Today, I want to share something deeply personal with you.The fear carried as a little girl doesn’t disappear with age—it quietly shapes how many women grow up and see the world. A fear from my childhood—one that, even today, has not completely left my life. And I know I’m not alone. Many girls carry this same fear silently, growing up with it, learning to live around it. This story takes me back to when I was about 10–11 years old. There were many evenings when we would be cooking dinner and suddenly realise that some kitchen item was missing. There was no phone at home at that time. If we…