed girl who wasn’t able to be with who she wanted because people were going to bully her because of it.&nbsp; I understand you can think that being with many people and having a lot of short-term relationships can be seen as bad, but, first of all, it is not your problem how many people this person is with.&nbsp;But the thing that annoys me the most is the different perspective reaction there is for women and than there is for men.&nbsp; I also don’t like it when people&nbsp;make you feel embarrassed by the length of my skirt or how see-through my t-shirt is. This doesn’t define me as a person. And if I do like wearing short and revealing clothes it does not determine if I have or don’t have self-respect and how many people you are with doesn’t even mean if you have self respect or not. A woman who is with many people is a “whore” and a man who is with many people is a “boss”. It is just so unfair, cause I know damn well that if it was a boy who would have been with two girls in a month or maybe even three he wouldn’t have been bullied he would have been honored.&nbsp; I decided to tell Taylor everything on the way to the park where the protest was going to take place . We discussed it and realized our ideas are very similar. She also told me she really liked everything I said and suggested I let the world know my thoughts.&nbsp; We finally arrived and there were already some people there. We waited for more people to arrive and then started protesting.&nbsp;

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9/22/21: THURSDAY&nbsp; Sports!!!!!! Yesssss!!!! Ok, so, we started practising football, my favorite sport. Mr.Hastro was our teacher. He was black too, so I felt more comfortable. We played a small match. I wanted to be the Middle Guard, but all the kids in my class, including Dax and his friends, told me that I was too weak for that position. Although Mr.Hastro told me I could do it if I put my head in it. Sooooo I was the Middle Guard and we won!!!! I felt very good about myself.

Later I went to the park with Akira again!!!! I think I like her, mom if you are reading this I’m gonna kill you, I mean please don’t read it. Thank you. Anyway we talked about different schools and stuff.

&nbsp;They probably have to miss a whole week of school or put an uncomfortable amount of paper in their underwear which might work&nbsp;but it still isn’t fair. Especially for little&nbsp;girls who are still really young. It is not our fault we have periods. I didn’t go to school because I was already late and because I was just tired. I looked it up and discovered Scottish menstrual products are free and in New Zealand they offer free products in schools. It kind of made my day to know that some countries are taking care of this issue and for some time I was able to forget about the pain. 25/04/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Today in school there was a new substitute teacher in chemistry called Mr. Sown. He was replacing Mrs.Oms, who is my favorite teacher. I was really excited to meet him, but during the class that excitement was gone and was replaced with anger. It was a remplacement I wish I had been able to control because it didn’t end well. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Everything was going very well. Mr. Sown was very cool until he made some groups to do this activity about matter, it was groups of four and he put me with three other boys, Harry, Jake and John. I was okay with that until he made this horrible comment. He said I was lucky to be in a group with only boys because he knew I wouldn’t be able to do the work alone. First of all, I felt like that comment was so unnecessary and out of place. I got so mad because even though he didn’t say it I knew he was saying without knowing anything about me but the fact that I’m a girl. I did not hold back and started arguing with him. I decided to teach him something valuable since he hadn’t taught me anything. I told him that gender stereotypes are generalised ideas society has about somebody because of their gender. A lot of the time this limits people to do what they want, for example a woman might not get the job of a construction worker because they might think she is not strong enough. In this case, he was assuming I was dumb and wasn’table to do thing on my own because I’m a girl. Gender stereotypes become problematic when used to degrade or discriminate against women for ignorant reasons which was exactly what he was doing.&nbsp; He was speechless and didn’t know how to respond. I walked out and slammed the door on his face.&nbsp; I got detention.&nbsp; I got home and told my mom. She didn’t get mad because she thought I was right.

9/21/21: WEDNESDAY&nbsp; School was so boring today, not gonna waste lines on a boring day at school, so afterwards me and my mom went to a cafe near the school. I was drinking hot chocolate because we all know coffee is disgusting. I looked through the window and I saw Dax and his friends mocking me. I was SO embarrassed, mom and I went home.

Afterwards I went to the park alone. I was on the bench and this Asian girl came and started talking to me. I'm not trying to be racist, I just like to give details. She had a puppy. He was so cute. She said: “rough day huh?” And we talked for almost an hour about how difficult it was to start a new school and be “different”. Her name was Akira, and she goes to the same school as me. Isn't that crazy?!?!?&nbsp;

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9/25/19 Tuesday Today was a little bit better because Sara came in the first&nbsp;period of the day. She asked why some people said those things to Emma. No one said anything except for Andrew that said “we said those things because he…” then Sara interrupted him and corrected him saying “she”. Andrew rolled his eyes and started again “we said those things because she is weird and I don’t want a weird kid being with me because she acts like a girl and stuff, but she is a boy!” Then Sara said very angrily that that wasn’t true and taught us a very important lesson,she told us all about her job, how she did help some children to find they’re identity and to tell their parents and she also knew that most of us were catholic so she told us that in the Bible it says that “love is love and that god loves every single person even though the differences”. So then when she finished I was expecting her to tell everyone to apologize to Emma but she didn't.

She waited and then everyone apologized to her. After that We started talking and I didn’t ask or nobody else asked she just said “as you might see I do support LGBTQ+ people and you should do too but if you do not support them at least respect them and actually once someone from this school actually came to me and asked me for help because they were confused about their sexuality”. Then we went to break and played 4 square all together. After that everyone was very nice with Emma and she made friends with the other kids that had left her.

9/27/19 Thursday After our talk with the schools psychologist. When I arrived to my house I told my parents what happened at school and we had a really long talk and I realized my parents weren’t too up to date in what was going on in the modernization of community and I updated them a little bit and they told me that there were a lot of men and women their age that haven’t really learned all the new things that have been happening.

10/5/19 Tuesday After a long time it was my birthday (yesterday) and I invited all my class and some other people to my house and&nbsp;then Emma (now one of my best friends), Olivia and Joselyn to sleep. They are all my best friends. We had a great time but we went to sleep at 4:00 am. Today I woke up at 1:00 pm and ate some of the leftovers. Emma gave me the best gift she gave me an autograph of my favourite singer (Olivia Rodrigo) and a video of her singing happy birthday to me. I TOTALLY LOVED IT!

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9/22/2021 Today was horrible!!!! I was at school and more people are criticizing me because of what I eat, how I dress, how I talk, how I walk. I can’t believe that the teachers don’t do anything about it. And believe me they can hear everything. Today while i was at the park i saw the boy again!!!! But this time we talked for 3 hours&nbsp;or more and we had a lot more things in common that I thought but turns out that he also wants to change schools so we started looking at school together. I’m changing schools next week. And by the way his name is Ezra.

