The Concept of Girlhood in the

THE GIRL-CHILD IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The girl-child is one of, if not the most exploitable segments of the world's population. Children in general because of their dependence upon adults and their natural naiveté due to lack of life experience. In the context of our new global economy, child labor issues are becoming very prevalent and their discussion very necessary. The tragedy of the child labor issues is that the multinational corporations created within the …

…grade level. When girls desire to do more, they are instead assigned household and agricultural duties which consume their daily lives. They are not given the choice. If a girl doesn't wish to pursue life beyond the village, that is acceptable, but not all the girls are complacent or content. Many girls are married by 16 and immediately begin having children. Senegalese school systems don't have the facilities to provide services for girls in these predicaments.