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Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed: Mother and daughter doctor-heroes
Hawa Abdi in Deqo Mohamed: mati in hči, zdravnici-junakinji
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Pravijo jima "svetnici Somalije". Zdravnica Hawa Abdi in njena hči Deqo Mohamed pripovedujeta o svoji kliniki v Somaliji, kjer sta kljub državljanski vojni in odkritem zatiranju ženk zgradili bolnišnico, šolo in skupnost, kjer vlada mir.
Dr. Hawa Abdi + Dr. Deqo Mohamed - Somali doctors who treat women refugees
Dr. Hawa Abdi and her daughters, Dr. Deqo Mohamed and Dr. Amina Mohamed, treat Somali refugee women and children, often for free. Full bio
Dr. Hawa Abdi and her daughters, Dr. Deqo Mohamed and Dr. Amina Mohamed, treat Somali refugee women and children, often for free. Full bio
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Hawa Abdi: Many people -- 20 years for Somalia --
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V Somaliji se že 20 let
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[were] fighting.
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številni ljudje vojskujejo.
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So there was no job, no food.
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Zato ni bilo služb, ni bilo hrane.
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Children, most of them,
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Večina otrok
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became very malnourished, like this.
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je podhranjenih, kot tale.
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Deqo Mohamed: So as you know,
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Kakor veste,
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always in a civil war,
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so v državljanski vojni
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the ones affected most [are] the women and children.
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najbolj prizadeti ženske in otroci.
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So our patients are women and children.
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Zato so naši pacienti ženske in otroci.
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And they are in our backyard.
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Prebivajo na našem dvorišču.
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It's our home. We welcome them.
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To je naš dom, kjer so dobrodošli.
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That's the camp that we have in now
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V našem kampu imamo ta trenutek
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90,000 people,
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90.000 ljudi,
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where 75 percent of them are women and children.
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od katerih je 75 % žensk in otrok.
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Pat Mitchell: And this is your hospital. This is the inside.
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To je vaša bolnišnica, njena notranjost.
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HA: We are doing C-sections and different operations
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Delamo carske reze in druge operacije,
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because people need some help.
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kajti ljudje potrebujejo pomoč.
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There is no government to protect them.
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Ni vlade, ki bi jih zaščitila.
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DM: Every morning we have about 400 patients,
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Vsako jutro pride okoli 400 bolnikov,
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maybe more or less.
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morda več, morda manj.
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But sometimes we are only five doctors
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Včasih nas je le pet zdravnikov
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and 16 nurses,
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in 16 medicinskih sester,
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and we are physically getting exhausted to see all of them.
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pregledi nas fizično izčrpajo.
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But we take the severe ones,
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Sprejmemo resne primere,
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and we reschedule the other ones the next day.
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ostale prenaročimo na naslednji dan.
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It is very tough.
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Zelo je težko.
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And as you can see, it's the women who are carrying the children;
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Kot vidite, so ženske tiste, ki nosijo otroke,
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it's the women who come into the hospitals;
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ženske pridejo v bolnišnico,
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it's the women [are] building the houses.
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ženske so zgradile hiše.
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That's their house.
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To so njihove hiše.
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And we have a school. This is our bright --
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Imamo šolo. To so naše svetle ...
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we opened [in the] last two years [an] elementary school
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V zadnjih dveh letih smo odprli osnovno šolo,
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where we have 850 children,
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kamor hodi 850 otrok,
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and the majority are women and girls.
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večinoma žensk in deklic.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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PM: And the doctors have some very big rules
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Zdravniki so določili nekaj pravil o tem,
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about who can get treated at the clinic.
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kdo se lahko zdravi na kliniki.
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Would you explain the rules for admission?
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Nam razložite pravila za sprejem?
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HA: The people who are coming to us,
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Ljudje, ki pridejo k nam,
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we are welcoming.
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so dobrodošli.
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We are sharing with them
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Z njimi delimo to,
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whatever we have.
