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Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit
Teresa Njoroge: Što sam naučila služeći kaznu za zločin koji nisam počinila
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Teresa Njoroge osuđena je 2011. godine za financijski zločin koji nije počinila - rezultat dugog niza lažnih optužbi, porasta mita i korumpiranog pravosuđa u njezinom domu u Keniji. Nakon što su je zatvorili, otkrila je da su većina žena i djevojaka zatvorenih s njom također žrtve istog uništenog sustava, koje su zaglavile u životu povlačenja po zatvorima zbog nedostatnog obrazovanja i nedostatka ekonomskih prilika. Trenutno na slobodi i oslobođena svih optužbi od strane žalbenog suda, Njoroge priča o tome kako pomaže ženama u zatvoru pružajući im vještine, pomagala i podršku koje su im potrebne kako bi prekinule krug siromaštva i kriminala te izgradile bolji život.
Teresa Njoroge - Criminal and social justice reform advocate
At Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa. Full bio
At Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa. Full bio
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When I heard those bars
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Kada sam čula kako su rešetke
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slam hard,
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glasno zalupile,
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I knew it was for real.
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znala sam da se
to stvarno događa.
to stvarno događa.
00:23
I feel confused.
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Osjećala sam se zbunjeno.
00:26
I feel betrayed.
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Osjećala sam se izdano.
00:29
I feel overwhelmed.
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Preplavile su me emocije.
00:33
I feel silenced.
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Osjećala sam se ušutkano.
00:37
What just happened?
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Što se upravo dogodilo?
00:40
How could they send me here?
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Kako su me mogli poslati ovamo?
00:44
I don't belong here.
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Ne pripadam ovdje.
00:47
How could they make such a huge mistake
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Kako su mogli napraviti
tako veliku pogrješku,
tako veliku pogrješku,
00:51
without any repercussions
whatsoever to their actions?
whatsoever to their actions?
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bez ikakvih posljedica
za njihova djela?
za njihova djela?
00:57
I see large groups of women
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Vidim velike grupe žena
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in tattered uniforms
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u otrcanim odorama
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surrounded by huge walls and gates,
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okružene visokim zidovima i vratima,
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enclosed by iron barbed wires,
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ograđene željeznim bodljikavim žicama
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and I get hit by an awful stench,
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i preplavi me užasan smrad
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and I ask myself,
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i zapitam se
01:17
how did I move
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kako sam došla
01:20
from working in the respected
financial banking sector,
financial banking sector,
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od posla u uglednom
bankarskom sektoru za financije,
bankarskom sektoru za financije,
01:26
having worked so hard in school,
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uporno se trudeći u školi,
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to now being locked up
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do toga da me sada zatvore
01:32
in the largest correctional facility
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u najveću kazneno-popravnu ustanovu
01:35
for women in Kenya?
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za žene u Keniji?
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My first night
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Moja prva noć
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at Langata Women Maximum Security Prison
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u najstrožem ženskom zatvoru Langata
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was the toughest.
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bila je najteža.
01:48
In January of 2009,
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U siječnju 2009.,
01:51
I was informed that I had handled
a fraudulent transaction unknowingly
a fraudulent transaction unknowingly
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obavijestili su me da sam
nesvjesno obradila lažnu transakciju
nesvjesno obradila lažnu transakciju
01:56
at the bank where I worked.
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u banci u kojoj sam radila.
01:58
I was shocked, scared and terrified.
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Bila sam šokirana,
uplašena i užasnuta.
uplašena i užasnuta.
02:03
I would lose a career
that I loved passionately.
that I loved passionately.
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Izgubila bih karijeru
koju sam jako voljela.
koju sam jako voljela.
02:09
But that was not the worst.
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Ali to nije bilo najgore.
02:12
It got even worse
than I could have ever imagined.
than I could have ever imagined.
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Dogodilo se nešto puno gore
nego što sam mogla zamisliti.
nego što sam mogla zamisliti.
02:17
I got arrested,
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Uhitili su me,
02:20
maliciously charged
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zlonamjerno okrivili
02:22
and prosecuted.
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i optužili.
02:26
The absurdity of it all
was the arresting officer
was the arresting officer
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Apsurdnost svega bila je
kada me službenik za uhićenje
kada me službenik za uhićenje
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asking me to pay him 10,000 US dollars
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pitao da mu platim
10,000 američkih dolara
10,000 američkih dolara
02:36
and the case would disappear.
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i slučaj će nestati.
02:39
I refused.
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Odbila sam.
02:42
Two and a half years on,
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Nakon dvije i pol godine,
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in and out of courts,
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bila sam na brojnim sudskim postupcima
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fighting to prove my innocence.
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boreći se da dokažem svoju nevinost.
