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Memory Banda: A warrior’s cry against child marriage
ሜሞሪ ባንዳ: የህጻናት ያለእድሜ ጋብቻ ተከላካይ አርበኚት የትግል ጥሪ
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ሜሞሪ ባንዳ የህይወት እጣዋ ከእህቶቿ የተለየ ሆነ እህቷ ለአቅመ ሄዋን ስትደርስ ወደ ባህላዊው ‹የስልጠና ካንፕ› ተላከች ሴት ህጻናትን ‹ወንድን በጾታ ግንኙነት እንዴት ማርካት እንደሚቻል› የሚሰለጥኑበት ካንፕ በዛም በ11 አመት ጨቅላ እድሜዋ ለእርግዝና ተዳረገች፡፡ ባንዳ ግን ባለመሄድ አቋሟ ጸናች ከዛ ይልቅ ሌሎችን በማደራጀት ለማህበረሰቡ መሪዎች የትኛዋም ሴት ህጻን 18 አመት ሳይሞላት በግዴታ መዳር እንደሌለባት በህግ ደረጃ እንዲጸድቅ ጥያቄ አቀረበች በዚህ አላቆመችም በአገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ትግሏን ገፋችበት.... ለመላው ማላውያን ሴት ህጻናት አመርቂ ውጤትም አስመዘገበች፡፡
Memory Banda - Activist
Memory Banda is a tireless leader for girls’ rights, in Malawi and around the world. Full bio
Memory Banda is a tireless leader for girls’ rights, in Malawi and around the world. Full bio
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00:13
I'll begin today
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ዛሬ ንግግሬን
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by sharing a poem
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ግጥም በማንበብ እጀምራለሁ
00:16
written by my friend from Malawi,
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ማላዊ ከምትገኝ ጓደኛዬ የተጻፈ ነው
00:20
Eileen Piri.
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አይሊን ፒይሪ ትባላለች
00:22
Eileen is only 13 years old,
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አይሊን ፒይሪ የ13 አመት ልጅ ነች
00:25
but when we were going through
the collection of poetry that we wrote,
the collection of poetry that we wrote,
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ጽፈናቸው ከነበር የግጥም
ስብስቦች መካከል ስፈልግ
ስብስቦች መካከል ስፈልግ
00:31
I found her poem so interesting,
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የሷን አስደናቂ ግጥም አገኘሁ
00:34
so motivating.
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በጣም ያነሳሳል!
00:36
So I'll read it to you.
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ስለዚህ እሱን አነብላቹሀለው
00:38
She entitled her poem
"I'll Marry When I Want."
"I'll Marry When I Want."
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ለግጥሙ የሰጠችው አርዕስ
"ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው" ይላል
"ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው" ይላል
00:42
(Laughter)
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(ሳቅ)
00:45
"I'll marry when I want.
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ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው!
00:47
My mother can't force me to marry.
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እናቴ ልታስገድደኝ
አትችልም እንዳገባ
አትችልም እንዳገባ
00:52
My father cannot force me to marry.
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አባቴ ሊያስገድደኝ
አይችልም እንዳገባ
አይችልም እንዳገባ
00:57
My uncle, my aunt,
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አጎት ፣ አክስቶቼ
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my brother or sister,
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ወንድም ፣ እህቶቼ
01:02
cannot force me to marry.
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ሊያስገድዱኝ አይችሉም እንዳገባ
01:05
No one in the world
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ማንም በዚች አለም
01:08
can force me to marry.
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አይችልም ተገድጄ እንዳገባ
01:11
I'll marry when I want.
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ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው!
01:14
Even if you beat me,
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ብትደበድቡኝም
01:17
even if you chase me away,
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ብታባሩኝ እንኳን
01:19
even if you do anything bad to me,
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ምንም ብታደርጉ መጥፎ
01:22
I'll marry when I want.
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ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው!
01:26
I'll marry when I want,
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01:29
but not before I am well educated,
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ሳልጨርስ አይደለም
ሳልማር ትምህርቴን
ሳልማር ትምህርቴን
01:33
and not before I am all grown up.
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ሳይደረስ አይደለም
ሳላድግ በእድሜ
ሳላድግ በእድሜ
01:37
I'll marry when I want."
