A Girl's Rights

A girl should have freedom to make her own choices,
She shouldn't be forced to obey others' voices.
No fathers or brothers of husbands should rule
On whether and how long a girl girl goes to school.
A good education should be hers of right
And girls in today's world should not have to fight
To gain the same schooling as that of the boys,
For nothing as easily girls' futures destroys
As lack of the skills that will help them to find,
A way of being free of the past daily grind.
The choice of a husband should be hers to make,
Especially considering what is at stake
In countries where girls are routinely still forced
To marry their cousins, with child brides endorsed.
Girls should be given a choice of career,
And helped to pursue it without any fear;
No posts should be barred to them based on the past,
With all jobs being open to women at last.
Girls should be free to wear what they desire,
Instead of being forced to wear awkward attire
People today should quite justly applaud
Those girls who would travel or study abroad.
In the twenty-first century girls should be free
To live and to plan what their future should be.