9/23/2021 Last night I couldn’t sleep because I was still thinking about how a comment can really affect me. When I was watching a series I saw the video of the heaters saying that the only thing they want is to hurt you. And I don’t want people to do what they want so I won’t change schools. I will solve my problems and fires by facing them. By the way I only have half a diary page left so let’s try to write the most in the last spaces, and I’m really liking writing in a diary so who knows maybe I will write another diary . (I think is really helping we express my feelings)

In my first class nobody wanted to sit next to me except for my new friend. Oh and by the way her name is Olivia. In the class that I don’t share with Olivia, there was a&nbsp;suuuuuuuper cool boy next to me and he also never asked the same question he just asked like: what’s your name, or how are you, do you like this school, ect. We just spent the whole class talking about me and it is not that I don't like it. And now I have his number and Olivia's number too. Let’s hope I get a better impression of the other people at school tomorrow.

9/19/2021 Today was not that great: Olivia didn't come because she had a dentist appointment. Now I know the cool boy's name. His name is Jayden. But today this girl named Charlotte was so mean to me! For example at lunch while I was eating my meat, she said “why aren’t you eating rice? I thought you were too poor to eat anything else.“ Then at class when I was in my seat she said don’t sit next to her. She has covid she is from China&nbsp;(no I don’t). I was so mad that I was going to say something. But I didn't say anything ( i didn't want to be so rude)

9/22/19 Saturday Today we had waffles for breakfast (they were so good) and she told me if she had made things awkward, and I didn’t think so, so I said no. Emma seemed so glad. After 2 or 3 hours, my mom came to pick me up. When I arrived home I went rushing to my room. sat on my desk and turned on the computer. to search for all kinds of things about LGBTQ+ because I was sooo curious. I found out a lot of things, that gay men and lesbian women couldn’t get married till June 26, 2015. there are a lot of different flags, different sexuality’s.

9/24/19 Monday I’m so mad because today at school a lot of kids were discriminating against Emma, they were making fun of her, I thought it was nothing. But at break time some of the girls didn’t want Emma to play with them because “he is so weird” so I told them that it wasn’t good and not polite. And I also had a tiny discussion with them and asked Emma if she wanted to go play with me and played “2 rectangle”. I hope that cheered her up. After break, I went to the teacher and told her what had happened so she told the whole class how disappointed she was and that tomorrow we would have a PSE talk. I was actually kind of disappointed in my teacher because I thought she would do something else about it and she didn’t but at least tomorrow Sara our school psychologist will come and talk to us

11/05/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This time Taylor didn’t take me to the protest we both just met each other there, I got there earlier than her and was surprised in a good way to see her arrive with this tall black guy. His name was joe and he was super nice. We waited some time and the protest started, almost everybody had green handkerchief.&nbsp; The protest was cool but it was definitely much more different than the other. I personally liked more the other one, but this one wasn’t bad. It was just more violent, people were destroying things and burning trash cans. And it was so out of control that police men had to come and even took some people. After that they got even more angry and went against the policemen. I sadly left. I didn’t know things were going to be this violent and I was definitely no ready for it. I even lost Taylor and Joe on the crowd and just sent them a message to let them know I was leaving. I went to this cafe nearby and sat there. I checked and the Instagram account had 15,438 followers it was definitely growing. I started working in this essay for collage since I’m in my last year of school and I want to go to one. My dream school is Juilliard I don’t know if I’m good enough. 27/07/22 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wow, it's been a long time since we have spoken, huh. Yeah, sorry i got really busy and forgot. I mean, school, after school activities, essays, the website, the Instagram it was a lot.&nbsp; It’s been around a year and three months and I can assure you many thing have changed let me recap.&nbsp; First of all I didn’t get into Juilliard which at first I was so sad about but I got into this other school which I’m still extremely happy with. Taylor and I aren’t friends anymore, nothing bad happened we just suddenly stopped talking were good though. Also know we are both in college and really far away she actually went to a college in France. She is now dating Joe and they are living together.

The energy was amazing. I felt so empowered, like no one could stop me. Like no one could stop us. Everything was awesome,&nbsp;I saw that there was people from every race, people from every color, people form every gender, I finally realized that no matter how different we all we were all fighting for the same thing some kind of equality in this case gender equality. Women are around half the population and play the most important role in society we should be respected. And we were there to speak up about it. After six hours the protest was over and we all went back home, it was a very peaceful protest and fun. Yesterday I had seen some protest where protestors would go topless and break things. But we didn’t damage anything. We all knew that wether we damaged things or not, the result wasn’t really going to be different. Taylor took me to my house and I went up to my room and fell asleep.

28/04/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing very exciting happened at school today so I’m just going to start from 4:30pm. I was assigned some homework so the second I got home I sat down to do it but I was distracted and I couldn't concentrate. But the distraction was me. I knew there was something more interesting and important I had to do than just a piece of paper with some equations. I couldn’ get that phrase out of my mind, this little voice just kept&nbsp;repeating it and repeating it. It was what Taylor said. “You should let the whole world know your ideas”. But I didn’t know how. How to teach the world the important values of women.&nbsp; And that’s when it hit me, the best idea I ever had. I was going to make a website, where I can put links to everything, a link where people can donate, or maybe let them know about things that are going on or things that happened. I was really glad in school they teach technology because on time we made a website, now I could just repeat the steps they taughts us.&nbsp; I grabbed a piece of paper and decided how I wanted it to be. After that I just grabbed my computer and started designing it.&nbsp;

