Busisiwe Mkhumbuzi is a seventeen-year-old student and an Action team leader of V-Girls, a global network of girl activists and advocates empowering themselves and one another to create the change they imagine for the world. Mkhumbuzi speaks about how her personal resolve kept her strong in the midst of struggles growing up in South Africa and how girls must imagine a world in which women are equals. She believes that girls must take back their bodies, minds, and must find other verbs than "to please."
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