Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free
Шамім Ахтар: Навчатись означає бути вільним
Shameem Akhtar is a teacher working to empower girls in Sindh, a province in the southeast of Pakistan. Full bio
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or ten years old,
of the room, surrounded by books.
her female cousins and friends,
та подругами,
instead of the school,
to get an education alongside boys.
разом з юнаками.
girls' school in her village.
conservative tribe,
в роді балуджів,
are a matter of honor.
her parents wanted a baby boy.
a baby girl arrived.
to keep girls inside the homes.
a university graduate,
an opportunity to see the world,
that can be used for both men and women.
так і для дівчини.
to change her course of life.
змінити її життя.
a baby girl, to baby boy.
small, everyday injustices
from the eldest man to the youngest man.
від старшого до молодшого чоловіка.
for high school for further study
для подальшого навчання у вищій школі
від неї.
her to travel on her own,
to walk you there and back.
щоб водити тебе туди.
offers to teach her
her matriculation.
who is talking before you now.
have been fighting for their identity.
боряться за самобутність.
because of their identity,
через їхню індивідуальність,
заперечуємо один одному
their identity,
in society, wherever you live.
I hate this question of identity.
що ненавиджу питання про особистість.
are being denied their basic rights
if I hadn't been raised as a boy.
якби не виховувалась, як хлопець.
to learn, to be free.
здобути знання та стати вільною.
in college was not easy for me.
був не легким.
for me to go to university,
вступати в університет,
his attention, to my younger brothers.
молодшим братам.
secure jobs and support the family.
мати роботу і утримувати сім'ю.
to become a lady health visitor.
щоб стати медсестрою.
Rural Development Program,
Thardeep Rural Development Program,
working to empower rural communities.
за розширення прав селян.
to interview for a position.
from my home I have ever been.
I have ever been.
of his daughter crossing the border.
що я перетнула кордон.
to accept the position in Thardeep.
на посаду у Thardeep.
all my things in a bag,
my father's room and told him,
the bus is going to come in.
and take me to the bus station.
проведеш до автобусної станції.
was standing beside me
the importance of words.
an important role in our lives.
are more powerful than fighting.
which I didn't know,
країну Пакистан.
than I had realized.
I had a difficult life.
що я важко живу.
of Pakistan were experiencing.
в інших частинах Пакистану.
but nothing to feed them.
прогодувати своїх одинадцять дітей.
three hours every day to wells.
до криниць по воду.
32 kilometers away.
за 32 кілометри від них.
to get to the hospital.
she may die on her way.
more than just a job for me.
ніж просто робота.
were noticing this.
the importance of education.
важливість освіти.
доньок до школи.
started sending their daughters to school.
вступати в коледж,
у моєму селі ходять до школи.
out of school in my village.
in health sites, even in police.
навіть у поліції.
поза моїм селом,
beyond my village
when I joined Acumen Fellowship.
до програми "Acumen Fellowship".
across the country.
зі всієї країни.
risks in their lives.
in a remote school,
у віддаленій школі,
every morning and evening.
які пожирали мене очима,
staring back at me --
which I had in my childhood.
в дитинстві.
but the school is understaffed.
в школі не вистачає працівників.
це й надалі продовжувалось.
to help me to teach.
to the outside world
світових лідерів,
of the world's best leaders,
та Нельсона Манделу.
and Nelson Mandela.
went to college.
учнів поступили в коледж.
ступеня кандидата педагогічних наук,
my PhD in education --
a management position
роль у цій системі.
educating the girls,
рівень дитячих шлюбів
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shameem Akhtar - Writer, social workerShameem Akhtar is a teacher working to empower girls in Sindh, a province in the southeast of Pakistan.
Why you should listen
Shameem Akhtar is a dedicated and enthusiastic development professional, with special interest in the field of gender, education, social mobilization, emergency/relief, management and literature. She is also engaged in research studies in rural development, doing PhD work at the University of Sindh. She is a member of the Individual Land Organization (Friedrich Naumann Stiftung) and was selected by Acumen Pakistan Fellows 2015 for their one-year course.
Akhtar frequently contributes to print media and literary magazines, work that has brought her close to the study of important social issues like malnutrition, child labor, marginalization and other core problems of the province. She has been active in the training of teachers, children, women and other segments of society in the fields of education, health, livelihood and disaster management under the banner of prestigious organizations in the social service sector.
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