ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - Educator
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education.

Why you should listen

Shabana Basij-Rasikh was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. Under the Taliban, she dressed as a boy to escort her older sister to a secret school -- with dire consequences if they were caught. She attended a high school in America under the YES exchange program, and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. During college, she founded HELA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Afghan women through education. She also raised funds through foundations and public talks across the US to build a high school for girls in her ancestral village, and to build wells on the outskirts of Kabul to give communities access to clean drinking water.

An enthusiast of systemic change and community impact, Basij-Rasikh was selected as one of Glamour's Top 10 College Women of 2010, and was awarded the Vermont Campus Compact 2011 Kunin Public Award for outstanding public service, effective leadership and community-building. Now, Shabana has joined 10×10 as a Global Ambassador, supporting a global action campaign that links nonprofits, corporations, philanthropists, policy leaders, global influencers and grassroots activists in a movement to support girls’ education. She is managing director of SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan), a nonprofit that helps exceptional young Afghan women access education worldwide and jobs back home.

More profile about the speaker
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TEDxWomen 2012

Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls

Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Ouse educar meninas Afegãs

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Imagine um país onde meninas tem que escapulir para ir à escola, com consequências mortais se forem pegas aprendendo. Isto foi o Afeganistão sob o Talibã, e vestígios deste perigo ainda existem hoje. Shabana Basij-Rasikh de 22 anos administra uma escola para meninas no Afeganistão. Ela celebra o poder da decisão da família de acreditar em suas filhas -- e conta a história de um pai corajoso que enfrentou ameaças locais. (Filmado na TEDxWomen)
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When I was 11,
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Quando eu tinha 11 anos,
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I remember waking up one morning to the sound of joy in my house.
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Eu lembro de acordar uma manhã com os sons de alegria na minha casa.
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My father was listening to BBC News
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Meu pai estava ouvindo BBC News
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on his small, gray radio.
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no seu radinho cinza.
00:29
There was a big smile on his face which was unusual then,
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E ele estava com um sorriso grande em seu rosto, o que não acontecia com frequência naquele tempo,
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because the news mostly depressed him.
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porque as notícias na maior parte o deprimiam.
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"The Taliban are gone!" my father shouted.
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"O Talibã acabou!" meu pai gritou.
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I didn't know what it meant,
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Eu não sabia o que isso significava,
00:43
but I could see that my father was very, very happy.
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mas podia ver que meu pai estava muito, muito feliz.
00:49
"You can go to a real school now," he said.
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Ele falou, "você agora pode ir para uma escola de verdade".
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A morning that I will never forget.
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Uma manhã que nunca vou esquecer.
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A real school.
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Uma escola de verdade.
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You see, I was six when the Taliban took over Afghanistan
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Sabe, eu tinha seis anos de idade quando o Talibã assumiu o controle do Afeganistão
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and made it illegal for girls to go to school.
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e fez ilegal para meninas ir à escola.
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So for the next five years, I dressed as a boy
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Então, no cinco anos seguintes, eu me vesti como menino
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to escort my older sister, who was no longer allowed
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para acompanhar minha irmã mais velha, que não podia mais
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to be outside alone, to a secret school.
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sair de casa sozinha, para uma escola secreta.
01:25
It was the only way we both could be educated.
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Foi o único jeito de ambas receberem educação.
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Each day, we took a different route
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A cada dia, íamos por um caminho diferente
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so that no one would suspect where we were going.
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para que ninguém suspeitasse para onde estávamos indo.
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We would cover our books in grocery bags
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Nós cobriamos nosso livros com sacos de supermercado
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so it would seem we were just out shopping.
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para que parecesse que estávamos voltando das compras.
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The school was in a house,
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A escola era em uma casa,
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more than 100 of us packed in one small living room.
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mais de 100 crianças espremidas em uma pequena sala de visitas.
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It was cozy in winter but extremely hot in summer.
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Era confortável no inverno, mas extremamente quente no verão.
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We all knew we were risking our lives --
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Nós todos sabíamos que estávamos arriscando nossas vidas --
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the teacher, the students and our parents.
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o professor, os alunos e nossos pais.
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From time to time, the school would suddenly be canceled
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Às vezes, as aulas eram canceladas de repente
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for a week because Taliban were suspicious.
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por uma semana porque o Talibã estava desconfiado.
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We always wondered what they knew about us.
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Nós sempre nos perguntamos se eles sabiam da gente.
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Were we being followed?
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Nós estávamos sendo seguidos?
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Do they know where we live?
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Eles sabem onde nós moramos?
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We were scared,
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Nós estávamos com medo,
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but still, school was where we wanted to be.
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mais ainda assim, é na escola que queríamos estar.
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I was very lucky to grow up in a family
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Eu tive muita sorte de ter crescido numa família
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where education was prized and daughters were treasured.
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onde educação era valorizada e filhas era estimadas.
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My grandfather was an extraordinary man for his time.
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Meu avô foi um homem extraordinário para seu tempo.
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A total maverick from a remote province of Afghanistan,
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Um total rebelde de uma província remota no Afeganistão
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he insisted that his daughter, my mom,
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ele insistia que sua filha, minha mãe,
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go to school, and for that he was disowned by his father.