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ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው!
01:40
This poem might seem odd,
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ይህ ግጥም ግር ሊላቹ ይችላል
01:43
written by a 13-year-old girl,
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በ13 አመት ልጅ መጻፉ
01:47
but where I and Eileen come from,
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ግን እኔና አይሊን
ከመጣንበት አካባቢ
ከመጣንበት አካባቢ
01:52
this poem, which I have just read to you,
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ይሄ ግጥም
01:55
is a warrior's cry.
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የአርበኞች ጥሪ ነው!
01:59
I am from Malawi.
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እኔ ከማላዊ ነው የመጣሁት
02:03
Malawi is one of the poorest countries,
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ማላዊ ደሀ ከሚባሉ አገራት አንዷነች
02:07
very poor,
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በጣም ደሀ!
02:09
where gender equality is questionable.
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የጾታ እኩልነት አጠራጣሪ የሆነባት አገር
02:14
Growing up in that country,
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በዛች አገር በማደጌ
02:16
I couldn't make my own choices in life.
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በህይወቴ ውስጥ የራሴን ምርጫ
ማድረግ አልችልም
ማድረግ አልችልም
02:20
I couldn't even explore
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በህይወት የማንነት እድሎችን
እንኳን...
እንኳን...
02:22
personal opportunities in life.
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መመርመር አልችልም
02:25
I will tell you a story
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አንድ ታሪክ ልንገራችሁ
02:27
of two different girls,
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ስለ ሁለት የተለያዩ ልጃገረዶች ነው
02:30
two beautiful girls.
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ስለ ሁለት ውብ ልጃገረዶች
02:34
These girls grew up
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እነዚህ ልጆች
02:36
under the same roof.
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በአንድ ጣራ ስር አብረው ነው ያደጉት
02:38
They were eating the same food.
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አንድ አይነት ምግብ እየበሉ
02:41
Sometimes, they would share clothes,
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አንዳንዴ አንድ ልብስ እየተጋሩ
02:44
and even shoes.
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ጫማ አንኳን ሳይቀር
02:46
But their lives ended up differently,
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ግን የህይወት ጉዟቸው የተለያየ ሆነ
02:51
in two different paths.
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በሁለት የተለያዩ መንገዶች
02:55
The other girl is my little sister.
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ሁለተኛዋ ልጅ ታናሽ እህቴ ናት
02:58
My little sister was only 11 years old
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ታናሽ እህቴ 11 አመት ይሆናት ነበር
03:03
when she got pregnant.
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ባረገዘችበት ወቅት
03:08
It's a hurtful thing.
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በጣም የሚያሳምም ነገር ነው!
03:13
Not only did it hurt her, even me.
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እሷ ብቻ አይደለችም
እኔም ተጎድቻለሁ
እኔም ተጎድቻለሁ
03:16
I was going through a hard time as well.
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የጭንቅ ጊዜ ነበር ያሳለፍኩት
03:20
As it is in my culture,
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በባህላችን
03:23
once you reach puberty stage,
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ለአቅመ ሄዋን በደረስን ጊዜ
03:26
you are supposed to go
to initiation camps.
to initiation camps.
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ወደ ልምምድ ካምፕ
መሄድ ይኖርብናል
መሄድ ይኖርብናል
03:30
In these initiation camps,
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በነዚህ ካምፖች
03:33
you are taught how
to sexually please a man.
to sexually please a man.
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ወንድን በጻታ ግንኙነት
እንደምታስደስቱ ትማራላቹ
እንደምታስደስቱ ትማራላቹ
03:36
There is this special day,
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ልዩ የሆነ ቀን አለ
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which they call "Very Special Day"
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"በጣም ልዩ ቀን"
ብለው የሚጠሩት
ብለው የሚጠሩት
03:41
where a man who is hired
by the community
by the community
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በማህበረሰቡ የተቀጠረ ወንድ
03:44
comes to the camp
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ወደ ካምፑ ይመጣና
03:47
and sleeps with the little girls.
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ከሴት ህጻናቱ ጋር እንዲተኛ ይደረጋል
03:51
Imagine the trauma that these young girls
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አስቡት እስቲ!
