she was 12

and she's dead. no, she wasn't hit by a car. no, she wasn't in a plane crash. no, she didn't drown. she was a maid AT 12, for a RICH employer. he said she fell down stairs AND then died from a "skin condition" (a skin condition????). can you imagine YOUR child having to work as a servant at 9, 10, 11, 12? well children DO have to work in many places all over the world (including haiti). it's up to us as human beings to put a stop to this. period (it is my belief when we start caring for others, ALL of our lives benefit. there is nothing that will convince me otherwise)
Bruised Maid Dies at 12, and Pakistan Seethes
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

LAHORE, Pakistan — The death already seemed like a bitter injustice. A maid died after unexplained injuries she got in the house of her rich employer. But one detail in particular has outraged Pakistanis: she was 12.

Her employer — a lawyer and a former head of the Lahore Bar Association — says she fell down stairs, and died Jan. 22 of complications from a skin disease. Her family claims she was tortured. The employer remains in police custody while they investigate the family’s charges.

Whatever the case, the death of Shazia Masih, a wisp of a girl from a bone-poor family, has served as a vivid reminder of the powerlessness of the poor in Pakistan............

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Jason Tanner for The New York Times

A younger Shazia, third from left in the front row.

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