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advocates for education for girls. She intervenes whenever she hears of a forced marriage. She has been able to convince five families in her community to not force their young daughters to marry. Through her organization, Bashir helps women who face domestic abuse. The aids are medical or legal so that the women are supported.
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Bashir was ten years old when her grandmother wanted to marry her off. She had seen the plight of her classmate who was married at an early age and did not want to get married. Her uncle Erfaan
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The journey for Bashir started after her own struggle to avoid a marriage. In 2014, she founded Girls United for Human Rights with her uncle to fight for women's rights. After school, she goes from house to house to talk to women persuading them to not marry off their young teenage daughters. She
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Girls United is a group of fifteen girls who conduct awareness sessions in local schools, colleges and in communities to openly talk about benefits of child education and health. Through her work, Bashir wants her conservative community to start seeing women's rights, education and marriage
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