እነዚህ ሴት ህጻናት ያለባቸውን ስቃይ
እነዚህ ሴት ህጻናት ያለባቸውን ስቃይ
03:53
go through every day.
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በየቀኑ!
03:58
Most girls end up pregnant.
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አብዛኞቹ ልጃገረዶች ያረግዛሉ!
04:01
They even contract HIV and AIDS
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በኤችአይቪ ኤድስ ይያዛሉ!
04:04
and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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ሌሎች በጾታ ግንኙነት
የሚመጡ በሽታዎች ጭምር
የሚመጡ በሽታዎች ጭምር
04:07
For my little sister,
she ended up being pregnant.
she ended up being pregnant.
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ትንሷ እህቴ እርግዝና ነበር የገጠማት
04:12
Today, she's only 16 years old
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አሁን 16 አመቷ ነው
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and she has three children.
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ሶስት ልጆች አሉዋት
04:19
Her first marriage did not survive,
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የመጀመሪያ ትዳሯ አልሰመረም
04:23
nor did her second marriage.
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ሁለተኛውም ቢሆን እንደዛው
04:26
On the other side, there is this girl.
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በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ ይህቺ ልጅ አለች
04:31
She's amazing.
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የምታስደንቅ ናት!
04:33
(Laughter)
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(ሳቅ)
04:35
(Applause)
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(ጭብጨባ)
04:39
I call her amazing because she is.
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አስደናቂ ነች ያልኩት ስለሆነች ነው!
04:42
She's very fabulous.
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በጣም አስደማሚ ናት!
04:45
That girl is me. (Laughter)
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ያቺ ልጅ እኔ ነኝ! (ሳቅ)
04:48
When I was 13 years old,
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የ13 አመት ልጅ ሆኜ
04:51
I was told, you are grown up,
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አድገሻል
04:55
you have now reached of age,
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እድሜሽ ደርሷል
04:58
you're supposed to go
to the initiation camp.
to the initiation camp.
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ወደ ልምምድ ካምፑ
መሄድ አለብሽ ሲሉኝ ነበር
መሄድ አለብሽ ሲሉኝ ነበር
05:01
I was like, "What?
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"ምን?" ነበር የኔ መልስ
05:04
I'm not going to go
to the initiation camps."
to the initiation camps."
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ወደ ልምምድ ካምፑ አልሄድም አልኩ
05:10
You know what the women said to me?
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አንድ ሴት ምን እንዳለችኝ ታውቃላቹ?
05:13
"You are a stupid girl. Stubborn.
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ደደብ ልጅ ነሽ!
ምንም የማይገባሽ!
ምንም የማይገባሽ!
05:16
You do not respect the traditions
of our society, of our community."
of our society, of our community."
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የማህበረሰባችንን፣
የእኛን ባህል አታከብሪም!
የእኛን ባህል አታከብሪም!
05:24
I said no because I knew
where I was going.
where I was going.
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እንቢ! ያልኩት
የት እንደምሄድ ስለማውቅ ነው
የት እንደምሄድ ስለማውቅ ነው
05:27
I knew what I wanted in life.
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በህይወቴ ምን አንደምፈልግ
ስለማውቅ ነው
ስለማውቅ ነው
05:31
I had a lot of dreams as a young girl.
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በልጅነት ብዙ ህልሞች ነበሩኝ
05:36
I wanted to get well educated,
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በደንብ መማር እፈልግ ነበር
05:39
to find a decent job in the future.
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ወደፊት ጥሩ ስራ አንዲኖረኝ
05:42
I was imagining myself as a lawyer,
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እራሴን ጠበቃ ሆኜ እስለው ነበር
05:44
seated on that big chair.
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ትልቅ ወንበር ላይ ተቀምጬ
05:46
Those were the imaginations that
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በሀሳብ የምስለው
05:49
were going through my mind every day.
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በየቀኑ በአእምሮዬ የሚመላለሰው
እሱ ነበር
እሱ ነበር
05:52
And I knew that one day,
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ደግሞ አውቅ ነበር
አንድ ቀን
አንድ ቀን
05:54
I would contribute something,
a little something to my community.
a little something to my community.