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fosse à escola, e por isso ele foi deserdado por seu pai.
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But my educated mother became a teacher.
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Mas minha mãe foi educada e se tornou professora.
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There she is.
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Aí esta ela.
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She retired two years ago, only to turn our house
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Ela se aposentou há dois anos, só para transformar nossa casa
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into a school for girls and women in our neighborhood.
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numa escola para meninas e mulheres em nossa vizinhança.
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And my father -- that's him --
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E meu pai -- aí está ele --
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he was the first ever in his family to receive an education.
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ele foi o primeiro na família dele a receber educação.
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There was no question that his children
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Não haviam dúvidas de que seus filhos
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would receive an education, including his daughters,
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receberiam uma educação, inclusive suas filhas,
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despite the Taliban, despite the risks.
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apesar do Talibã, apesar dos riscos.
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To him, there was greater risk in not educating his children.
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Para ele, não educar seus filhos era um risco maior.
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During Taliban years, I remember
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Durante os anos do Talibã, eu lembro
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there were times I would get so frustrated by our life
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houveram tempos em que estávamos tão frustrados com nossa vida
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and always being scared and not seeing a future.
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e sempre com medo e não vendo um futuro.
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I would want to quit,
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Eu queria desistir,
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but my father,
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mas meu pai,
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he would say,
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ele dizia,
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"Listen, my daughter,
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"Ouça, minha filha,
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you can lose everything you own in your life.
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você pode perder tudo o que possui na sua vida.
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Your money can be stolen. You can be forced to leave your home during a war.
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Seu dinheiro pode ser roubado. Você pode ser forçada a sair de sua casa durante a guerra.
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But the one thing that will always remain with you
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Mas a única coisa que sempre vai estar com você
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is what is here,
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é o que está aqui,
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and if we have to sell our blood to pay your school fees,
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e se nós tivermos que vender nosso sangue para pagar o custo da sua escola,
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we will.
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nós o faremos.
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So do you still not want to continue?"
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Então, você ainda não quer continuar?"
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Today I am 22.
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Hoje eu tenho 22 anos.
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I was raised in a country that has been destroyed
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Eu cresci num país que foi destruído
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by decades of war.
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por décadas de guerra.
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Fewer than six percent of women my age have made it beyond high school,
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Menos de seis por cento das mulheres da minha idade estudaram além do colegial,
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and had my family not been so committed to my education,
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e se minha família não tivesse sido tão empenhada à minha educação,
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I would be one of them.
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eu seria uma delas.
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Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of Middlebury College.
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Ao invés, eu estou aqui orgulhosamente formada pelo Middlebury College.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
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When I returned to Afghanistan, my grandfather,
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Quando eu voltei ao Afeganistão, meu avô,
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the one exiled from his home for daring to educate his daughters,
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o que ficou em exílio por se atrever a educar suas filhas,
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was among the first to congratulate me.
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estava entre os primeiros à me parabenizar.
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He not only brags about my college degree,
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Não só ele se gaba do meu diploma de universidade,
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but also that I was the first woman,
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mas também do fato de que eu fui a primeira mulher,
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and that I am the first woman
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e que eu sou a primeira mulher
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to drive him through the streets of Kabul.
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à dirigir o carro com ele pelas ruas de Cabul.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
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My family believes in me.
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Minha família acredita que vou chegar lá.
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I dream big, but my family dreams even bigger for me.
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Eu sonho grande, mas minha família tem sonhos ainda maiores para mim.
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That's why I am a global ambassador for 10x10,
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E é por isso que eu sou uma embaixadora global para 10x10,
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a global campaign to educate women.
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uma campanha global para educar mulheres.
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That's why I cofounded SOLA,
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É por isso que co-fundei SOLA,
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the first and perhaps only boarding school
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o primeiro e talvez único internato
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for girls in Afghanistan,
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para meninas no Afeganistão,
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a country where it's still risky for girls to go to school.
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um país onde ainda existe risco para meninas irem à escola.
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The exciting thing is that I see students at my school
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O que é empolgante é que eu vejo estudantes na minha escola
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with ambition grabbing at opportunity.
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agarrando esta oportunidade com ambição.
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And I see their parents and their fathers
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E eu vejo seus pais e os pais deles
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who, like my own, advocate for them,
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que, como os meus, as defendem,
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despite and even in the face of daunting opposition.
