Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free
夏敏阿克塔: 學習得到自由
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,
表姐妹和女性朋友,
instead of the school,
to get an education alongside boys.
和男孩一起受教育。
girls' school in her village.
在運作的女子學校都沒有。
conservative tribe,
are a matter of honor.
her parents wanted a baby boy.
她的父母想要的是男寶寶。
a baby girl arrived.
to keep girls inside the homes.
將女孩留在家中。
a university graduate,
an opportunity to see the world,
that can be used for both men and women.
男女都可使用的名字。
to change her course of life.
能改變她的人生方向。
a baby girl, to baby boy.
small, everyday injustices
都有些小小的不公正,
from the eldest man to the youngest man.
男人傳到最年輕的男人。
for high school for further study
her to travel on her own,
to walk you there and back.
offers to teach her
her matriculation.
who is talking before you now.
現在在各位面前演說。
have been fighting for their identity.
為自己的身份在奮戰。
because of their identity,
是因為他們的身份、
their identity,
性別、他們的宗教。
in society, wherever you live.
決定你在社會中的地位。
I hate this question of identity.
我討厭這個身份的問題。
are being denied their basic rights
連基本的權利都沒有,
if I hadn't been raised as a boy.
我也會面臨同樣的狀況。
to learn, to be free.
我要學習,我要自由。
in college was not easy for me.
要申請進入專科都不容易。
for me to go to university,
his attention, to my younger brothers.
轉向我的弟弟們。
secure jobs and support the family.
找到穩定工作,支助家庭。
to become a lady health visitor.
成為女性衛生訪視員。
Rural Development Program,
「塔迪普農村發展計畫」,
working to empower rural communities.
農村社區有自己的能力。
to interview for a position.
去應徵這個職務。
from my home I have ever been.
I have ever been.
of his daughter crossing the border.
to accept the position in Thardeep.
塔迪普的那份工作。
all my things in a bag,
我所有的東西,
my father's room and told him,
the bus is going to come in.
and take me to the bus station.
was standing beside me
the importance of words.
an important role in our lives.
扮演一個重要的角色。
are more powerful than fighting.
which I didn't know,
我不認識的巴基斯坦,
than I had realized.
I had a difficult life.
我的生活很辛苦。
of Pakistan were experiencing.
巴基斯坦某些地區中的經歷。
but nothing to feed them.
卻沒東西可以餵養他們。
three hours every day to wells.
才能到水井去取水。
32 kilometers away.
to get to the hospital.
she may die on her way.
more than just a job for me.
不只是一份工作了。
were noticing this.
the importance of education.
started sending their daughters to school.
開始送他們的女兒去上學。
out of school in my village.
沒有一個女孩沒去上學。
in health sites, even in police.
都有女孩在工作。
beyond my village
when I joined Acumen Fellowship.
領袖培養協會 Acumen Fellowship。
across the country.
像我這樣的領導人。
risks in their lives.
in a remote school,
every morning and evening.
花兩小時交通時間。
staring back at me --
which I had in my childhood.
but the school is understaffed.
但學校員工人力不足。
to help me to teach.
to the outside world
我的女孩們認識,
of the world's best leaders,
最棒的領導人的簡要故事,
and Nelson Mandela.
went to college.
my PhD in education --
我的教育博士學位──
a management position
我就能在學校體制當中
educating the girls,
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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