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የሆነ ነገር፣ የሆነ ትንሽ ነገር ለ
ማህበረሰቤ እንደማበረክት
ማህበረሰቤ እንደማበረክት
05:58
But every day after refusing,
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ግን እንቢ ካልኩኝ በኋላ በየቀኑ
06:01
women would tell me,
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ሴቶቹ
06:03
"Look at you, you're all grown up.
Your little sister has a baby.
Your little sister has a baby.
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"እራስሽን ተመልከቺ እስቲ? ትልቅ ሆነሻል!
እህትሽ አንኳን ልጅ አላት!
እህትሽ አንኳን ልጅ አላት!
06:06
What about you?"
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አንቺስ?" ይሉኛል
06:08
That was the music
that I was hearing every day,
that I was hearing every day,
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ይሄን ዘፈን ነበር
በየቀኑ እሰማ የነበረው
በየቀኑ እሰማ የነበረው
06:13
and that is the music
that girls hear every day
that girls hear every day
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ይሄን ዘፈን ነበር
በየቀኑ ልጆቹ ይሰሙ የነበረው
በየቀኑ ልጆቹ ይሰሙ የነበረው
06:16
when they don't do something
that the community needs them to do.
that the community needs them to do.
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ምንም ሳያደርጉ ሲቀሩ ማህበረሰቡ እንዲሆኑ የሚፈልገው እሱን ነው
06:23
When I compared the two stories
between me and my sister,
between me and my sister,
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የኔንና የእህቴን ታሪክ ሳነጻጽረው
06:27
I said, "Why can't I do something?
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ለራሴ "የሆነ ነገር ማድረግ አለብኝ?" አልኩ
06:32
Why can't I change something
that has happened for a long time
that has happened for a long time
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አንድ ነገር መለወጥ
ለምንድ ነው የማልችለው?
ለምንድ ነው የማልችለው?
06:37
in our community?"
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ያውም! ከጥንት ጀምሮ የነበረን ነገር
06:39
That was when I called other girls
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በዛን ጊዜ ነው
ሌሎቹን ልጆች የሰበሰብኳቸው
ሌሎቹን ልጆች የሰበሰብኳቸው
06:42
just like my sister, who have children,
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ልክ እንደ እህቴ ልጆች ያላቸውን
06:44
who have been in class but they have
forgotten how to read and write.
forgotten how to read and write.
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ይማሩ ነበር ግን ማንበብና መጻፍ
ጠፍቶባቸዋል
ጠፍቶባቸዋል
06:48
I said, "Come on, we can
remind each other
remind each other
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ኑና እርስ በራሳችን እንማማር
አልኳቸው
አልኳቸው
06:50
how to read and write again,
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ማንበብና መጻፍ እንደገና እንሞክር
06:52
how to hold the pen,
how to read, to hold the book."
how to read, to hold the book."
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ብእር እንዴት እንደሚያዝ፣
እንዴት እንደሚነበብ፣
መጽሀፍ እንደሚያዝ
እንዴት እንደሚነበብ፣
መጽሀፍ እንደሚያዝ
06:56
It was a great time I had with them.
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በጣም ትልቅ ጊዜ ነበር ያሳለፍነው
06:59
Nor did I just learn a little about them,
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ስለ እነርሱ ትንሽ አወኩኝ
07:04
but they were able to tell me
their personal stories,
their personal stories,
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የግል ታሪካቸውን ያጫውቱኝ ነበር
07:07
what they were facing every day
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በእናትነታቸው
07:09
as young mothers.
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በየቀኑ ስለሚገጥማቸው ነገር
07:12
That was when I was like,
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ያኔ ሀሳብ መጣልኝ
07:14
'Why can't we take all these things
that are happening to us
that are happening to us
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እነዚህ በኛ ላይ የሚሆኑትን
ነገሮች ይዘን
ነገሮች ይዘን
07:17
and present them and tell our mothers,
our traditional leaders,
our traditional leaders,
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ለእናቶቻችን ለባህላዊ መሪዎቻችን
ለምን አንነግራቸውም?
ለምን አንነግራቸውም?
07:21
that these are the wrong things?"
