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“But the average age of marriage is around 15-17 years for both girls and boys. According to me, the main reason for this is lack of awareness of family planning and lack of financial [...]

“When I teach these girls how to cook, we get to spend time together and I would listen to their stories. I ask them, what happened to you? Some of them told me how much they regret their [...]

“We then give a test to see if they have changed and improved themselves. Each inmate will go to a religious class and be assigned their guru. If you’re Muslim you go to the Islamic [...]

“Most of the female prisoners under my surveillance are around 20 years old. They were high school dropouts that got involved in drugs. Their story usually goes like this. They go to pubs, [...]

“We strongly believe that each inmate has a chance to rehabilitation if we give them that chance. Part of the rehabilitation programme includes giving courses on cooking, baking, sewing, [...]

(2/2) The biggest one was obtaining sponsorships. I’ve tried seeking for sponsorships from politicians, corporates, entrepreneurs, you name it! Promises after promises, yet I didn’t receive a [...]

(1/2) I did it because I wanted to fulfill my dream of traveling the world, and to create a record to be the first Muslim woman that traveled the world solo on a motorbike. My ‘Global Dream Ride’ [...]

“We would play the piano, do a dance routine, perform a comedy act and even culminate a stage play. I would then gather all the money in an envelope, give it to my father and said ‘Can you [...]