TEDxWomen 2012
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Tør at uddanne afghanske piger
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Forestil jer et land hvor piger skal snige sig ud for at gå i skole, med dødelige konsekvenser hvis de bliver fanget i at lære. Dette var Afghanistan under Taliban, og spor efter den fare eksisterer fortsat i dag. 22-årige Shabana Basij-Rasikh leder en skole for piger i Afghanistan. Hun fejrer styrken i familiens beslutning om at tro på deres døtre -- og fortæller historien om en modig far der står imod lokale trusler. (Filmet ved TEDxWomen)
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - Educator
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education. Full bio
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education. Full bio
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00:16
When I was 11,
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Da jeg var 11,
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I remember waking up one morning to the sound of joy in my house.
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kan jeg huske at jeg vågnede en morgen til lyden af glæde i mit hus.
00:22
My father was listening to BBC News
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Min far lyttede til BBC News
00:25
on his small, gray radio.
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på denne lille, grå radio.
00:29
There was a big smile on his face which was unusual then,
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Der var et stort smil på hans læber hvilket var usædvanligt dengang,
00:32
because the news mostly depressed him.
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fordi han blev for det meste kun deprimeret af nyhederne.
00:36
"The Taliban are gone!" my father shouted.
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"Taliban er væk!" råbte min far.
00:41
I didn't know what it meant,
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Jeg vidste ikke hvad det betød,
00:43
but I could see that my father was very, very happy.
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men jeg kunne se at min far var meget, meget glad.
00:49
"You can go to a real school now," he said.
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"Du kan gå i en rigtig skole nu," sagde han.
00:57
A morning that I will never forget.
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En morgen jeg aldrig vil glemme.
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A real school.
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En rigtig skole.
01:07
You see, I was six when the Taliban took over Afghanistan
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Ser I, jeg var seks da Taliban overtog Afghanistan
01:10
and made it illegal for girls to go to school.
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og gjorde det ulovligt for piger at gå i skole.
01:14
So for the next five years, I dressed as a boy
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Så i de næste fem år, klædte jeg mig som en dreng
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to escort my older sister, who was no longer allowed
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for at eskortere min ældre søster, der ikke længere måtte
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to be outside alone, to a secret school.
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være udenfor selv, til en hemmelig skole.
01:25
It was the only way we both could be educated.
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Det var den eneste måde hvorpå vi begge kunne få en uddannelse.
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Each day, we took a different route
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Hver dag, tog vi en forskellig rute
01:33
so that no one would suspect where we were going.
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så ingen ville mistænke hvor vi gik hen.
01:37
We would cover our books in grocery bags
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Vi gemte vores bøger i indkøbsposerne
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so it would seem we were just out shopping.
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så det lignede at vi bare var ude og købe ind.
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The school was in a house,
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Skolen var i et hus,
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more than 100 of us packed in one small living room.
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mere end 100 af os pakket i en lille stue.
01:53
It was cozy in winter but extremely hot in summer.
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Det var hyggeligt om vinteren med ekstrem varmt om sommeren.
01:59
We all knew we were risking our lives --
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Vi vidste alle at vi satte vores liv på spil --
02:02
the teacher, the students and our parents.
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læreren, de studerende og forældrene.
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From time to time, the school would suddenly be canceled
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Fra tid til anden, var skolen pludselig aflyst
02:08
for a week because Taliban were suspicious.
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i en uge fordi Taliban var mistænksomme.
02:12
We always wondered what they knew about us.
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Vi undrede os altid over hvad de viste om os.
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Were we being followed?
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Var der nogen der fulgte efter os?
02:18
Do they know where we live?
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Vidste de hvor vi boede?
02:22
We were scared,
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Vi var bange,
02:24
but still, school was where we wanted to be.
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men alligevel, skolen var der vi ville være.
02:31
I was very lucky to grow up in a family
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Jeg var meget heldig at vokse op i en familie
02:35
where education was prized and daughters were treasured.
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hvor uddannelse blev værdsat og døtre blev værdsat.
02:41
My grandfather was an extraordinary man for his time.
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Min bedstefar var en bemærkelsesværdig mand for sin tid.
02:46
A total maverick from a remote province of Afghanistan,
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Totalt en fritænker fra en fjerntliggende provins af Afghanistan,
02:50
he insisted that his daughter, my mom,
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han insisterede på at hans datter, min mor,
02:53
go to school, and for that he was disowned by his father.