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kar imamo.
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But there are only two rules.
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Imamo le dve pravili.
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First rule:
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Prvo pravilo:
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there is no clan distinguished and political division
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v somalski družbi ni razlik med klani
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in Somali society.
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in ni politične delitve.
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[Whomever] makes those things we throw out.
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Kdor to počne, ga vržemo ven.
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The second:
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Drugo pravilo:
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no man can beat his wife.
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noben moški ne sme pretepati žene.
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If he beat,
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Če jo pretepa,
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we will put [him] in jail,
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ga zapremo
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and we will call the eldest people.
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in pokličemo naše staroste.
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Until they identify this case,
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Dokler ne razrešijo njegovega primera,
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we'll never release him.
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ga ne izpustimo.
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That's our two rules.
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To sta naši dve pravili.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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The other thing that I have realized,
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Spoznala sem,
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that the woman is the most strong person
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da so ženske najmočnejše osebe
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all over the world.
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po celem svetu.
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Because the last 20 years,
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V zadnjih 20-ih letih
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the Somali woman has stood up.
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se je somalska ženska dvignila.
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They were the leaders,
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Bile so voditeljice;
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and we are the leaders
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me smo voditeljice
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of our community
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naše skupnosti
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and the hope of our future generations.
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in upanje za prihodnje generacije.
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We are not just the helpless
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Nismo nemočne
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and the victims of the civil war.
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in žrtve državljanske vojne.
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We can reconcile.
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Lahko zgladimo spore.
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We can do everything.
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Vsega smo zmožne.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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DM: As my mother said, we are the future hope,
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Kot je mati rekla, smo upanje za prihodnost.
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and the men are only killing in Somalia.
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Moški so tisti, ki ubijajo v Somaliji.
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So we came up with these two rules.
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Zato smo določili ti dve pravili.
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In a camp with 90,000 people,
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V kampu z 90.000 ljudmi
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you have to come up with some rules or there is going to be some fights.
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moraš imeti pravila, drugače pride do sporov.
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So there is no clan division,
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Ni klanske ureditve
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and no man can beat his wife.
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in noben moški ne sme pretepati svoje žene.
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And we have a little storage room
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Nekdanjo shrambo
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where we converted a jail.
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smo spremenili v zapor.
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So if you beat your wife, you're going to be there.
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Če pretepaš ženo, greš tja.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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So empowering the women and giving the opportunity --
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Dati moč ženskam, dati jim možnost -
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we are there for them. They are not alone for this.
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v podporo smo jim, niso same.
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PM: You're running a medical clinic.
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Vodite kliniko,
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It brought much, much needed medical care
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ki je prinesla prepotrebno medicinsko oskrbo
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to people who wouldn't get it.
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ljudem, ki je drugače ne bi dobili.
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You're also running a civil society.
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Vodite tudi civilno družbo.
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You've created your own rules,
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Imate svoja pravila,
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in which women and children
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ki prinašajo ženskam in otrokom
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are getting a different sense of security.
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drugačen občutek varnosti.
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Talk to me about your decision, Dr. Abdi,
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Povejta mi o vajini odločitvi,
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and your decision, Dr. Mohamed,
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dr. Abdi in dr. Mohamed,
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to work together --
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da delata skupaj -
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for you to become a doctor
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o vaši odločitvi, da postanete zdravnica
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and to work with your mother in these circumstances.
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in delate z materjo v teh okoliščinah.
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HA: My age --
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Moja leta -
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because I was born in 1947 --
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kajti rojena sem leta 1947 -
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we were having, at that time,
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v tistem obdobju
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government, law and order.
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smo imeli vlado, zakon in red.
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But one day, I went to the hospital --
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Nekega dne sem šla v bolnišnico -
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my mother was sick --
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moja mati je bila bolna -
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and I saw the hospital, how they [were] treating the doctors,
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kjer sem videla, kako ravnajo z zdravniki,
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how they [are] committed
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in kako so le-ti odločni,
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to help the sick people.
