Maureen’s Story: What Young Women can Achieve Despite the Hardest of Conditions
Ten-year-old Maureen was working as a nanny miles away from her village for less than USD 7 a month. By 12 years of age, she had lost her father, her step-father and even her mother. On several occasions, she was sexually harassed and beaten till blue. On some days, she fed herself from trash cans on the streets. But she endured it all; all she asked was to be allowed to attend school.
Maureen’s story is deeply moving, but what stands out is her relentless fight for her rights.