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gik i skole, og på grund af det blev hånden slået af ham af hans far.
03:00
But my educated mother became a teacher.
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Men min uddannede mor blev lærer.
03:03
There she is.
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Der er hun.
03:06
She retired two years ago, only to turn our house
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Hun gik på pension for to år siden, kun for at forvandle vores hus
03:09
into a school for girls and women in our neighborhood.
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til en skole for piger og kvinder i vores nabolag.
03:14
And my father -- that's him --
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Og min far -- der er han --
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he was the first ever in his family to receive an education.
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han var den første nogensinde i sin familie til at modtage uddannelse.
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There was no question that his children
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Der var ikke noget spørgsmål om at hans børn
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would receive an education, including his daughters,
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modtage uddannelse, inklusiv hans døtre,
03:33
despite the Taliban, despite the risks.
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på trods af Taliban, på trods af risiciene.
03:37
To him, there was greater risk in not educating his children.
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For ham, var der en større risiko ved ikke at uddanne sine børn.
03:46
During Taliban years, I remember
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I Talibanårene kan jeg huske
03:49
there were times I would get so frustrated by our life
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at der var tidspunkter hvor jeg ville blive så frustreret over vores liv
03:54
and always being scared and not seeing a future.
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og altid være bange og ikke se nogen fremtid.
03:58
I would want to quit,
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Jeg ville stoppe,
04:01
but my father,
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men min far,
04:04
he would say,
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han sagde,
04:06
"Listen, my daughter,
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"Hør engang, min datter,
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you can lose everything you own in your life.
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man kan miste alt man har i livet.
04:12
Your money can be stolen. You can be forced to leave your home during a war.
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Ens penge kan blive stjålet. Man kan blive tvunget til at forlade ens hjem i en krig.
04:16
But the one thing that will always remain with you
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Men det eneste der altid vil blive hos en
04:19
is what is here,
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er det der er her,
04:22
and if we have to sell our blood to pay your school fees,
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og hvis vi skal sælge vores blod for at betale for jeres skolegang,
04:27
we will.
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så gør vi det.
04:30
So do you still not want to continue?"
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Så vil du stadig ikke fortsætte?"
04:35
Today I am 22.
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I dag er jeg 22.
04:39
I was raised in a country that has been destroyed
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Jeg er opvokset i et land der er blevet tilintetgjort
04:41
by decades of war.
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af årtier med krig.
04:44
Fewer than six percent of women my age have made it beyond high school,
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Færre end seks procent af kvinder i min alder har klaret sig længere end gymnasiet,
04:50
and had my family not been so committed to my education,
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og var min familie ikke så beslutsomme på min uddannelse,
04:52
I would be one of them.
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ville jeg være en af dem.
04:55
Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of Middlebury College.
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I stedet for, står jeg her som en stolt dimitent fra Middlebury College.
05:00
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
05:10
When I returned to Afghanistan, my grandfather,
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Da jeg vendte tilbage til Afghanistan, min bedstefar,
05:13
the one exiled from his home for daring to educate his daughters,
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den der blev sendt i eksil fra sit hjem, for at vove at uddanne sin sine døtre,
05:18
was among the first to congratulate me.
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var blandt de første til at ønske mig tillykke.
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He not only brags about my college degree,
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Han praler ikke kun af min universitetsuddannelse,
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but also that I was the first woman,
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men også at jeg var den første kvinde,
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and that I am the first woman
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og at jeg er den første kvinde
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to drive him through the streets of Kabul.
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der har kørt ham gennem gaderne i Kabul.
05:31
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
05:36
My family believes in me.
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Min familie tror på mig.
05:39
I dream big, but my family dreams even bigger for me.
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Jeg drømmer stort, men min familie drømmer endnu større for mig.
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That's why I am a global ambassador for 10x10,
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Det er derfor jeg er global ambassadør for 10x10,
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a global campaign to educate women.
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en global kampagne for at uddanne kvinder.
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That's why I cofounded SOLA,
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Det er derfor jeg er medstifter af SOLA,
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the first and perhaps only boarding school
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den første og måske eneste kostskole
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for girls in Afghanistan,
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for piger i Afghanistan,
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a country where it's still risky for girls to go to school.
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et land hvor det stadig er risikabelt for piger at gå i skole.
