Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls | TED

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Many times

Mnogo puta

I go around the world to speak,

idem širom svijeta kako bih govorila

and people ask me questions

i ljudi me pitaju

about the challenges,

o izazovima,

my moments,

mojim trenucima,

some of my regrets.

nekim stvarima zbog kojih žalim.

1998:

1998.:

A single mother of four,

samohrana majka četvero djece,

three months after the birth of my fourth child,

tri mjeseca nakon rođenja svog četvrtog djeteta

I went to do a job

otišla sam raditi

as a research assistant.

kao asistent na istraživanju.

I went to Northern Liberia.

Otišla sam u Sjevernu Liberiju.

And as part of the work,

I kao dio posla,

the village would give you lodgings.

selo bi vam dalo smještaj.

And they gave me lodging with a single mother

Dali su mi smještaj sa samohranom majkom

and her daughter.

i njenom kćerkom.

This girl happened to be

Ta je djevojka bila

the only girl in the entire village

jedina djevojka u cijelom selu

who had made it

koja je dospjela

to the ninth grade.

do 1. razreda srednje škole.

She was the laughing stock of the community.

Bila je predmet ismijavanja u zajednici.

Her mother was often told by other women,

Njenoj su majci često druge žene govorile,

"You and your child

„Ti i tvoje dijete

will die poor."

ćete umrijeti u siromaštvu.“

After two weeks of working in that village,

Nakon dva tjedna rada u tom selu,

it was time to go back.

došlo je vrijeme za povratak.

The mother came to me, knelt down,

Majka mi je prišla, kleknula

and said, "Leymah, take my daughter.

i rekla, „Leymah, uzmi moju kćer.

I wish for her

Želim da bude

to be a nurse."

medicinska sestra.“

Dirt poor, living in the home with my parents,

Kako sam živjela u lošim uvjetima, u kući s roditeljima,

I couldn't afford to.

nisam si to mogla priuštiti.

With tears in my eyes,

Sa suzama u očima,

I said, "No."

rekla sam, „Ne.“

Two months later,

Dva mjeseca kasnije,

I go to another village

otišla sam u drugo selo

on the same assignment

s istim zadatkom

and they asked me to live with the village chief.

i zamolili su me da živim sa seoskim poglavarom.

The women's chief of the village has this little girl,

Poglavarka žena u selu imala je malu djevojčicu,

fair color like me,

svijetle boje poput mene,

totally dirty.

no potpuno prljavu.

And all day she walked around

I cijele je dane hodala naokolo

only in her underwear.

samo u donjem rublju.

When I asked, "Who is that?"

Kada sam upitala, „Tko je to?“

She said, "That's Wei.

rekla je, „To je Wei.

The meaning of her name is pig.

Značenje njenog imena je svinja.

Her mother died while giving birth to her,

Majka joj je umrla tijekom poroda,

and no one had any idea who her father was."

a nitko nije imao pojma tko joj je otac.“

For two weeks, she became my companion,

Tijekom dva tjedna ona je postala moja prijateljica,

slept with me.

spavala je sa mnom.

I bought her used clothes

Kupila sam joj rabljenu odjeću

and bought her her first doll.

i prvu lutku.

The night before I left,

Noć prije no što sam otišla,

she came to the room

došla je u moju sobu

and said, "Leymah, don't leave me here.

i rekla, „Leymah, nemoj me ostaviti ovdje.

I wish to go with you.

Željela bih poći s tobom.

I wish to go to school."

Željela bih ići u školu.“

Dirt poor, no money,

U lošim životnim uvjetima, bez novaca,

living with my parents,

živeći s roditeljima,

I again said, "No."

opet sam rekla, „Ne.“

Two months later,

Dva mjeseca kasnije

both of those villages fell into another war.

oba su sela upala u još jedan rat.

Till today, I have no idea

Dan danas, nemam pojma

where those two girls are.

gdje su te dvije djevojčice.

Fast-forward, 2004:

Da ubrzamo, 2004.:

In the peak of our activism,

Na vrhu našeg aktivizma,

the minister of Gender Liberia called me

liberijski ministar spolova me nazvao

and said, "Leymah, I have a nine-year-old for you.

i rekao, „Leymah, imam devetogodišnjakinju za tebe.