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እነዚህ ነገሮች ስህተት አንደሆኑ
ለምን አናስረዳም?
ለምን አናስረዳም?
07:23
It was a scary thing to do,
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ለማድረግ የሚያስፈራ ነገር ነበር
07:25
because these traditional leaders,
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ምክንያቱም ባህላዊ መሪዎቻችን
07:27
they are already accustomed to the things
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አምነው የተቀበሉት ልማድ ነው
07:30
that have been there for ages.
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ለዘመናት የነበረ ነገር ነው
07:32
A hard thing to change,
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ለመቀየር የሚከብድ ነገር
07:34
but a good thing to try.
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ግን ለመሞከር ጥሩ የሆነ
07:37
So we tried.
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ስለዚህ ሞከርነው!
07:39
It was very hard, but we pushed.
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በጣም ከባድ ነበር ግን ገፋንበት
07:42
And I'm here to say that in my community,
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እናም አሁን በማህበረሰባችን
07:45
it was the first community after girls
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የመጀመሪያዎቹ ሴቶች ነን
07:47
pushed so hard to our traditional leader,
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መሪዎቻችንን ስንጫን
07:51
and our leader stood up for us
and said no girl has to be married
and said no girl has to be married
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እናም መሪዎቻችን ከጎናችን ቆሙው
07:55
before the age of 18.
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ማንም ሴት 18 አመት ሳይሞላት
ማግባት የለባትም አሉ
ማግባት የለባትም አሉ
07:57
(Applause)
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08:05
In my community,
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በማህበረሰባችን
08:07
that was the first time a community,
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ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ
08:09
they had to call the bylaws,
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በህግ ደረጃ
08:12
the first bylaw that protected girls
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የመጀመሪያው
ሴት ልጆችን የሚከላከል ህግ
ሴት ልጆችን የሚከላከል ህግ
08:15
in our community.
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ሆነ!
08:18
We did not stop there.
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እዚህ ጋር አላቆምንም
08:19
We forged ahead.
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ወደፊት ተራመድን
08:22
We were determined to fight for girls
not just in my community,
not just in my community,
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በኛ ማህበረሰብ ብቻ ሳይሆን
ለያንዳንዷ ሴት ህጻን መብት ለመዋጋት ቆረጥን
ለያንዳንዷ ሴት ህጻን መብት ለመዋጋት ቆረጥን
08:26
but even in other communities.
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በሌላም ማህበረሰብ ቢሆን
08:29
When the child marriage bill
was being presented in February,
was being presented in February,
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የህጻናት የጋብቻ ህግ በቀረበበት ጊዜ
08:33
we were there at the Parliament house.
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በአገሪቱ ፓርላማ ተገኝተን ነበር
08:37
Every day, when the members
of Parliament were entering,
of Parliament were entering,
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በየቀኑ የፓርላማ አባላቱ
በሚገቡበት ሰአት
በሚገቡበት ሰአት
08:41
we were telling them,
"Would you please support the bill?"
"Would you please support the bill?"
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እባካችሁ ህጉን ደግፉ!
እንላቸው ነበር
እንላቸው ነበር
08:44
And we don't have
much technology like here,
much technology like here,
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እዚህ አንዳለው አይነት
ቴክኖሎጂ አልነበረንም
ቴክኖሎጂ አልነበረንም
08:49
but we have our small phones.
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ግን ትናንሽ ስልኮች ነበሩን
08:51
So we said, "Why can't we get
their numbers and text them?"
their numbers and text them?"
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ስለዚህ ቁጥራቸውን ፈልገን
ለምን በጽሁፍ መልክት አንልክላቸውም? ተባባልን
ለምን በጽሁፍ መልክት አንልክላቸውም? ተባባልን
08:56
So we did that. It was a good thing.
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አደረግነው! ጥሩ ነገር ነበር!
08:59
(Applause)
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(ጭብጨባ)
09:01
So when the bill passed,
we texted them back,
we texted them back,
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ህጉ ከጸደቀ በኋላ
መልሰን በጽሁፍ መልክት ላክንላቸው
መልሰን በጽሁፍ መልክት ላክንላቸው
09:04
"Thank you for supporting the bill."