02:50
It was all over the media,
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Bilo je posvuda u medijima,
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in the newspapers, TV, radio.
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u novinama, na televiziji, na radiju.
02:57
They came to me again.
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Opet su me potražili.
03:00
This time around, said to me,
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Ovoga puta, rekli su mi:
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"If you give us 50,000 US dollars,
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"Ako nam platiš
50,000 američkih dolara,
50,000 američkih dolara,
03:09
the judgement will be in your favor,"
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presudit ćemo u tvoju korist",
03:13
irrespective of the fact
that there was no evidence whatsoever
that there was no evidence whatsoever
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bez obzira na činjenicu
što nisu postojali nikakvi dokazi
što nisu postojali nikakvi dokazi
03:18
that I had any wrongdoing
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da sam počinila prijestup
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on the charges that I was up against.
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za koji su me optužili.
03:25
I remember the events
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Sjećam se
03:27
of my conviction
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donošenja moje presude
03:29
six years ago
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otprije šest godina
03:32
as if it were yesterday.
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kao da je bilo jučer.
03:35
The cold, hard face of the judge
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Hladno, čvrsto lice sutkinje
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as she pronounced my sentence
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dok je izgovarala moju presudu
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on a cold Thursday morning
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u hladno jutro jednog četvrtka
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for a crime that I hadn't committed.
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za zločin koji nisam počinila.
03:49
I remember holding
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Sjećam se da sam držala
03:51
my three-month-old beautiful daughter
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svoju lijepu tromjesečnu kći
03:55
whom I had just named Oma,
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koju sam upravo nazvala Oma,
03:58
which in my dialect
means "truth and justice,"
means "truth and justice,"
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što u mojem jeziku
znači "istina i pravda",
znači "istina i pravda",
04:02
as that was what I had longed so much for
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jer sam za time toliko čeznula
04:07
all this time.
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cijelo to vrijeme.
04:09
I dressed her in her
favorite purple dress,
favorite purple dress,
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Obučena u njezinu
najdražu ljubičastu haljinu,
najdražu ljubičastu haljinu,
04:13
and here she was, about to accompany me
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bila je tamo, spremna me ispratiti
04:17
to serve this one-year sentence
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kako bih odslužila
jednogodišnju kaznu
jednogodišnju kaznu
04:20
behind bars.
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iza rešetki.
04:24
The guards did not seem
sensitive to the trauma
sensitive to the trauma
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Čuvari očito nisu marili za traumu
04:28
that this experience was causing me.
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koju mi je izazvalo to iskustvo.
04:32
My dignity and humanity disappeared
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Moja dostojanstvenost
i humanost nestali su
i humanost nestali su
04:37
with the admission process.
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u procesu prijema.
04:41
It involved me being
searched for contrabands,
searched for contrabands,
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Pretraživali su me
radi krijumčarenja,
radi krijumčarenja,
04:46
changed from my ordinary clothes
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presvukli me iz uobičajene odjeće
04:50
to the prison uniform,
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u zatvorsku odoru,
04:51
forced to squat on the ground,
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prisilili me čučati na podu,
04:55
a posture that I soon came to learn
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u položaju za koji sam ubrzo shvatila
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would form the routine
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da će postati rutina
05:01
of the thousands of searches,
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za tisuće pregledavanja,
05:05
number counts,
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prebrojavanja,
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that lay ahead of me.
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koja su me čekala.
05:11
The women told me,
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Žene su mi rekle:
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"You'll adjust to this place.
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"Prilagodit ćeš se ovome mjestu.
05:16
You'll fit right in."
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Uklopit ćeš se."
05:19
I was no longer referred to
as Teresa Njoroge.
as Teresa Njoroge.
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Više mi se nisu obraćali
imenom Teresa Njoroge.
imenom Teresa Njoroge.
05:23
The number 415/11 was my new identity,
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Broj 415/11 bio je moj novi identitet
05:28
and I soon learned that was
the case with the other women
the case with the other women
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i uskoro sam shvatila da su se
jednako odnosili i prema drugim ženama
jednako odnosili i prema drugim ženama
05:31
who we were sharing this space with.
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s kojima sam dijelila prostor.
05:36
And adjust I did to life on the inside:
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I prilagodila sam se životu zatvora:
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the prison food,
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zatvorskoj hrani,
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the prison language,
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zatvorskom jeziku,
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the prison life.
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zatvoreničkom životu.
05:47
Prison is certainly no fairytale world.
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Zatvor zasigurno nije svijet iz bajki.