I want you to bring her home

Želim da je uzmeš sa sobom kući

because we don't have safe homes."

jer nemamo sigurnih domova.“

The story of this little girl:

Priča ove male djevojčice:

She had been raped

Silovao ju je

by her paternal grandfather

djed s očeve strane

every day for six months.

svakog dana, zadnjih šest mjeseci.

She came to me bloated,

Došla je k meni otečena

very pale.

i veoma blijeda.

Every night I'd come from work and lie on the cold floor.

Svake noći došla bih s posla i legla na hladan pod.

She'd lie beside me

Ona bi legla pored mene

and say, "Auntie, I wish to be well.

i rekla, „Teta, želim da mi bude bolje.

I wish to go to school."

Želim ići u školu.“

2010:

2010.:

A young woman stands before President Sirleaf

Mlada žena stoji ispred predsjednice Sirleaf

and gives her testimony

i svjedoči

of how she and her siblings live together,

o tome kako ona i njena braća žive zajedno

their father and mother died during the war.

i kako su joj majka i otac poginuli tijekom rata.

She's 19; her dream is to go to college

Ima 19 godina; san joj je otići na fakultet

to be able to support them.

kako bi ih mogla uzdržavati.

She's highly athletic.

Veoma je atletski građena.

One of the things that happens

Jedna od stvari koje se događaju

is that she applies for a scholarship.

je ta da se ona prijavljuje za stipendiju.

Full scholarship. She gets it.

Punu stipendiju. Dobiva ju.

Her dream of going to school,

Njen san da ide u školu

her wish of being educated,

i želja da bude educirana

is finally here.

je konačno ovdje.

She goes to school on the first day.

Krene prvi dan u školu.

The director of sports

Pročelnik za sport

who's responsible for getting her into the program

koji je odgovoran za njeno uključivanje u program

asks her to come out of class.

moli je da izađe s nastave.

And for the next three years,

I sljedeće tri godine,

her fate will be

njena sudbina će biti

having sex with him every day,

to da ima spolne odnose s njim svaki dan

as a favor for getting her in school.

kao uslugu za to što ju je ubacio u školu.

Globally, we have policies,

Globalno, imamo politiku,

international instruments,

međunarodne instrumente,

work leaders.

vođe poslova.

Great people have made commitments --

Veliki ljudi su se obvezali –

we will protect our children

štitit ćemo našu djecu

from want and from fear.

od siromaštva i straha.

The U.N. has the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

UN ima Konvenciju o pravima djece.

Countries like America, we've heard things like No Child Left Behind.

U zemljama poput Amerike čuli smo za stvari poput: Nijedno dijete neće biti zapostavljeno.

Other countries come with different things.

Druge zemlje imaju drugačije stvari.

There is a Millennium Development called Three

Imamo Milenijski razvoj koji se zove „Tri“

that focuses on girls.

i fokusira se na djevojke.

All of these great works by great people

Svi ovi veliki radovi velikih ljudi

aimed at getting young people

koji su ciljali na to da da dobiju mlade ljude

to where we want to get them globally,

tamo gdje ih žele imati u globalu su,

I think, has failed.

mislim, podbacili.

In Liberia, for example,

U Liberiji, na primjer,

the teenage pregnancy rate

stopa tinejdžerske trudnoće

is three to every 10 girls.

je tri na svakih 10 djevojaka.

Teen prostitution is at its peak.

Tinejdžerska prostitucija je na svom vrhuncu.

In one community, we're told,

U jednoj zajednici, tako nam je rečeno,

you wake up in the morning

ujutro se probudite

and see used condoms like used chewing gum paper.

i možete vidjeti iskorištene kondome poput iskorištenog papira žvakačih guma.

Girls as young as 12 being prostituted

Djevojčice od 12 godina prostituiraju se

for less than a dollar a night.

za manje od jednog dolara na noć.

It's disheartening, it's sad.

To je obeshrabrujuće, tužno je.

And then someone asked me,

I onda me netko upitao,

just before my TEDTalk, a few days ago,

baš prije mog TEDGovora, prije nekoliko dana,

"So where is the hope?"

„Pa, gdje je nada?“

Several years ago, a few friends of mine

Prije nekoliko godina, nekolicina mojih prijatelja

decided we needed to bridge the disconnect

odlučila je da trebamo premostiti odvojenost

between our generation

između naše generacije

and the generation of young women.

i generacije mladih žena.