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"ህጉን ስለደገፋቹ እናመሰግናለን"
09:06
(Laughter)
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(ሳቅ)
09:07
And when the bill was signed
by the president,
by the president,
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ፕሬዝዳንቱ ህጉን
በፊርማው ሲያጸድቅ
በፊርማው ሲያጸድቅ
09:11
making it into law, it was a plus.
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ቋሚ ሆነ!
ይሄ ተጨማሪ ድል ነበር
ይሄ ተጨማሪ ድል ነበር
09:14
Now, in Malawi, 18 is the legal
marriage age, from 15 to 18.
marriage age, from 15 to 18.
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አሁን በማላዊ የጋብቻ እድሜ 18 አመት ነው
ከ15 እስከ 18
ከ15 እስከ 18
09:20
(Applause)
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09:26
It's a good thing to know
that the bill passed,
that the bill passed,
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የህጉ መጽደቅ በራሱ ጥሩ ነገር ነበር
09:30
but let me tell you this:
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ግን አንድ ነገር ልንገራቹ
09:33
There are countries where 18
is the legal marriage age,
is the legal marriage age,
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18 አመት የጋብቻ እድሜ
የሆነባቸው አገሮች አሉ
የሆነባቸው አገሮች አሉ
09:37
but don't we hear cries
of women and girls every day?
of women and girls every day?
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ግን በየቀኑ የሴቶች የህጻናት ለቅሶ
እየሰማን አይደለም?
እየሰማን አይደለም?
09:41
Every day, girls' lives
are being wasted away.
are being wasted away.
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በየቀኑ የሴት ህጻናቱ
ህይወት ይባክናል
ህይወት ይባክናል
09:47
This is high time for leaders
to honor their commitment.
to honor their commitment.
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ከመሪዎቻችን አሁን የሚያስፈልገው
የገቡትን ቃል እንዲያከብሩ ነው
የገቡትን ቃል እንዲያከብሩ ነው
09:53
In honoring this commitment,
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ቃል ማክበር ማለት
09:56
it means keeping girls' issues
at heart every time.
at heart every time.
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የሴት ህጻናትን ጉዳይ
ሁሌም ከልብ መያዝ ነው
ሁሌም ከልብ መያዝ ነው
10:01
We don't have to be subjected as second,
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እንደ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ መታየት የለብንም
10:05
but they have to know that women,
as we are in this room,
as we are in this room,
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ማወቅ ያለባቸው ነገር!
ሴቶች በዚህ ክፍል ውስጥ እንዳለነው
ሴቶች በዚህ ክፍል ውስጥ እንዳለነው
10:09
we are not just women,
we are not just girls,
we are not just girls,
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ሴት ብቻ! ልጆች ብቻ!
አይደለንም!
አይደለንም!
10:13
we are extraordinary.
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ከምንም ነገር በላይ ነን!
10:14
We can do more.
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የተሻለ ማድረግ እንችላለን
10:16
And another thing for Malawi,
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ስለ ማላዊ ሌላው ነገር
10:19
and not just Malawi but other countries:
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በማላዊ ብቻ አይደለም
በሌሎችም አገሮች
በሌሎችም አገሮች
10:22
The laws which are there,
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ያሉት ህጎች
10:26
you know how a law is not a law
until it is enforced?
until it is enforced?
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ህግ እስካልተፈጸመ ድረስ
ህግ አይሆንም
ህግ አይሆንም
10:32
The law which has just recently passed
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በቅርብ ያጸደቅነው ህግ
10:35
and the laws that in other countries
have been there,
have been there,
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በሌሎች አገራትም ያለው ህግ
10:38
they need to be publicized
at the local level,
at the local level,
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በየአካባቢው መሰራጨት አለበት
10:42
at the community level,
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በየማህበረሰቡ
10:44
where girls' issues are very striking.
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የሴት ህጻናት ጉዳይ
አስቸጋሪ በሆነበት ሁሉ
አስቸጋሪ በሆነበት ሁሉ
10:49
Girls face issues, difficult issues,
at the community level every day.
at the community level every day.