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apesar, mesmo em vista de oposição assustadora.
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Like Ahmed. That's not his real name,
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Como Ahmed. Este não é seu nome real,
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and I cannot show you his face,
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e eu não posso mostrar seu rosto,
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but Ahmed is the father of one of my students.
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mas, Ahmed é o pai de uma de minhas alunas.
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Less than a month ago, he and his daughter
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A menos de um mês atrás, ele e sua filha
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were on their way from SOLA to their village,
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estávam a caminho da sua vila, voltando da SOLA
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and they literally missed being killed
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e literalmente quase foram mortos
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by a roadside bomb by minutes.
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por uma bomba por questão de minutos.
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As he arrived home, the phone rang,
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Quando eles chegaram em casa, o telefone tocou,
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a voice warning him
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um voz avisando à ele
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that if he sent his daughter back to school,
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que se ele mandasse sua filha à escola novamente,
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they would try again.
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eles tentariam de novo.
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"Kill me now, if you wish," he said,
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"Me mate se quiser," ele disse,
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"but I will not ruin my daughter's future
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"mas eu não vou arruinar o futuro da minha filha
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because of your old and backward ideas."
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por causa das suas idéias velhas e atrasadas."
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What I've come to realize about Afghanistan,
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O que eu aprendi sobre o Afeganistão,
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and this is something that is often dismissed in the West,
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e isso é uma coisa frequentemente ignorada no oeste,
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that behind most of us who succeed
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é que atrás da maioria de nós que tem sucesso
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is a father who recognizes the value in his daughter
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está um pai que reconhece o valor de sua filha
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and who sees that her success is his success.
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e que vê que o sucesso dela, é o sucesso dele. [Texto: O valor de uma filha com educação]
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It's not to say that our mothers aren't key in our success.
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Não estou dizendo que nossas mães não são fundamentais no nosso sucesso.
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In fact, they're often the initial and convincing negotiators
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De fato, elas frequentemente são as que negociam inicialmente e convincentemente
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of a bright future for their daughters,
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o futuro brilhante de suas filhas,
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but in the context of a society like in Afghanistan,
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mas no contexto de uma sociedade como a do Afeganistão,
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we must have the support of men.
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nós temos que ter o apoio dos homens.
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Under the Taliban, girls who went to school
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Sob o Talibã, haviam centenas de
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numbered in the hundreds --
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meninas que iam à escola
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remember, it was illegal.
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lembrem, era ilegal.
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But today, more than three million girls are in school in Afghanistan.
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Mas hoje, mais de três milhões de meninas estão na escola no Afeganistão.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
08:22
Afghanistan looks so different from here in America.
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O Afeganistão parece tão diferente daqui, na América.
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I find that Americans see the fragility in changes.
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Eu acho que os americanos vêem a fragilidade das mudanças.
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I fear that these changes will not last
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Eu temo que estas mudanças não durarão
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much beyond the U.S. troops' withdrawal.
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muito depois da retirada das tropas americanas.
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But when I am back in Afghanistan,
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Mas quando eu volto ao Afeganistão,
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when I see the students in my school
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quando eu vejo as estudantes na minha escola
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and their parents who advocate for them,
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e seus pais que as defendem,
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who encourage them, I see a promising future
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que as encorajam, eu vejo um futuro promissor
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and lasting change.
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e mudanças permanentes.
09:00
To me, Afghanistan is a country of hope and boundless possibilities,
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Para mim, o Afeganistão é um país de esperança e possibilidades sem limites,
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and every single day
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e todos os dias
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the girls of SOLA remind me of that.
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as meninas da SOLA me lembram disso.
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Like me, they are dreaming big.
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Como eu, elas têm grandes sonhos.
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Thank you.
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Obrigada.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Karina Guzzi
Reviewed by Gislene Kucker Arantes

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - Educator
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education.

Why you should listen

Shabana Basij-Rasikh was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. Under the Taliban, she dressed as a boy to escort her older sister to a secret school -- with dire consequences if they were caught. She attended a high school in America under the YES exchange program, and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. During college, she founded HELA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Afghan women through education. She also raised funds through foundations and public talks across the US to build a high school for girls in her ancestral village, and to build wells on the outskirts of Kabul to give communities access to clean drinking water.

An enthusiast of systemic change and community impact, Basij-Rasikh was selected as one of Glamour's Top 10 College Women of 2010, and was awarded the Vermont Campus Compact 2011 Kunin Public Award for outstanding public service, effective leadership and community-building. Now, Shabana has joined 10×10 as a Global Ambassador, supporting a global action campaign that links nonprofits, corporations, philanthropists, policy leaders, global influencers and grassroots activists in a movement to support girls’ education. She is managing director of SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan), a nonprofit that helps exceptional young Afghan women access education worldwide and jobs back home.

More profile about the speaker
Shabana Basij-Rasikh | Speaker | TED.com

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