It's not enough to say

Nije dovoljno reći

you have two Nobel laureates from the Republic of Liberia

da imate dva Nobelova laureata iz Republike Liberije

when your girls' kids are totally out there

kad su djeca vaših cura tamo vani

and no hope, or seemingly no hope.

i bez nade ili naizgled bez nade.

We created a space

Stvorili smo sjedište

called the Young Girls Transformative Project.

pod nazivom Projekt transformacije mladih djevojaka.

We go into rural communities

Idemo u seoske zajednice

and all we do, like has been done in this room,

i sve što radimo je, poput ovoga što smo napravili u ovoj prostoriji,

is create the space.

napravimo prostor za sastanak.

When these girls sit,

Kad te djevojke sjednu,

you unlock intelligence,

otkrijete inteligenciju,

you unlock passion,

otkrijete strast,

you unlock commitment,

otkrijete opredjeljenje,

you unlock focus,

otkrijete fokus,

you unlock great leaders.

otkrijete velike vođe.

Today, we've worked with over 300.

Do danas smo radili s preko 300 njih.

And some of those girls

I neke su od tih djevojaka,

who walked in the room very shy

koje su vrlo stidljivo ušle u prostoriju,

have taken bold steps, as young mothers,

poduzele hrabre korake, kao mlade majke,

to go out there and advocate

izašle su i govorile

for the rights of other young women.

o pravima drugih mladih žena.

One young woman I met,

Jedna mlada djevojka koju sam upoznala,

teen mother of four,

majka tinejdžerica četvero djece,

never thought about finishing high school,

nikad nije razmišljala o završavanju srednje škole,

graduated successfully;

ali je uspješno maturirala;

never thought about going to college,

nikad nije pomislila da bi mogla na fakultet,

enrolled in college.

a upisala se na fakultet.

One day she said to me,

Jednog mi je dana rekla,

"My wish is to finish college

„Moja je želja završiti fakultet

and be able to support my children."

i biti u stanju uzdržavati svoju djecu.“

She's at a place where she can't find money

Na mjestu je gdje ne može pronaći novac

to go to school.

kako bi išla u školu.

She sells water, sells soft drinks

Prodaje vodu, prodaje bezalkoholna pića

and sells recharge cards for cellphones.

i prodaje punjive kartice za mobitele.

And you would think she would take that money

I pomislili biste kako će uzeti taj novac

and put it back into her education.

i uložiti ga u obrazovanje.

Juanita is her name.

Ime joj je Juanita.

She takes that money

Uzme taj novac

and finds single mothers in her community

i pronalazi samohrane majke u svojoj zajednici

to send back to school.

kako bi ih poslala natrag u školu.

Says, "Leymah, my wish

Kaže, „Leymah, moja je želja

is to be educated.

da budem obrazovana,

And if I can't be educated,

a ako se ja ne mogu obrazovati,

when I see some of my sisters being educated,

kad vidim neku od svojih sestara kako se obrazuje,

my wish has been fulfilled.

moja je želja ispunjena.

I wish for a better life.

Želim bolji život.

I wish for food for my children.

Želim hranu za svoju djecu.

I wish that sexual abuse and exploitation in schools would stop."

Želim da seksualno zlostavljanje i iskorištavanje u školama prestane.“

This is the dream of the African girl.

To je san afričke djevojke.

Several years ago,

Prije nekoliko godina,

there was one African girl.

postojala je jedna afrička djevojka.

This girl had a son

Ta djevojka je imala sina

who wished for a piece of doughnut

koji je želio komadić krafne

because he was extremely hungry.

jer je bio jako gladan.

Angry, frustrated,

Ljuta, frustrirana,

really upset

veoma uznemirena

about the state of her society

zbog stanja njenog društva

and the state of her children,

i stanja njenog djeteta,

this young girl started a movement,

ta je mlada djevojka započela pokret,

a movement of ordinary women

pokret običnih žena

banding together

koje se povezuju

to build peace.

kako bi izgradile mir.

I will fulfill the wish.

Ispunit ću želju.

This is another African girl's wish.

Ovo je želja druge afričke djevojke.

I failed to fulfill the wish of those two girls.

Nisam uspjela u ispunjenju želja tih djevojaka.

I failed to do this.

Nisam to uspjela učiniti.

These were the things that were going through the head of this other young woman --

To su stvari koje prolaze kroz glavu ove druge mlade djevojke –

I failed, I failed, I failed.

nisam uspjela, nisam uspjela, nisam uspjela.