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በየቀኑ በማህበረሰብ ደረጃ
ሴት ህጻናት ከባድ ችግር ይጋረጥባቸዋል
ሴት ህጻናት ከባድ ችግር ይጋረጥባቸዋል
10:55
So if these young girls know
that there are laws that protect them,
that there are laws that protect them,
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ስለዚህ እነዚህ ሴት ህጻነት
የሚጠብቃቸው ህግ አንዳለ ካወቁ
የሚጠብቃቸው ህግ አንዳለ ካወቁ
11:00
they will be able to stand up
and defend themselves
and defend themselves
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ተነስተው እራሳቸውን መከላከል
ይችላሉ
ይችላሉ
11:03
because they will know that
there is a law that protects them.
there is a law that protects them.
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ምክንቱም የሚጠብቃቸው ህግ
እንዳለ ስለሚያውቁ ነው
እንዳለ ስለሚያውቁ ነው
11:09
And another thing I would say is that
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ሌላ ማለት የምፈልገው
11:13
girls' voices and women's voices
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የሴት ህጻናት፣ የሴቶች የትግል ድምጽ
11:17
are beautiful, they are there,
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ውብ ነው! ሁሉም ጋር አለ
11:20
but we cannot do this alone.
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ይሄንን ግን ብቻችንን
ማድረግ አንችልም
ማድረግ አንችልም
11:23
Male advocates, they have to jump in,
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ወንዶች ትግላችንን ሊቀላቀሉን
11:26
to step in and work together.
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ከጎን ሆነው አብረን መስራት አለብን
11:28
It's a collective work.
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የጋራ ሀላፊነት ነው!
11:31
What we need is what girls elsewhere need:
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ለሴት ህጻናት የሚያስፈልገውን ሁሉ መሟላት አለበት
11:33
good education, and above all,
not to marry whilst 11.
not to marry whilst 11.
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ጥሩ ትምህርት፣ ከሁሉም በላይ
በ11 አመት አለመዳር
በ11 አመት አለመዳር
11:42
And furthermore,
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በተጨማሪ
11:44
I know that together,
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አንድ ላይ ከሆንን
11:48
we can transform the legal,
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ህግን
11:51
the cultural and political framework
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ባህላዊና ፖለቲካዊ ዳራን
11:55
that denies girls of their rights.
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የሴት ህጻናትን መብት የሚነፍገውን
መቀየር እንችላለን
መቀየር እንችላለን
11:59
I am standing here today
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እዚህ ከፊታቹ በመሆን ዛሬ
12:04
and declaring that we can
end child marriage in a generation.
end child marriage in a generation.
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ለትውልዶች ያለ እድሜ ጋብቻን
ማስቆም እንደምንችል እነግራቹሀለው
ማስቆም እንደምንችል እነግራቹሀለው
12:12
This is the moment
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በዚች ቅጽበት!
12:14
where a girl and a girl,
and millions of girls worldwide,
and millions of girls worldwide,
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ሴት ህጻናት ሚሊዮኖች
በአለም ዙሪያ ያሉ ሁሉ
በአለም ዙሪያ ያሉ ሁሉ
12:19
will be able to say,
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ድምጻቸውን ከፍ አድርገው
12:21
"I will marry when I want."
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"ስፈልግ ነው የማገባው!"
ማለት መቻል አለባቸው!
ማለት መቻል አለባቸው!
12:25
(Applause)
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(ጭብጨባ)
12:35
Thank you. (Applause)
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አመሰግናለሁ!
(ጭብጨባ)
(ጭብጨባ)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Memory Banda - ActivistMemory Banda is a tireless leader for girls’ rights, in Malawi and around the world.
Why you should listen
Memory Banda is a tireless leader for girls' rights around the world. She is leading Malawi's fight to end child marriage through her work with Let Girls Lead and the Girl Empowerment Network of Malawi.
Only 18-years-old, Memory championed a succesful national campaign that culminated in landmark legislation that outlawed child marriage. Memory works with girl leaders to ensure that village chiefs ban child marriage, end sexual initiation practices, enable girls to finish school and live safe from violence in a country where more than half of girls are married as children.
Memory became an advocate for girls after her younger sister was forced into marriage at the age of 11. She is now a college student in Malawi.
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