26/04/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Today was quite boring. I mean, it is detention, it is not supposed to be exciting. We didn’t really do much, they just made us complete homework. I had to do two activities, one from History and another from Maths. Then I just read a book. But it wasn’t so boring because I made a new friend. Her name is Taylor and she is super nice. She has this kind of hippie vibe and is super fun and relaxed. We talked for some time, she asked me why I was in detention and I told her what had happened with Mr.Sown and she told me she thought it was really cool that I&nbsp;stood up for myself. I asked her why she was there and she told me that she had broken the dress code. I asked her what she was&nbsp;wearing and she told me she was wearing a skirt not more than four inches above her knee. Another thing in life I don’t like is the dress code. I don’t mind that the school wants us to dress “appropriately” but some stuff is exaggerated like the fact that I can’t show my shoulders.&nbsp; We talked more and she told me about this protest she was going to. It was a fight for women’s rights: how women get paid less, how they get raped, harassed or abused and nobody really cares. I thought it was really cool and asked her if I could go with her. She said yes. After detention we went to her house and&nbsp;made some signs for the protest. She told me thousands of people were going to be there.&nbsp; I never really considered myself to be a feminist but since realizing it is basically just fighting for gender equality. I guess I am one. Like that time when I was around twelve years old and this boy told me I couldn’t play football because I was a girl and girls are bad at sports. After that, I started taking football lessons to prove them wrong and I ended up being better than half of them Then, they begged me to play with them every break but I always said no. Taylor said it was really cool and she told me some things about feminism like, it was started in 1848 by Elizabeth Candy Stanton and some other women but mostly led by her. Apparently they went to the Seneca Falls convention where they petitioned for their civil, social, political and religious rights. It obviously didn’t end there, I mean I’m going to a protest tomorrow but things are definitely better. In the morning&nbsp;I was sad I had detention but from a bad thing came great ones.

Dear Diary 9/17/19 Monday Today a new girl came to the class, she was different, I don’t know, just different, but we are all different in our own way but this girl, she has something special and she also seems pretty friendly and nice. I’m gonna try and talk to her. 9/19/19 Wednesday&nbsp; I did it!! I talked to her but it took me a while to do it but after all I did it and she is so kind and nice but a little bit shy. Her name is Emma, she has blonde and short hair, really pretty green eyes and some freckles. Emma told me that she has a dog called George and a cat called Miranda and she also showed me a picture of them, they are sooooo cute. Emma also has a brother named Blake that plays soccer. And she also invited me to her house on Friday, I’m SO excited.

9/21/19 Friday IT WAS TODAY!! I went to her house and it was so much fun, she showed me her room, so pretty but she had a wardrobe full of “old things” but I thought they were pretty okay. There were a lot of boy’s clothes so I figured that they were her brother’s, but they were too small. I think she looked at me and saw my confused face because she said “oh, those were my clothes”. Then I said “Oh! cool” and we went to the kitchen and cooked some cookies. Then she invited me to sleep and I accepted, so we ate dinner. And it was probably like 1:00 in the morning when she told me “Hey, did you know that I’m trans?, I don’t really like talking about it but it just seemed to be the right thing because you saw my old clothes and I don’t know, it seems like I can trust you, can I?” I was so confused but I said of course and I had all kinds of questions but it just seemed rude to ask.

All human activities can have either a good or a bad impact on this matter, especially the new kids generation that can influence people by using social media and videos wisely. Kids can have a beneficial impact on this, and inspire people with social content. A good example is Greta Thrunberg, a Swedish teenager, who organized protests about climate change in 2018. At only 16 years old she gave talks and conferences and demonstrated that trying to change the world has no age. It’s inspiring to think how people are starting to care about having a clean world.&nbsp;

So in conclusion, although there are people who overlook this matter, some others are starting to take action and we need to be part of it. During my investigation it really encouraged me to think about how new generations care about having a clean world, especially the idea of thinking that there is no “ world B”.

09/05/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taylor told me she loved what I added to the website. She asked me what was going on since I had been quite distant and I just told her I was very focused on the exam I had for Maths. She believed me. Nothing much happened after that. School was very boring today, except for the fact that this new guy entered school. I found him really good looking but I’m not gonna lie I&nbsp;immediately stopped myself from falling for him. I’m not going to lie I’m a little bit afraid of ladrona not because it can break my heart but more because you may not always know who you are dealing with. What I’m trying to say I’d is that people can turn to be somebody who they didn’t seem to be and I’m just not really looking forward to finding out who someone really is when I don’t know if the truth will hurt or not. Either way I still have a lot of stuff to do and being in love won’t really help. I got home. I don’t have anything to do so I just looked through Instagram. I was very bored and so I came across a specific post. It was a post about a protest is going to be done in like three days or something it was protesting for the legalization of abortion. I am mediately thought about going there. The last one was making and was definitely an experience I would like to re-live. I I told Taylor about it and she told me she wanted to go to. I personally support it, being a mother should be a personal decision not a political discussion. I know many people say that it is homicide, but homicide is killing a human being and the time when abortion can be made is in the first twelve weeks when it is still a fetus and isn’t really a baby. And no matter if it is illegal women who want and abortion will still do it, the problem with that is that people who do have the reasources are probably able to may a doctor a big amount of money and get it done privately. But some women don’t have the money to do that and will end up in a kitchen with an uncertified doctor doing the abortion with a the wrong tool which could most likely kill both the fetus and woman. So making it illegal wouldn’t really help. I later found some petitions to make it legal and post about them on Instagram so more people would.

<a href="https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/is-homosexuality-wrong/?ad=mlr-ga-dyn-en-01">https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/is-homosexuality-wrong/?ad=mlr-ga-dyn-en-01</a>

<a href="https://www.seftonsexualhealth.nhs.uk/lgbtqi/what-does-lgbtq-stand-for/">https://www.seftonsexualhealth.nhs.uk/lgbtqi/what-</a> <a href="https://www.seftonsexualhealth.nhs.uk/lgbtqi/what-does-lgbtq-stand-for/">does-lgbtq-stand-for/</a>

<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/24/same-sex-marriage/">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/24/same-sex-marriage/</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Argentina">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Argentina</a>

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas” Marie Curie

IS THE WORLD EQUAL FOR EVERY WOMAN?