05:54
What I didn't see come my way
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Ono što nisam očekivala
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was the women and children
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bile su žene i djeca
06:01
whom we served time and shared space with,
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s kojima sam služila
kaznu i dijelila prostor,
kaznu i dijelila prostor,
06:07
women who had been imprisoned
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žene koje su zatvorene
06:11
for crimes of the system,
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zbog kriminala u sustavu,
06:14
the corruption that requires a fall guy,
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zbog korupcije koja
zahtjeva dežurnog krivca,
zahtjeva dežurnog krivca,
06:20
a scapegoat,
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žrtveno janje,
06:22
so that the person who is responsible
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tako da osoba koja je odgovorna
06:25
could go free,
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bude na slobodi,
06:27
a broken system that routinely
vilifies the vulnerable,
vilifies the vulnerable,
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iskvareni sustav koji
rutinski zlostavlja ranjive,
rutinski zlostavlja ranjive,
06:34
the poorest amongst us,
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najsiromašnije među nama,
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people who cannot afford to pay bail
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ljude koji ne mogu platiti jamčevinu
06:39
or bribes.
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ili mito.
06:43
And so we moved on.
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I tako smo nastavili.
06:46
As I listened to story after story
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Slušajući priču za pričom
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of these close to 700 women
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od otprilike 700 žena
06:52
during that one year in prison,
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tijekom te godine u zatvoru,
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I soon realized that crime
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uskoro sam shvatila da zločin
07:01
was not what had brought
these women to prison,
these women to prison,
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nije to što je dovelo te žene u zatvor,
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most of them,
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za većinu njih,
07:08
far from it.
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bilo je to nešto sasvim drugo.
07:11
It had started with the education system,
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Započelo je s obrazovnim sustavom,
07:16
whose supply and quality
is not equal for all;
is not equal for all;
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čija ponuda i kvaliteta
nije jednaka za sve;
nije jednaka za sve;
07:22
lack of economic opportunities
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nedostatne ekonomske prilike
07:26
that pushes these women
to petty survival crimes;
to petty survival crimes;
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koje tjeraju te žene na
sitne zločine za preživljavanje;
sitne zločine za preživljavanje;
07:31
the health system,
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zdravstveni sustav,
07:33
social justice system,
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sustav socijalne pravde,
07:35
the criminal justice system.
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sustav kaznenog pravosuđa.
07:37
If any of these women,
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Ako jedna od tih žena,
07:40
who were mostly from poor backgrounds,
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koje dolaze većinom iz siromašnih sredina,
07:43
fall through the cracks
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padne kroz pukotine
07:46
in the already broken system,
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već iskvarenog sustava,
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the bottom of that chasm is a prison,
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pada na dno ponora - u zatvor,
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period.
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točka.
07:56
By the time I completed
my one-year sentence
my one-year sentence
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Do trenutka kada sam
odslužila jednogodišnju kaznu
odslužila jednogodišnju kaznu
07:59
at Langata Women Maximum Prison,
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u najstrožem ženskom zatvoru Langata,
08:03
I had a burning conviction
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imala sam goruću želju
08:06
to be part of the transformation
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biti dio transformacije
08:10
to resolve the injustices
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za rješavanje nepravdi
08:13
that I had witnessed
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kojima sam svjedočila
08:15
of women and girls
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o ženama i djevojkama
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who were caught up in a revolving door
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koje su zaglavile
08:19
of a life in and out of prison
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u životu po zatvorima
08:22
due to poverty.
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zbog siromaštva.
08:25
After my release,
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Nakon mog otpuštanja,
08:27
I set up Clean Start.
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pokrenula sam Clean Start.
08:30
Clean Start is a social enterprise
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Clean Start je društveno poduzeće
08:33
that seeks to give these women and girls
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koje želi pružiti tim ženama i djevojkama
08:36
a second chance.
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drugu priliku.
08:39
What we do is we build bridges for them.
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Naš je posao povezivati ih.
08:42
We go into the prisons, train them,
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Idemo u zatvore, obučavamo ih,
08:45
give them skills, tools and support
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dajemo im vještine, pomagala i podršku
08:48
to enable them to be able
to change their mindsets,
to change their mindsets,
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kako bismo im omogućili
promjenu načina u razmišljanju,
promjenu načina u razmišljanju,
08:52
their behaviors and their attitudes.
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ponašanju i stavovima.
08:55
We also build bridges into the prisons
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Gradimo prijelaze u zatvore
08:59
from the corporate sector --
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iz korporativnog sektora:
09:01
individuals, organizations
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pojedinci, organizacije
09:04
that will partner with Clean Start
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koje će biti partneri
poduzeću Clean Start
poduzeću Clean Start
09:06
to enable us to provide employment,
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kako bi nam omogućili
da pružimo zaposlenja,
da pružimo zaposlenja,
09:08
places to call home,
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mjesta za život,
09:10
jobs, vocational training,
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poslove, profesionalno osposobljavanje
09:12
for these women, girls,
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za te žene, djevojke,
09:15
boys and men,
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dječake i muškarce,
09:16
upon transition back into society.
