Memory Banda: A warrior’s cry against child marriage
Memory Banda: Strigătul unui luptător împotrivă mariajului infantil
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the collection of poetry that we wrote,
colecția de poezii scrise de ea,
"I'll Marry When I Want."
de treisprezece ani,
propriile alegeri în viață.
to initiation camps.
to sexually please a man.
sexual un bărbat
by the community
vin de acolo gravide.
she ended up being pregnant.
to the initiation camp.
to the initiation camps."
of our society, of our community."
comunității noastre.”
where I was going.
decent în viitor.
a little something to my community.
pentru comunitatea mea.
Your little sister has a baby.
Sora ta are un copil.
that I was hearing every day,
pe care o auzeam în fiecare zi
that girls hear every day
o aud în fiecare zi
that the community needs them to do.
ce le spune comunitatea.
between me and my sister,
a mea și a surorii mele,
that has happened for a long time
ce se întâmplă de foarte multă vreme
forgotten how to read and write.
să scrie și să citească, zicându-le:
remind each other
să ne reamintim împreună
how to read, to hold the book."
câte ceva despre ele,
their personal stories,
that are happening to us
toate lucrurile care ni se întâmplă
our traditional leaders,
mamelor noastre, liderilor tradiționali,
liderului tradițional,
and said no girl has to be married
spunând că nicio fată
înainte de vârsta de 18 ani.
într-o comunitate
not just in my community,
nu doar pentru fetele de pe la noi,
was being presented in February,
a ieșit, în februarie,
of Parliament were entering,
la intrare zicându-le:
"Would you please support the bill?"
proiectul de lege?”
much technology like here,
tehnologie, ca aici,
their numbers and text them?"
și să le trimitem mesaje?”
we texted them back,
le-am trimis mesaj:
by the president,
marriage age, from 15 to 18.
de măritiș e 18 ani, nu 15.
that the bill passed,
is the legal marriage age,
vârsta legală de măritiș e 18 ani,
of women and girls every day?
de femei și fete zilnic?
are being wasted away.
viața multor fete.
to honor their commitment.
să-și onoreze promisiunea.
at heart every time.
acestor fete tot timpul.
ca cetățeni de rangul doi,
as we are in this room,
cum suntem și noi în această sală,
we are not just girls,
simple fete,
until it is enforced?
până nu se aplică.
have been there,
at the local level,
at the community level every day.
la nivel de comunitate, zilnic.
that there are laws that protect them,
legi care să le protejeze,
and defend themselves
there is a law that protects them.
că legea e de partea lor.
să ni se alăture,
not to marry whilst 11.
fără măritiș la 11 ani.
end child marriage in a generation.
în decursul unei generații.
and millions of girls worldwide,
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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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