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” Malala Yousafzai

I can answer this question by looking around me and maybe I would say yes, but as soon as I look a little bit further than my close friends, I see huge differences that make me sad and it&nbsp;makes me feel like I must do something about it. Doing something at my age may be difficult, but I can start by learning and showing others what I've learned about the unequal world that different women and girls should face. First I tried to understand the situation women have in different countries. In some countries like Pakistan, women can't leave&nbsp;their houses without the company of a man from the family. To me, this is really weird, surprising and new because in the country where I live, Argentina, women have the same&nbsp;rights as men. However, it is also true that many times, some very unfair things happen, like women/girls being&nbsp;abused or raped, or even women getting paid&nbsp;far&nbsp;less than men for doing&nbsp;the same job. Did you know that in 2020, 251 femicides happened in Argentina , in which 84% already knew the assassins.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The fact that striked me the most while I was reading about the unequal world we have was the extreme inequality there is regarding something as important as education. The gender education gap is the difference in education that there is for women and men. Men get a much better education than women all over the world, because, as some people may say, they are “smarter”.&nbsp;“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” says Malala, and I agree. She also states “I think realizing that you’re not alone, that you are standing with millions of your sisters around the world is vital. When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” Malala Yousafzai, who is 23 years old, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. She runs a global girls' education charity. She graduated from Oxford University, and as a 15-year-old, she was airlifted out of the country for medical reasons after a Taliban insurgent shot her in the face for her advocacy of girls' education. She's a feminist icon and hero for her global activism on behalf of girls. She states that from 1996 to 2001 the Talibanes closed every school for girls, and banned every woman from going to work. Nowadays, after the retake of government in Afghanistan by the Talibans, schools are kept open for girls, but they are taught differently and less than boys and they are separated from them by a curtain or wall. Being taught much less limitates their chances to have access to successful work opportunities and a better financial future. Today there are 36 million girls all over the world that can't go to school. I find this very unfair and shocking , that even nowadays, in the 21st century, people&nbsp;still can’t accept that women and men should have the same rights and opportunities. To see what kids my age at school think about the gender education gap, I did a quest. And this was the result.

anyway i spent the rest of the day with Jayden and i still don’t know if he wants to be my friend or my Best friend (like Olivia) or something like that.the day was kind of boring without Olivia, oh and i if Olivia was there she would have makes a party or something like that because the maths teacher was absent&nbsp;but the people around me didn't change a thing today more people were asking if was Chinese (i am Japanese)&nbsp;

9/20/2021 I am so sad for Olivia, remember I told you she had a dentist appointment well she lied she was absent because her uncle was killed in the spa and some of her uncle’s friends too (they were all asian) that's why i'm scared of going out. Today she came to school and explained everything to me. I was so sad. Now I'm making a present for her so she can feel better, with chocolates, candy, lollypops

9/23/21: FRIDAY!!!!!!! Today was a very fun day. After school I went with Levi and Ava to “Splash!” This famous water park here in California. Best day of my life! There were 42 water slides, 7 pools and a ginormous wave pool. Soooo fun. Although the worst happened, Dax, Sammy and Troy were there too. The bully squad. Dax “whispered” to Levi, “why are you here with this idiot?” Oh yeah Levi was angry, very angry.

He managed to calm down and Levi told Sammy and Troy, “why are you guys hanging out with this idiot?” SAVAGE!!!! Everyone went home after that. Although this week wasn’t the best week, it was fun! See ya next week, Ezra.

<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57989425">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57989425</a>

9/24/2021 Today I completely ignored all comments, questions and opinions other people had about me. I just spent all day with my new 2 friend (Olivia and Jadan) I will be completely honest I think Ezra (the park boy) is kind of cute we have the same age and go to the same grade and did you know we go to the same school, I couldn’t believe that, how did I not see him. 9/24/2021 Guys I can’t believe it but I ran out of space in my diary so let’s see if I will make another one.

Using so much my computer reminded me of Ada Lovelace, this woman we were taught about in history class, she was a mathematician and invented the computer algorithm in 1843. I started thinking and realized she isn’t well-known and she created something that we use daily. Maybe I will post about her on the website to give her recognition, maybe I can do that with many other women.&nbsp; 29/04/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I woke up and went to school. I looked for Taylor so I could show her my website, which I finally finished yesterday at 1:23am and she told me she loved it. She also gave me this brilliant idea. I could set up an Instagram account where I could post even more important stuff like women who go missing, or encourage people to sign petitions for example for sexual offenders&nbsp;to go to jail. I don’t know.&nbsp; We talked about more and thought we could do some posters to promote the website, so after school we came to my house and design them. Then we went to the copy shop to get some copy’s and put them in different places at school. In the posters we also mentioned the Instagram account. Tomorrow we will hang them.&nbsp; And I won’t be calling it my website anymore now it is our website. 02/05/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It has already been three days since we put the flyers and we already have 1429 followers on Instagram, and the website is going really well.&nbsp; Yesterday I wasn’t very sure what to put so I decided to let people know that a long time ago it was believed that women were so dumb that if we could read or write we were taken as witches and then burned. You might think letting people know about this is useless because it isn’t like that anymore, but I just wanna show how wrong men were and how they were sure they were right. I’m not saying men are dumb I’m just saying that if they thought women could only be illiterate before and acussed them of being witches and then burnt them after if they weren’t proves that men aren’t allways right or smarter so if it was like that before why wouldn’t it be like that know, but with the simple thought that men are just not superior than women or shouldn’t be treated as if they were. Some people really liked it and even posted it on Instagram and tagged us. Today we gained 400 followers.

According to Greenpeace organization, oceans regulate the land temperature and capture between 20% and 30% of carbon emitted by gases. As explained by Brenda Sfeirt, Head of Primary Science Department at Northlands, “algae photosynthetic generates 80% of oxygen in the earth”. They capture carbon dioxide and free oxygen. This proves how important it is to take care of the aquatic ecosystems and make people aware of this.

Contrary to popular belief, Global Warming and the Greenhouse effect are not the same. Brenda also explained that “the Greenhouse effect is a mixture of gases (co2: carbon dioxide and so2) that are around the Earth's atmosphere. When these two gases are in balance they regulate the Earth’s temperature for human life, but if they increase they generate Global Warming.”

"There is no more racism." I'd like to change these type of comments, so people can see what’s actually happening. That’s why I chose this topic and decided to make my own fiction Diary entry. We need to understand that racism is still a concerning matter, it’s not over just because it doesn’t appear on TV. Asian people are getting kidnapped, raped, bullied and a lot more things, that’s also way I chose Akira (my principal character) she is an, Asian girl living in USA California who is being bullied, I also chose this because a lot of people all ready did this topic and they were so inspiring to me, many people say this topic is so used but racism Isn’t over we need to still spread the message and to take action.