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po povratku u društvo.
09:20
I never thought
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Nikada nisam mislila
09:23
that one day
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da ću jednoga dana
09:25
I would be giving stories
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pričati te priče
09:27
of the injustices that are so common
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o nepravdama koje su uobičajene
09:30
within the criminal justice system,
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unutar sustava kaznenog pravosuđa,
09:34
but here I am.
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ali evo me sada.
09:37
Every time I go back to prison,
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Svaki put kada sam u zatvoru,
09:40
I feel a little at home,
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pomalo se osjećam kao kod kuće,
09:43
but it is the daunting work
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ali težak je posao
09:48
to achieve the vision
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postići viziju
09:50
that keeps me awake at night,
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koja me drži budnom noćima,
09:54
connecting the miles to Louisiana,
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spajajući udaljenosti do Louisiane,
09:58
which is deemed as the incarceration
capital of the world,
capital of the world,
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koju smatramo svjetskom
prijestolnicom kaznenog sustava,
prijestolnicom kaznenog sustava,
10:04
carrying with me stories
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noseći sa sobom priče
10:07
of hundreds of women
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stotina žena
10:09
whom I have met within the prisons,
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koje sam upoznala u zatvorima,
10:12
some of whom are now
embracing their second chances,
embracing their second chances,
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od kojih su neke sada
prigrlile njihove druge prilike
prigrlile njihove druge prilike
10:17
and others who are still
on that bridge of life's journey.
on that bridge of life's journey.
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i ostale koje su sada
na prijelazu životnih puteva.
na prijelazu životnih puteva.
10:24
I embody a line
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Utjelovljujem izjavu
10:27
from the great Maya Angelou.
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velike Maye Angelou.
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"I come as one,
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"Dolazim sama,
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but I stand as 10,000."
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ali stojim za 10 000".
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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For my story is singular,
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Moja je priča osobna,
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but imagine with me
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ali zamislite sa mnom
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the millions of people
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milijune ljudi
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in prisons today,
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koji su danas u zatvorima,
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yearning for freedom.
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žudeći za slobodom.
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Three years post my conviction
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Tri godine nakon moje osude
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and two years post my release,
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i dvije godine nakon otpuštanja,
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I got cleared by the courts of appeal
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žalbeni sud odbacio je optužbe
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of any wrongdoing.
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za bilo kakav prijestup.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Around the same time,
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Otprilike u isto vrijeme,
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I got blessed with my son,
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blagoslovljena sam sinom,
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whom I named Uhuru,
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kojeg sam nazvala Uhuru,
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which in my dialect means "freedom."
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što u mojem jeziku znači "sloboda".
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Because I had finally gotten the freedom
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Napokon sam dobila slobodu
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that I so longed for.
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za kojom sam toliko čeznula.
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I come as one,
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Dolazim sama,
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but I stand as 10,000,
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ali stojim za 10 000,
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encouraged by the hard-edged hope
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ohrabrena ogromnom nadom
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that thousands of us have come together
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jer se tisuće nas ujedinilo
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to reform and transform
the criminal justice system,
the criminal justice system,
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kako bi reformirali i transformirali
sustav kaznenog pravosuđa,
sustav kaznenog pravosuđa,
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encouraged that we are doing our jobs
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ohrabrena jer radimo svoje poslove
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as we are meant to do them.
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onako kako se to očekuje od nas.
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And let us keep doing them
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I nastavit ćemo raditi
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with no apology.
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bez isprike.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teresa Njoroge - Criminal and social justice reform advocateAt Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa.
Why you should listen
Teresa Njoroge is the cofounder and CEO of Clean Start Kenya. She was pursuing her childhood dream, a career in banking, when she was falsely accused of a fraudulent transaction. Sentenced to imprisonment in the High Security Langata Women’s Maximum Prison, Njoroge was forced to bring her three-month-old baby with her.
What began as a loss of career and social standing led to her purpose in life, advocating for Kenyan women, youth and men trapped in a cycle of poverty, survival, petty crimes and life behind bars and equipping them with entrepreneurial skills, jobs and formal education. Later cleared of any wrongdoing, Njoroge is now a beacon of hope and second chances to thousands, with her mission to build up the bottom-of-the-pyramid economy and an inclusive Africa. As she writes: "I am an optimistic, self-driven social entrepreneur with over a decade of progressive experience in economic and social justice work, in my journey from 'I can do it' to 'I did it'!"
Teresa Njoroge | Speaker | TED.com