Thursday, December 6, 2018

Representation:
   The group in which I'd want to represent within my project is the 'Girls Not Brides organization'. The Girls Not Brides organization is the global partnership to end child marriage. It is an international non-governmental organization with the mission to end child marriage throughout the world. This organization was created by the elders to enable small groups from around the world to address the common issue of early marriage. Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under the age of eighteen.
  Child marriages is a truly global problem that cuts across the countries, cultures, religions and ethnicity's. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, South Asia to Europe. Over 650 million women alive today were married as children. One in five girls are said to be married before eighteen. Child marriage is fueled by gender inequality, poverty, traditions, and insecurity.  Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and the belief that girls and women are inferior to men. Girls are not valued as much as boys- they are seen as a burden to their families.
In the hit HBO television series, Game of Thrones, there is a representation of child marriages. In the beginning of the series we are presented with Viserys Targaryen and his sister, Daenerys. In the show, Viserys, the brother, is seen arranging a marriage of his seventeen year old sister to a Dothraki king in order to further his agenda to become king of the seven kingdoms. The next example is, in the movie Difret, viewers are presented with Hriut Assefa, a fourteen year old girl who was kidnapped and was arranged a marriage. She was taken to a hut, locked up and assaulted by her would-be husband. She then grabbed a gun that he had leaning against a wall and later on shot him. She was accused of murder and after two years in court the judge ruled that she had acted in self defense. Her trial set a precedent and made it possible to outlaw bride kidnapped in Ethiopia.
   In these representation characteristics I think that they are fair and correct. I think that the film Difret portrays the Girls not Brides organization because they tie in together since they both have to do with child marriages and arranged marriages. I would retain the film Difret just because i feel as it does contain a lot more content on child marriages. I would possibly challenge Game of Thrones. Although they did portray child marriages, I feel as i'd contain more content on it.

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