"I believe there is only one race – the human race." Rosa Parks

20/04/21 Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Today I was walking home from school very happy, Mr. Williams had handed us back some exams and I got a D+ which I’m kind of happy with since I’m not the best at school and the exam was really hard but I know my mom won’t be. I was quite relaxed, I live in a very safe neighborhood. I know almost all my neighbors. I was listening to this happy song forgetting about the harsh reality that surrounds me and living in this fake world inside my mind. Unexpectedly, this rough hand grabs me by the arm, my heart drops and my mouth opens. I didn't even have enough time to shout for help when I noticed a woman next to me. She tells me she likes my outfit and before I can thank her, she leaves.&nbsp; Relieved and resting on a tree I paused the music. I wondered. I wondered if my reaction would have been different if things weren’t like this, I mean if I was a boy. I never doubted my gender, I actually really like being a girl but it does have some setbacks. I mean, today I almost got a heart attack because a lady wanted to compliment me. My happy mood is ruined and I walk home without music. 23/04/21 Dear Diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My period came and with it also did&nbsp;some horrible cramps. Waking up was even harder today, the sound of my alarm going off made my head hurt. I tried to get up but the pain is so much it was quite hard. I went to my bathroom and opened the cabinet door&nbsp;only to find out the worst thing that can happen to you on your period: I was out of pads or tampons! I asked my mom if she had some but she didn't. She is quite old and doesn’t get hers&nbsp;anymore so she doesn’t bother buying. I also asked her if she could go buy me one but she was in a meeting. I had to walk to the store. Walking was very uncomfortable and I felt like I would never get there but I finally did. I bought some tampons with the money I had. I had the right amount I needed. Which made me think. What if I didn’t happen to have enough? I could have just go back home to get more money which would have hurt because of the cramps but wouldn’t reallly have been that hard. But for some people it isn’t like that. Some people can’t buy them not because they forgot the money or because they didn’t check how much they brought, some people can’t buy them because they can’t afford them. I felt bad for them.

Okay so I think that’s enough for today. Oh! And tomorrow I start at a new school!!!!!!!. Until then.&nbsp; See yaaaaaaaa

9/18/2021 Today was my first day at ‘Lennon’s School’ and I met this beautiful girl that’s super funny and treats me like god. She has black curly hair and&nbsp;dark complexion . I think we are going to be best friends, and we have the same classes except for 1 that is Science (my favourite). But all the people that I walked past always asked the same question: are you Chinese? Let’s just say that I don’t really like being asked that. My new “best friend” never asked if I was Chinese; she just asked where I came from.

The rest of the day was normal, same questions, same people. I asked Jaydan if Charlotte was mean with everyone and his answer was yes so that's it. I don't want to be rude but I'm not liking this school, don't get me wrong Olivia and Jaden are the best but everyone is so racist with me. I will wait for tomorrow and maybe it will get better.

9/21/2021 I gave Olivia the present and she loved it. After shcool, I saw this about the spa shooting;&nbsp;“Shooting spree occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Eight people were killed, six of whom were Asian women, and one other person was wounded.”&nbsp; And today I met this boy at the park while I was walking my dog. He was just sitting on a bench and I&nbsp;just sat there. We talked for a while and told me he was in the same situation as me but he was black . I don't know how to say it without sounding racist.

Of course not all of them but majority of women specially young were voting for Bern Sanders, in fact when they tied in the iowa Democratic primary Sanders carried 84 percent of the female vote. People believed that young women didn’t have the life experience to understand what a big deal having a woman as president truly is. Others believe that your gender shouldn’t be the reason for you to lead a country. But one of the biggest controversies regarding Hillary was her use of a private email server which she used to conduct official government business instead of using a secure government server as it is required. This might be one of the biggest reasons why Hillary lost.&nbsp; Anyway my sister doesn’t really have any controversial background and I think she presented herself very well to the public. She expressed her ideas correctly such as why equal pay is essential, or why menstrual hygiene products should be free since they are vital. 08/05/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I haven’t written anything in a long time but nothing new has happened. We are back from Washington everything went awesome I could tell my sister was very very happy. Instagram is doing amazing. We have 8671 followers and the website is quite popular now, Taylor posted about&nbsp;important inventions by women and it looked amazing. Some really cool ones. She wrote about the bullet-proof fiber invented by Stephanie Kwolek, an American chemist, and Anna Connelly who invented the fire escape in 1887. I remember these ones because the first time I read about them, I remember thinking to myself “wow these inventions have probably saved many lives but people still don’t know these amazing women's names”.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wanted to help since after all that happened I hadn’t been doing anything and with no explanation so I added a part to our website called explanations. I decided to explain to people the concept of feminism because there is a common misconception about it. Many people think that feminism is the movement that supports the idea that women are better than men, and this probably happens because you can relate the word “feminism” “femenine”.&nbsp;A person who does actually believe that and despises men is actually a misandrist. But feminism is actually the believe that women should me handed the same opportunities, power, treatment and human rights as men.&nbsp;

I chose this topic because I wanted to raise awareness to all the women around the world and help them in any way I can. I know it is not a lot but every little thing or action matters, and this is one of my actions. I think there is a big gap between women and men's rights and education. For example, in some countries, boys/men are taught more Maths and are way more mentally challenged than girls/women, and women are taught more Language or Arts and Crafts. Furthermore in some places, girls/women cannot go outside their houses without a man from the family or without a group of girls. In my opinion, this kind of things are very unfair and should change as quickly as possible.

03/05/21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear diary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I haven’t been working a lot on the website or on the Instagram account but Taylor has. I told her my idea about posting about women who created great things that we use daily and she told me she was on it.&nbsp; Me and my family are going on a short trip, because of something exiting, thrilling and extremely important, but I’ll tell you afterwards and create some suspense.&nbsp; We are going to Washington, I have never been there. Me and my family don’t travel a lot but this is definitely a trip we couldn't miss.&nbsp; Well I’m just going to tell you, we are going to the White House!&nbsp; This might sound weird! Why would&nbsp;afamily just go to the White House? Well as crazy as it sounds my sister is actually going to take over as president! Isn’t it fascinating? I think it is, I’m so very proud of her I know she has been working really hard on her campaign and it has been her dream since a young age, she was in the debate club and was her class president. She is very inspiring to me because she is actually the first women to ever become president. In two days time the ceremony will be done, they even got Taylor Swift sing. I’m just so happy for her because this is just another step for women in politics and women in general. In the 45 presidents the United States has have there has never been one single woman until now of course.&nbsp; I’m kind of sad though because many people aren’t happy with this. I can’t believe in the 21st century people still think that just your gender can make you better than somebody else, it is just crazy to think somebody could be foolish enough to believe something like that.&nbsp; Hillary Clinton was a candidate once but she lost against Trump, she received many hate and people really disliked her she actually wrote a book called “What happened” though she also had many people who did vote fore her in fact she only lost for 80.000 votes to Trump. It was discovered that there was two views of feminism: generally older women were the ones voting for her because they thought that cracking the glass ceiling which is basically breaking down this pattern of only men president would have a trickle down effect that benefit in women, but&nbsp;it was seen that it only benefited an elite minority of&nbsp;women . The second view comes from mostly younger feminists that believe the most feminist thing is the thing that most women, economic issues are feminist issues too. But if those women weren’t voting for Hillary, who were they voting for.

