What if she were your sister?

What if she were your sister—the girl you grew up with, the one whose laughter once echoed through your home?

What if the trembling hands you see in the headlines belonged to her?

What if the bruises you scroll past were hidden beneath her sleeves?

Would you still look away?

Every day, women and children endure violence they never deserved. 

Violence that steals their safety. 

Their voices. 

Their childhood. 

Their future.

It’s easy to believe that what happens to them could never happen to us.

But imagine, even for just a moment, that the victim wasn’t someone else.

Imagine she was the person you loved most.

Picture your sister walking home, her steps quickening at the sound of a stranger’s footsteps behind her.

Imagine your niece flinching at the sound of a raised voice.

Imagine your best friend forcing a smile to hide the fear she carries.

Imagine your daughter whispering apologies for things she never did

Violence is easy to ignore until it touches someone important in our lives

So what would you do if she were your sister?

Would you remain silent?

Would you defend the excuses of the man who hurt her?

Or would you finally speak, finally stand and finally care?

Violence against women and children is not just statistics. 

It is a broken story repeated in countless closed doors. 

It is a cycle that continues because too many convince themselves that it’s ‘’none of their business”.

But it is our business.

Because every woman is someone’s daughter.

Every girl is someone’s little sister.

Every child is someone’s world.

And every one of them deserves to be safe.

So next time you encounter a story of violence, don’t scroll past as if it were just another headline. 

Picture someone you love. 

Picture her face. 

Picture her fear.

Then ask yourself—What if she were your sister?