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da bodo pomagali bolnim ljudem.
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I admired them,
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Občudovala sem jih
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and I decided to become a doctor.
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in se odločila, da postanem zdravnica.
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My mother died, unfortunately,
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Moja mati je na žalost umrla,
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when I was 12 years [old].
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ko mi je bilo 12 let.
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Then my father allowed me
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Oče mi je nato dovolil,
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to proceed [with] my hope.
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da sledim svojemu upanju.
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My mother died
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Mati je umrla
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in [a] gynecology complication,
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zaradi zapleta pri ginekološkem posegu,
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so I decided to become
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zato sem se odločila,
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a gynecology specialist.
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da postanem ginekolog.
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That's why I became a doctor.
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Zato sem postala zdravnica.
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So Dr. Deqo has to explain.
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Dr. Deqo bo razložila svojo odločitev.
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DM: For me, my mother was preparing [me] when I was a child
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Že kot otroka me je mati pripravljala
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to become a doctor, but I really didn't want to.
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na poklic zdravnice, a tega v resnici nisem želela.
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Maybe I should become an historian,
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Raje bi bila zgodovinarka
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or maybe a reporter.
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ali novinarka.
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I loved it, but it didn't work.
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To sem imela rada, a se ni izšlo.
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When the war broke out -- civil war --
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Ko je izbruhnila državljanska vojna,
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I saw how my mother was helping
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sem videla mamo pomagati ljudem
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and how she really needed the help,
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in kako resnično potrebuje pomoč,
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and how the care is essential to the woman
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ker je oskrba nujna za ženske.
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to be a woman doctor in Somalia
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Videla sem, kako je biti zdravnica v Somaliji
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and help the women and children.
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ter pomagati ženskam in otrokom.
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And I thought, maybe I can be a reporter and doctor gynecologist.
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Pomislila sem: morda sem lahko novinarka in ginekologinja.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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So I went to Russia, and my mother also,
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Šla sem v Rusijo, tako kot mati,
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[during the] time of [the] Soviet Union.
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v času Sovjetske Zveze.
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So some of our character,
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Del najinega karakterja morda
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maybe we will come with a strong Soviet background of training.
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izhaja iz stroge sovjetske šole.
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So that's how I decided [to do] the same.
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Tako sem se jaz odločila za isto pot.
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My sister was different.
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Moja sestra je drugačna.
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She's here. She's also a doctor.
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Danes je tukaj z nami. Tudi ona je zdravnica.
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She graduated in Russia also.
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Ravno tako je diplomirala v Rusiji.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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And to go back and to work with our mother
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Vrnili sva se, da bi delali z mamo
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is just what we saw in the civil war --
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zaradi tega, kar sva videli v državljanski vojni.
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when I was 16, and my sister was 11,
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Bilo mi je 16 let, moji sestri pa 11,
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when the civil war broke out.
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ko je izbruhnila državljanska vojna.
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So it was the need and the people we saw
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Potrebe ljudi, ki sva jih videli
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in the early '90s --
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že v zgodnjih 90. letih,
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that's what made us go back
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so naju pripravile do tega, da se vrneva
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and work for them.
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in delava za ljudi.
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PM: So what is the biggest challenge
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Kaj je torej največji izziv
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working, mother and daughter,
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pri delu matere in hčere
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in such dangerous
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v teh nevarnih,
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and sometimes scary situations?
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včasih celo strašnih situacijah?
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HA: Yes, I was working in a tough situation,
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Ja, delala sem v težkih situacijah,
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very dangerous.
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zelo nevarnih.
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And when I saw the people who needed me,
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Ko sem videla, da me ljudje potrebujejo,
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I was staying with them to help,
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sem ostala, da bi jim pomagala,
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because I [could] do something for them.
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ker sem imela možnost nekaj narediti za njih.
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Most people fled abroad.
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Večina ljudi je zbežala v tujino.