WORLD CONTAMINATION: IS THERE A WAY TO STOP IT AND TO PROTECT THE PLANET?

Two of the worst problems in the world are Global Warming and pollution. This is due to a number of reasons. First of all, a great number of people don’t care about this at all! Also, others don’t respect our planet or take responsibility for their actions. The world has the right to be clean!&nbsp;

Younger generations have in their hands the responsibility for the well being of society.

Teaching kids that we are all born different is a topic that interests me and I believe that we can start to change the way that society looks at it. That's why I chose to write a diary entry from the point of view of a girl who feels left out. Sometimes when you ask a boy who they like you will ask “Do you like a girl?” but most people won't ask “Do you like a girl or a boy?”. That is something that not most people are used to saying or seeing because of how they were raised and educated. So, my purpose is to teach people to change some things, to educate people. And I think that if some people can’t or don’t support the community I think they have to at least respect them and not despise them.

9/18/21: SUNDAY Dear diary, Hi I’m Ezra. I'm in 7th grade. I’m black, I mean, I have dark skin. A week ago I moved to California, where I started my new school. We moved because I got bullied for being black… anyways I'm going to talk to you about my first week of&nbsp;school.

9/19/21: MONDAY So I entered&nbsp;school and Mrs.Serwi came to talk to me, the Head of the school. First she walked me to her office, where I met Dax and Levi. They were cool kids, I mean Dax was SUPER popular, and Levi was a nice dude. Although Dax stared at me the whole time and asked me questions like “Why are you black?”, “Are you adopted?”. Yeah, messed up. Then they showed me the whole school, it was ENORMOUS. There were 28 classes, 2 cafeterias, a big football field and a really big park, pretty cool.

Pollution is mainly generated by trash. Even if there are people who don’t care about this, there are people who do. Every year, on the third Saturday of September, people all over the world&nbsp;gather and clean oceans, beaches, lakes and rivers to celebrate the International Coastal Cleanup day. We can also collaborate by trying to reduce our use of plastic, using more renewable energy and solar energy, separating plastic elements and trash in our houses, and volunteering in organizations who care about this.

9/16/2021 Hi diary, Before I start I wanted to tell you that I’m not going to start every sentence or paragraph with dear Diary ( I’m not that cringy). Anyway, I’m writing here because I’m going to a new school and I think it’s a great thing to do to express my feelings. In 2 days I will start at&nbsp;“Lennon’s School” (I moved home so this new school is only 2 blocks away!) . I'm so excited. I can go on foot. Last school was 30min away. I know it is not that far but for me it was a really long car ride with two little sisters that are 3 years old and twins!!!!

9/17/2021 Just one day to go to a new school!! Today I went to buy some school materials that I needed but after that I stayed all day at home being lazy . So to write something, I’m going to tell you some things about me:&nbsp; * My favourite colour is Green * I am 13 years old * I am from Japan but now I’m living in California (by the way, I’m loving it here!) * There are 4 in my family:&nbsp;my 2 sisters, my mom and me (my dad died 4 years ago)&nbsp; * My favourite animals are frogs (and is not because they are green) * I’m in 7th grade * And most importantly my name is Akira

As an opposite point, a couple of years ago there was a movement&nbsp;called “no a las papeleras” in Gualeguaychú against the Botnia paper factory. This factory was contaminating the air with smoke and the river with toxic waste. Protests were organized with 30.000 people. 

Also on October 2. 572.807.34 liters of oil were spilled on the coast of Southern California, contaminating the ocean and killing aquatic wildlife. Beaches were closed and they are trying to clean it before it spreads further into protected wetlands.

I think these results were very surprising as approximately half of the surveyed kids stated that they were not aware of this situation, but most of them (62%) agree and also it was interesting that&nbsp;47.4% of the kids stated that Northlands school still has a gender education gap. 

In my opinion they are right, we can see that in PE classes, boys are taught rugby which is riskier, and make them cultivate their bravery,&nbsp;girls are taught hockey which is a safer sport. In my opinion this isn´t such a big gap compared to the things that could happen, but some people find it very unfair. Despite the fact that all the surveyed think that these last years the gap is decreasing it was not clear what was the factor that influenced the most in the gap. The role that women have and the country's customs and laws were the most mentioned ones and I should agree with that based on what is published.&nbsp; The fact that 42% didn't know what the GEG is surprised me, as I stated before the first thing we should do in order to change something is learn about it, and then, only then we may start to change it. So as part of my work I have to teach my friends and school classmates what GEG is and why it may have an impact on female education and future possibilities.&nbsp; Another fact that astonished me is that there is a general lack of freedom regarding other basic aspects of femenine life. A clear example of the lack of women or girls’ freedom is child arranged marriage. Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. It is rooted in gender inequality under the belief that girls and women are inferior to boys and men. It is made worse by poverty, lack of education, harmful social norms and practices, and insecurity.&nbsp;

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an estimated 140 million girls under the age of 15 will have become child brides by 2020. India, due to its population, ranks the highest with 47% of all marriages involving a child under 18. This is unacceptable from my point of view. Did you know that about 12 million girls under the age of 18 get married each year? That is 23 every minute. Nearly 1 every 3 seconds. I can't stand the fact that there are girls my age that are forced to get married with older men they don't even know and may dislike horribly. These little girls lose the chance to have fun as a kid and are forced to have too many responsibilities. It is incredible that parents that love their daughters make them end their childhood abruptly in order for them to start a family that they don't know how to raise. On top of this, it is well known that teen pregnancies show&nbsp;increased risk of high blood pressure, anemia, premature birth, having low birth weight babies and experiencing postpartum depression.&nbsp;Did you know that about 529.000 teen women die each year due to giving birth at such a young age?.Once again, more alarming statistics.&nbsp; Another fact that astonished me is that there is a general lack of freedom regarding other basic aspects of femenine life. A clear example of the lack of women or girls’ freedom is child arranged marriage. Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. It is rooted in gender inequality under the belief that girls and women are inferior to boys and men. It is made worse by poverty, lack of education, harmful social norms and practices, and insecurity.&nbsp;According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an estimated 140 million girls under the age of 15 will have become child brides by 2020. India, due to its population, ranks the highest with 47% of all marriages involving a child under 18. This is unacceptable from my point of view. Did you know that about 12 million girls under the age of 18 get married each year? That is 23 every minute. Nearly 1 every 3 seconds.