06:04
The exciting thing is that I see students at my school
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Det spændende er at jeg ser studerende på min skole
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with ambition grabbing at opportunity.
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med ambitioner om at gribe alle muligheder.
06:13
And I see their parents and their fathers
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Og ser deres forældre og deres fædre
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who, like my own, advocate for them,
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der, ligesom mine egne, støtter dem,
06:21
despite and even in the face of daunting opposition.
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på trods af og selv overfor enorm modstand.
06:30
Like Ahmed. That's not his real name,
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Ligesom Ahmed. Det er ikke hans rigtige navn,
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and I cannot show you his face,
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og jeg kan ikke vise jer hans ansigt,
06:35
but Ahmed is the father of one of my students.
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men Ahmed er far til en af mine studerende.
06:38
Less than a month ago, he and his daughter
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For mindre end en måned siden, var han og hans datter
06:42
were on their way from SOLA to their village,
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på vej fra SOLA til deres landsby,
06:46
and they literally missed being killed
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og de undgik bogstavelig talt
06:52
by a roadside bomb by minutes.
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at blive dræbt af en vejside bombe med få minutter.
06:57
As he arrived home, the phone rang,
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Da han ankom hjemme, ringede telefonen,
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a voice warning him
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en stemme der advarede ham
07:03
that if he sent his daughter back to school,
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at hvis han sendte sin datter tilbage i skole,
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they would try again.
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ville de prøve igen.
07:09
"Kill me now, if you wish," he said,
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"Dræb mig nu, hvis I vil," sagde han,
07:13
"but I will not ruin my daughter's future
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"men I skal ikke ødelægge min datters fremtid
07:17
because of your old and backward ideas."
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på grund af jeres gamle og tilbagestående ideer."
07:22
What I've come to realize about Afghanistan,
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Det jeg har indset om Afghanistan,
07:24
and this is something that is often dismissed in the West,
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og dette er noget der ofte bliver afvist i vesten,
07:28
that behind most of us who succeed
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at bag de fleste af os der lykkes
07:31
is a father who recognizes the value in his daughter
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er en far der anerkender værdien i sin datter
07:38
and who sees that her success is his success.
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og der ser at hendes succes er hans succes.
07:43
It's not to say that our mothers aren't key in our success.
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Det betyder ikke at mødrene ikke er afgørende i vores succes.
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In fact, they're often the initial and convincing negotiators
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Faktisk, er de ofte de første og overbevisende forhandlere
07:51
of a bright future for their daughters,
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af en god fremtid for deres døtre,
07:55
but in the context of a society like in Afghanistan,
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men i sammenhæng med et samfund som det afghanske,
07:58
we must have the support of men.
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skal vi have mændenes støtte.
08:02
Under the Taliban, girls who went to school
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Under Taliban, var antallet af piger der gik i skole
08:05
numbered in the hundreds --
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hundredvis --
08:07
remember, it was illegal.
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husk på, at det var ulovligt.
08:09
But today, more than three million girls are in school in Afghanistan.
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Men i dag, er der mere end tre millioner piger i skole i Afghanistan.
08:15
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
08:22
Afghanistan looks so different from here in America.
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Afghanistan ser så anderledes ud her fra USA.
08:28
I find that Americans see the fragility in changes.
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Jeg føler at amerikanere ser skrøbeligheden i forandringen.
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I fear that these changes will not last
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Jeg frygter at disse forandringer ikke holder
08:36
much beyond the U.S. troops' withdrawal.
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meget længere efter de amerikanske troppers tilbagetrækning.
08:41
But when I am back in Afghanistan,
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Men når jeg er tilbage i Afghanistan,
08:44
when I see the students in my school
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når jeg ser en studerende i min skole
08:49
and their parents who advocate for them,
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og deres forældre der støtter dem,
08:52
who encourage them, I see a promising future
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der opmuntrer dem, ser jeg en lovende fremtid
08:56
and lasting change.
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og varende forandring.
09:00
To me, Afghanistan is a country of hope and boundless possibilities,
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For mig, er Afghanistan et land af håb og endeløse muligheder,
09:08
and every single day
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og hver eneste dag
09:11
the girls of SOLA remind me of that.
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minder pigerne fra SOLA mig om det.
09:15
Like me, they are dreaming big.
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Ligesom mig, drømmer de stort.
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Thank you.
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Tak.
09:20
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - EducatorShabana 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.
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