Musimbi Kanyoro: To solve the world's biggest problems, invest in women and girls
موسيمبى كانيورو: لحل أكبر مشاكل العالم، استثمر في النساء والفتيات
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro is globally recognized for her leadership of organizations and initiatives that advance health, development, human rights and philanthropy for communities, specifically for women and girls. Full bio
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yes, a little bit like Melinda Gates --
نعم ، قليلا مثل ميليندا غيتس --
in our community
في مجتمعنا
of scores of children
عشرات الأطفال
to live with us in our home
للعيش معنا في منزلنا
for building the local health clinic
لبناء العيادة الصحية المحلية
is named in memory of her.
for her organizing skills,
بسبب مهارات تنظيمها،
for caring for one another.
لرعاية بعضنا البعض.
would be equal generosity,
و حرفية ستكون "الكرم"،
to a neighbor's home --
إلى منزل الجار --
to community events
للفعاليات المجتمعية
about vaccinations in school,
التطعيمات في المدرسة،
planting season.
الزراعى القادم.
would come together
to send a neighbor's child to school --
أطفال الجيران إلى مدرسة --
came from that rural village.
جاء من تلك القرية الريفية.
alongside the adults
جنبًا إلى جنب مع البالغين
in the community book
في كتاب المجتمع
back at home and abroad,
في الداخل و الخارج،
as "poor, vulnerable populations."
إليها ب "السكان الفقراء والضعفاء".
of which literature speaks about
الذي يتحدث عنها الأدب
for poverty eradication programs.
من برامج القضاء على الفقر.
sustainable development goal.
that we could do a better job,
أننا يمكننا القيام بعمل أفضل،
by embracing isirika.
عن طريق احتضان "اسيريكا".
that you're human together.
بأنك إنسان،
a person with disability first.
of seeing a person first.
they bring to the table.
what it would look like
أتخيل كيف سيبدو
to accompany me
منكم أن ترافقونى
and reclaiming isirika with me.
واستصلاح "اسيريكا" معى.
that is high enough
مرتفع بما فيه الكفاية
really enjoy the privilege of giving more.
يتمتعون حقًا بشَرَف اعطاء المزيد.
for women to give more for women.
لإعطاء المزيد للنساء.
other children to live with us,
أطفال آخرين للعيش معنا،
that they had a responsibility
أن لديهم مسؤولية
that we should understand
يجب أن نفهم
was not our entitlement,
لم يكن استحقاقنا،
wisdom from isirika.
حكمة جيدة من "اسيريكا".
I think, in every culture,
أعتقد، في كل ثقافة،
what we could do together.
ما يمكننا القيام به معًا.
with women all over the world
النساء في جميع أنحاء العالم
النسائية على مستوى العالم.
isirika together in what they do.
"اسيريكا" في ما يفعلونه.
so that they can expand,
حتى يتمكنوا من الانتشار،
within their own communities.
داخل مجتمعاتهم الخاصة.
to the Global Fund with a big idea --
إلى "الصندوق العالمي" مع فكرة كبيرة --
by the name of Lucero González.
اسمها "لوسيرو جونزالز".
that would support a movement
صندوقًا يدعم الحركة
in the communities in Mexico.
في المجتمعات في المكسيك.
of 7,500 US dollars.
(7,500) دولار امريكى.
over two million people,
of 600,000 women in Mexico.
من (600,000) امرأة في المكسيك.
within the community and with others,
داخل المجتمع و مع الأخرين،
and what were the long-term needs.
القصير وما هى على المدى الطويل.
have gone off Mexico,
الأضواء فى المكسيك،
the ideas of communities
دعم أفكار المجتمعات
that went directly to women's hands
يذهب مباشرة إلى أيدى النساء
women's organizations --
under the leadership of girls and women,
قيادة الفتيات والنساء،
to women and girls-led organizations.
التى تقودها الفتيات و النساء.
organizing as isirika,
مُنَظِّمين مثل "اسيريكا"،
organizing as isirika in TED.
مثل "اسيريكا" فى "تيد".
that lives in communities.
الدائمة التى تعيش في المجتمعات.
that I want to share with you
أريد مشاركتها معكم
the world's biggest problems,
أكبر المشاكل في العالم،
in the community.
بالجميع فى المجتمع.
but the needs of their children,
لكن احتياجات أطفالهم،
you to invest in women and girls
فى النساء و الفتيات
thing you could ever do
شيء يمكنك فعله
in the hands of women.
تكون في أيدى النساء.
to share this with your families,
لمشاركة هذا مع عائلاتكم،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Musimbi Kanyoro - Women's rights activistDr. Musimbi Kanyoro is globally recognized for her leadership of organizations and initiatives that advance health, development, human rights and philanthropy for communities, specifically for women and girls.
Why you should listen
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro is president and CEO of Global Fund for Women, one of the world’s leading publicly-supported foundations for gender equality. During her time at the Global Fund for Women, Kanyoro has seen the organization award nearly $150 million in grantmaking.
Before joining Global Fund for Women, she was Director for Population and Reproductive Health at David and Lucile Packard Foundation, managing a $30 million grantmaking portfolio. She has written and published extensively on matters affecting the lives of women and children. She was a visiting scholar at Harvard; in 2015, Forbes named her one of 10 women “power brands” working for gender equality.
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