Sources:&nbsp; Interview with Brenda Sfeirt Head of Primary Science Department at Northlands. YouTube Videos: -Causes and Effects of Climate Change | National Geographic <a href="https://youtu.be/G4H1N_yXBiA">https://youtu.be/G4H1N_yXBiA</a> -New river trash interceptors are stopping plastic from reaching the ocean <a href="https://youtu.be/UTemOTZS9Ag">https://youtu.be/UTemOTZS9Ag</a> -GreenPeace: <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/argentina/story/uncategorized/oceanos-sanos-aliados-fundamentales-para-combatir-el-cambio-climatico/">https://www.greenpeace.org/argentina/story/uncategorized/oceanos-sanos-aliados-fundamentales-para-combatir-el-cambio-climatico/</a>&nbsp; -National calendar: <a href="https://nationaldaycalendar.com/international-coastal-cleanup-day-third-saturday-in-september/">https://nationaldaycalendar.com/international-coastal-cleanup-day-third-saturday-in-september/</a> -Times of India: <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/climatestrike-5-things-to-know-about-greta-grunberg-and-her-movement/articleshow/71257323.cms">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/climatestrike-5-things-to-know-about-greta-grunberg-and-her-movement/articleshow/71257323.cms</a> -Infobae: <a href="https://www.infobae.com/tendencias/ecologia-y-medio-ambiente/2019/02/03/asamblea-de-gualeguaychu-14-anos-de-aquella-batalla-que-marco-un-antes-y-un-despues-en-la-historia-de-las-luchas-ambientales/">https://www.infobae.com/tendencias/ecologia-y-medio-ambiente/2019/02/03/asamblea-de-gualeguaychu-14-anos-de-aquella-batalla-que-marco-un-antes-y-un-despues-en-la-historia-de-las-luchas-ambientales/</a>&nbsp; -Newsela: <a href="https://newsela.com/read/oil-spill-california-coast/id/2001024752/?utm_source=google-classroom&amp;utm_campaign=share&amp;utm_medium=web">https://newsela.com/read/oil-spill-california-coast/id/2001024752/?utm_source=google-classroom&amp;utm_campaign=share&amp;utm_medium=web</a>&nbsp;

I can't stand the fact that there are girls my age that are forced to get married with older men they don't even know and may dislike horribly. These little girls lose the chance to have fun as a kid and are forced to have too many responsibilities. It is incredible that parents that love their daughters make them end their childhood abruptly in order for them to start a family that they don't know how to raise. 

On top of this, it is well known that teen pregnancies show&nbsp;increased risk of high blood pressure, anemia, premature birth, having low birth weight babies and experiencing postpartum depression.&nbsp;Did you know that about 529.000 teen women die each year due to giving birth at such a young age?.Once again, more alarming statistics.&nbsp; A super clear lack of freedom to choice of woman is the horrible ritual of female genital mutilation. Female Genital Mutilation includes different practices involving cutting, pricking, removing and sometimes sewing up external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. The practice of FGM is highly concentrated in a band of African countries from the Atlantic coast to the Horn of Africa, in areas of the Middle East such as Iraq and Yemen, and in some countries in Asia like Indonesia.&nbsp;The procedure is generally performed when a girl is around seven years old and involves the total or partial removal of the clitoral hood. This is a mutilation that only affects women and has an irreversible damage, that is to say it can't be fixed ever again in life. Girls exposed to FGM are at risk of physical consequences such as severe pain, bleeding and shock, difficulty in passing urine and faeces, and sepsis. Long-term consequences can include chronic pain and infections. The practice is decreasing due to intensive advocacy activities of different international groups. However, the rates of abandonment are not high enough, and change is not happening as rapidly as necessary.

More than 200.000.000 girls and womans have undergone FGM and 30 million girls under the age of 15 are at risk of it over the next decade. Half of the 200.000.000 girls or women with FGM live in Indonesia, Egypt, and Ethiopia. 44 million are girls below age 15. In most of the countries, the majority of girls were cut before age 5. In Yemen, 85 percent of girls experienced the practice within their first week of life. The horrible custom of genital mutilation that occurs nowadays unsetles.&nbsp; In my opinion the legalization of abortion is a complex matter. It is hard to have an opinion at my age, because it is hard to understand, but I will try to analyze some facts. In the past 50 years there has been a change regarding the liberalization of abortion laws, specially in the rich and industrialised countries. At the same time there are less abortions worldwide. As women can access good reproductive health services and education, the safety of abortion has improved, as so has maternal survival chances. Abortion rates are the same in countries where it is ilegal as well as in those where the procedure is legal.&nbsp;It is around 35 per 1.000 women<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(16)30380-4.pdf"> </a>each year.&nbsp;The safety of the procedure is very different though. Ninety percent of abortions in countries where it is legal are safe, and only 25 percent of abortions are safe in countries where it is ilegal. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 8 percent of maternal deaths worldwide are due to complications from unsafe abortions, almost all occurring in developing countries. There are many countries in Latin America, like El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and many more that still consider the choice of pregnancy termination illegal. In 2021 almost every country permits abortion under at least some circumstances; but six countries ban abortion entirely. Even if the maternal life is at risk. A really upsetting fact is that at least 22.800 women die anually all over the world due to unsafe abortion. We can agree or not with abortion legality but the fact that woman die because of ilegal abortion makes me really sad.&nbsp;

I chose this topic because I wanted to know what causes global warming. Perhaps a lot of people overlook this issue, others don’t. It really encouraged me to think how new generations care about having a clean world. During my investigation I found out a lot of interesting things that made me more and more conscious of this, specially the idea of thinking that there is no “ world B”. This is the right time to take action and have a good impact on this.

In conclusion, after all this research, I am heartbroken by the tremendous facts and figures about women's unfair rights. I wanted to say that the world isn't always how it looks and we should always remember that there are people who need your help. The terrible lack of freedom women suffer in many parts of the world, and even in a seemingly free country like Argentina where there still is a gender education gap or work inequality, makes me wish we could speak up and stand up for our rights . I can see the stereotypes we have in our culture, being a woman conditions you as being raised and seen as a sweet, submissive, maternal, delicate person but never strong or brave. This would influence your work choices and will change the place in culture women may take. Once we drop the veil and we can see this in culture we will be able to fight it. If you were wondering how you could help, maybe you could post on social media about this to let other people know about it. Also I wanted to ask you to always be aware of signs for help because you never know who needs it. I find it really unfair that some people get their way easier than others because they have more money, they are smarter, and most of the time, because they are MEN. I hope this kind of problems change in the future, because I want people from future generations to be able to think that the world is equally fair for everyone no matter their gender, skin color, or amount of money.

