Girls Just Want...
A play on the song 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', this collection explores various areas of life that girls want and need more in. Each artwork is dedicated to a cause that supports women and girls in different parts of the world, with 50% of sales being sent to organizations with matching values.
The Artworks
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Girls in Afghanistan have not been able to go to secondary school since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
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50% of revenue will be sent to @MalalaFund which is currently focused on education for girls in Afghanistan.
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Some quotes from girls in Afghanistan:
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“I want to go to school and become an independent woman who chooses and decides for her life. If I am educated, men wouldn’t dare to interfere but if I am not, they will decide my whole life for me.” - Nasiba, Human Rights Watch (article written by Fereshta Abbasi)
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“The day the Taliban took control, I was thinking: This is the end of life for women” - Zayba, NY Times (article written by Victor J. Blue & David Zucchino)
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“I thought of the explosion, and I thought they would come and kill every student... I can’t concentrate in my studies... When we think about our future, we can’t see anything.” - Sanam, NY Times (article written by Victor J. Blue & David Zucchino)
Collaboration with @soulthesea_
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How do we define freedom?
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For Lilly, who has the words “state of mind” tattooed on her left wrist, freedom is a state of mind. It is being free of our mind’s chatter and not being impacted by the drama that comes with society’s expectations of what is deemed acceptable.
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For Dea, freedom is the ability to choose, without anything holding us back from what we need or desire in every moment. To be able to act for ourselves without worrying about “what people might say”; a fear that is instilled in many of us from a young age.
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Above all, freedom is the access to basic rights like education. It allows us to think for ourselves; to form our own points of view. More than 129 million girls do not have the luxury of education in the world (according to UNICEF).
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Thus, to raise awareness and financially support causes directly empowering girls through education, 50% of sales from this collaboration between Lilly & Dea will be sent to Mona Foundation.
Girls in Afghanistan are facing new challenges in access to basic education and human rights since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
The situation is getting worse with new decrees created to hinder the livelihoods of girls and women in the country.
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"Afghanistan is the only country in the world that forbids girls to go [to] school. Before the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 3.7 million children were out of school – most of them girls. Since then, the regime has banned an additional 1,254,473 Afghan girls from attending secondary school." - malala.org
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In October, the Taliban allowed 12th grade female students to take exams for university, but blocked "majors they deemed inappropriate for young women to pursue, including economics, engineering, journalism and veterinary medicine" - Nabih Bulos, LA Times, November2022
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50% of revenue will be sent to @MalalaFund which is currently focused on education for girls in Afghanistan.