Imagine a 12-year-old girl, named Merah, who aspires to be a female legislator in her country when she grows up but who cannot continue her schooling because there is no secondary school in her community. She and other girls like her are not allowed to shuttle back and forth to neighboring communities to attend school, unlike their brothers, who are allowed to. Besides, her father has told her that going to school will interrupt her early marriage, scheduled for next year, another factor dashing her dreams. Merah comforts herself by thinking there have only ever been two female members of parliament in her country anyway, so her dream is unlikely to happen.
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