Sources <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/discrimination/womens-rights/">https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/discrimination/womens-rights/</a> 26 26th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/thematic-areas/human-rights-and-gender/">https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/thematic-areas/human-rights-and-gender/</a> 26 26th Sept 2021 <a href="https://coordinadoraongd.org/2014/11/36-millones-de-ninas-en-el-mundo-no-pueden-ir-a-la-escuela/">https://coordinadoraongd.org/2014/11/36-millones-de-ninas-en-el-mundo-no-pueden-ir-a-la-escuela/</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-02-08/10-countries-where-abortion-is-illegal-under-most-circumstances">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-02-08/10-countries-where-abortion-is-illegal-under-most-circumstances</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation">https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.cgdev.org/search/gender%20education%20gap">https://www.cgdev.org/search/gender%20education%20gap</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/17/afghanistan-girls-school-talibantaliban-reopens-high-school-boys-makes-no-mention-female-students/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/17/afghanistan-girls-school-talibantaliban-reopens-high-school-boys-makes-no-mention-female-students/</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/storage/advfy/documents/fsmaternal.pdf">https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/storage/advfy/documents/fsmaternal.pdf</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.who.int/">https://www.who.int/</a> 27th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-child-marriage/">https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-child-marriage/</a> 28th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.cfr.org/article/abortion-law-global-comparisons">https://www.cfr.org/article/abortion-law-global-comparisons</a> 28th Sept 2021 <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/discrimination/pages/lgbt.aspx">https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/discrimination/pages/lgbt.aspx</a> 29th Sept 2021 Muteshi, J.K., Miller, S. &amp; Belizán, J.M. The ongoing violence against women: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Reprod Health 13, 44 (2016). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0159-3">https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0159-3</a> <a href="https://www.pewforum.org/2016/04/05/restrictions-on-womens-religious-attire/">https://www.pewforum.org/2016/04/05/restrictions-on-womens-religious-attire/</a> 29th Sept 2021

About the website I haven’t done anything, everything I wrote a year ago is still there and intact, at one point it became so known they even made a small section in the news paper where they wrote about and Taylor and me. But I have been using Instagram thought. Mainly for the things I said I would use it for in the beginning of this journey.&nbsp; About protests I’m still going to some not as much since I need time for my studies but I do my best. I know only go to pacific ones, I’ve realized violence isn’t really my thing. And about love I actually have a boyfriend his name is Michael and I met him here at school, he is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met and I’m really happy with him. Looking back the only thing I wanted to do was speak up and looking at things now I think I have accomplished my goal.&nbsp; After I got into collage I decided to live by the phrase one of the most inspirational, intelligent and outstanding women I’ve ever known Michelle Obama. She once said: "I decided that I wasn’t bossy. I was strong. I wasn’t loud I was a young woman whit something to say."

Never give anybody the power to&nbsp;silence you.

Sources 10 influential women in history By&nbsp;<a href="https://www.livescience.com/author/all-about-history">All About History&nbsp;</a>March 24, 2021 <a href="https://www.livescience.com/10-influential-women-in-history.html">https://www.livescience.com/10-influential-women-in-</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/10-influential-women-in-history.html">history.html</a><a href="https://rm.coe.int/1680643799">https://rm.coe.int/1680643799</a> <a href="https://www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism">https://www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism</a> https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/02/smashing-the-patriarchy-why-theres-nothing-natural-about-male-supremacy 10 Incredible Inventions by Women that Changed the World Published by&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://wbec-west.com/author/cdmwbec/">Dr. Pamela Williamson</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;&nbsp;March 19, 2021 <a href="https://wbec-west.com/10-incredible-inventions-by-women-that-changed-the-world/">https://wbec-west.com/10-incredible-inventions-by-women-that-changed-the-world/</a>

I chose feminism because it is a movement that fights against an issue that really affects me: gender inequality, which I believe will become a much more serious problem for me in the future. Moreover, I want to raise awareness of all the terrible things women have to face on a daily basis, from receiving horrible and mean comments to going through uncomfortable and unpleasant situations. I also want to empower women and show them that their gender shouldn’t stop them from doing things like going out with friends or even get a job.

Then the bell rang and we went straight to Math class… It was HORRIBLE!!! Everyone stared just like Dax but worse. I was so embarrassed. Two whole hours of Math with everyone staring. Disaster.

9/20/21: TUESDAY&nbsp; Today, break was a little better, Levi came with his friend Ava, she was nice. Like not in a “oh I’m in love” way, she was just nice. Science hour was here!!!! One of my favorite subjects, after Sports of course. I was super focused so I didn’t see the people looking at me, although I think they were staring. Lunch came and I sat alone, Dax and his friends came and made comments like “you eat weird”&nbsp;“nobody likes you” “you’re ugly”. After that Levi and Ava sat with me, it felt very good to know that some people like me.

Exhibition 2021 Antonia Brave, Mora Vázquez Robles, Antonia Casabal Pereda, Olivia Cuevas, Francisca Murphy Brown and Paloma Galli Serra.

Even though the land is really polluted, ocean pollution and air pollution are also affecting the world. Air contamination is generated by gases from industries. Ocean contamination is caused by plastic and oil spills.&nbsp;If the Riachuelo, an important stream in Argentina,&nbsp;wasn’t so&nbsp;contaminated there would be aquatic life in the stream. There are some projects that are trying to prevent what happened in the Riachuelo, there is a machine called the Ocean Cleanup that intercepts trash in rivers before it reaches the ocean. It can collect and hold garbage and plastic quickly and it recharges with solar panels which are located on the rooftop of the machine. 

Black Lives Matter I chose this topic because I want to teach everyone that no race should be considered as superior to the other.

I chose this topic because I want people to know that no race is superior to other. People are who they are and they shouldn't try to be someone else. I am interested in this topic because I am open to hear everyone’s voice, opinions, thoughts and perspectives. I think that we could spread this message by talking about history. Also I wanted a topic that was of great importance and that I liked. Black Lives Matter had a really big impact on the world that I didn’t know much about, that really caught my attention. What I liked about this experience is that I was so into my topic that my family members also helped, and my friends and my mentor were so helpful - I have no words! 

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