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But I remained with those people,
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Jaz pa sem ostala z ljudmi
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and I was trying to do something --
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in skušala nekaj narediti,
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[any] little thing I [could] do.
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vsaj tisto malo, kar sem lahko.
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I succeeded in my place.
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V mojem kraju mi je uspelo.
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Now my place is 90,000 people
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V mojem kraju živi 90.000 ljudi,
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who are respecting each other,
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ki se spoštujejo,
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who are not fighting.
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ki se ne vojskujejo.
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But we try to stand on our feet,
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Poskušamo se postaviti na noge
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to do something, little things, we can for our people.
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in nekaj narediti za naše ljudi.
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And I'm thankful for my daughters.
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Hvaležna sem svojima hčerkama.
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When they come to me,
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Ko prideta k meni,
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they help me to treat the people,
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mi pomagata zdraviti ljudi,
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to help.
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v pomoč sta mi.
07:28
They do everything for them.
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Vse naredita za njih.
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They have done what I desire to do for them.
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Vse, kar sem želela od njiju, sta naredili.
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PM: What's the best part
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Kaj je najboljše
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of working with your mother,
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pri delu z mamo
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and the most challenging part for you?
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in kaj je za vas najtežje?
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DM: She's very tough; it's most challenging.
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Zahtevna je, to je najtežje.
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She always expects us to do more.
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Vedno pričakuje več od nas.
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And really when you think [you] cannot do it,
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Ko misliš, da ne moreš več,
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she will push you, and I can do it.
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te porine - in vidim, da zmorem.
07:51
That's the best part.
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To je najboljši del.
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She shows us, trains us how to do
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Uči nas, kako naj delamo,
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and how to be better [people]
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kako naj bomo boljši ljudje
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and how to do long hours in surgery --
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in kako naj zdržimo dolge operacije.
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300 patients per day,
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300 pacientov na dan,
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10, 20 surgeries,
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10, 20 operacij,
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and still you have to manage the camp --
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poleg tega pa še upravljamo kamp.
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that's how she trains us.
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Tako nas uči.
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It is not like beautiful offices here,
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Nimamo lepih ordinacij kot vi tukaj,
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20 patients, you're tired.
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20 pacientov in že ste utrujeni.
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You see 300 patients, 20 surgeries
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Sprejmemo 300 ljudi, naredimo 20 operacij
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and 90,000 people to manage.
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in še 90.000 ljudi nadziramo.
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PM: But you do it for good reasons.
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Vendar to počnete iz dobrih razlogov.
08:21
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
08:25
Wait. Wait.
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Počakajta.
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HA: Thank you.
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Hvala.
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DM: Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
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HA: Thank you very much. DM: Thank you very much.
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Najlepša hvala.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Hawa Abdi + Dr. Deqo Mohamed - Somali doctors who treat women refugeesDr. Hawa Abdi and her daughters, Dr. Deqo Mohamed and Dr. Amina Mohamed, treat Somali refugee women and children, often for free.
Why you should listen
Dr. Hawa Abdi is an OB/GYN (and a lawyer) who lives and works in Somalia with her daughters, also doctors, Dr. Amina Mohamed and Dr. Dr. Deqo Mohamed. In 1983, she opened a small clinic in Somalia -- which became a refuge as Somalia devolved into civil war. Her one-room clinic has grown to encompass a hospital, a school and a refugee camp for some 90,000 women and children, she estimates, who were displaced by war.
In 2010, Glamour named Dr. Abdi and her daughters "Women of the Year," and called them the "Saints of Somalia." Nicholas Kristoff wrote a stirring tribute to her work titled "Heroic, Female and Muslim." And she works largely on her own; as Glamour notes: "While Dr. Abdi has gotten some help, many charities refuse to enter Somalia. 'It’s the most dangerous country,' says Kati Marton, a board member of Human Rights Watch. 'Dr. Abdi is just about the only one doing anything.'"
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