So I will do this.

Pa ću učiniti ovo.

Women came out,

Žene su istupile,

protested a brutal dictator,

protestirale protiv brutalnog vođe,

fearlessly spoke.

neustrašivo su govorile.

Not only did the wish of a piece of doughnut come true,

Ne samo da se ostvarila želja o komadiću krafne,

the wish of peace came true.

već se ostvarila i želja o miru.

This young woman

Ova je mlada žena

wished also to go to school.

također željela ići u školu.

She went to school.

Išla je u školu.

This young woman wished for other things to happen,

Ova mlada žena je željela da se druge stvari dogode

it happened for her.

i dogodile su joj se.

Today, this young woman is me,

Danas, ta mlada žena sam ja,

a Nobel laureate.

Nobelovka.

I'm now on a journey

Sada sam na putovanju

to fulfill the wish,

da ispunim želju,

in my tiny capacity,

sa svojim malim kapacitetom,

of little African girls --

ovih malih afričkih djevojaka –

the wish of being educated.

želju da budu obrazovane.

We set up a foundation.

Osnovali smo zakladu.

We're giving full four-year scholarships

Dajemo punu četverogodišnju stipendiju

to girls from villages that we see with potential.

djevojkama iz sela u kojima vidimo potencijal.

I don't have much to ask of you.

Nema mnogo toga što bih mogla tražiti od vas.

I've also been to places in this U.S.,

Također, bila sam na mjestima u SAD-u

and I know that girls in this country

i znam da djevojke u ovoj zemlji

also have wishes,

također imaju želje,

a wish for a better life somewhere in the Bronx,

želju za boljim životom negdje u Bronxu,

a wish for a better life

želju za boljim životom

somewhere in downtown L.A.,

negdje u centru L.A.-a,

a wish for a better life somewhere in Texas,

želju za boljim životom negdje u Teksasu,

a wish for a better life somewhere in New York,

želju za boljim životom negdje u New Yorku,

a wish for a better life

želju za boljim životom

somewhere in New Jersey.

negdje u New Jerseyu.

Will you journey with me

Hoćete li mi se pridružiti

to help that girl,

kako bismo pomogli toj djevojci,

be it an African girl or an American girl

bez obzira je li ona afrička djevojka, američka djevojka

or a Japanese girl,

ili japanska djevojka,

fulfill her wish,

ispuniti njene želje,

fulfill her dream,

njen san,

achieve that dream?

dostići taj san?

Because all of these

Zato što svi ti

great innovators and inventors

veliki inovatori i izumitelji

that we've talked to and seen

s kojima smo razgovarali i koje smo vidjeli

over the last few days

posljednjih nekoliko dana

are also sitting in tiny corners

također sjede u sićušnim kutovima

in different parts of the world,

na različitim dijelovima svijeta

and all they're asking us to do

i mole nas da

is create that space

stvorimo ta sjedišta

to unlock the intelligence,

kako bismo otkrili inteligenciju,

unlock the passion,

otkrili strast,

unlock all of the great things

otkrili sve te velike stvari

that they hold within themselves.

koje drže u sebi.

Let's journey together. Let's journey together.

Krenimo zajedno. Krenimo zajedno.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Chris Anderson: Thank you so much.

Chris Anderson: Puno vam hvala.

Right now in Liberia,

Što upravo sada

what do you see

vidite u Liberiji

as the main issue that troubles you?

kao glavni problem koji vas muči?

LG: I've been asked to lead

LG: Zamolili su me da vodim

the Liberian Reconciliation Initiative.

Liberijsku inicijativu pomirenja.

As part of my work,

Kao dio svog rada,

I'm doing these tours

imam te obilaske

in different villages and towns --

različitih sela i gradova –

13, 15 hours on dirt roads --

13, 15 sati na prljavim cestama –

and there is no community that I've gone into

i ne postoji zajednica u koju sam otišla,

that I haven't seen intelligent girls.

a da nisam vidjela inteligentne djevojke.

But sadly,

Ali tužno,

the vision of a great future,

vizija velike budućnosti

or the dream of a great future,

ili san o velikoj budućnosti

is just a dream,

je samo san

because you have all of these vices.

jer imate sve te mane.

Teen pregnancy, like I said, is epidemic.

Tinejdžerska je trudnoća, kao što sam rekla, epidemija.

So what troubles me

Ono što me muči

is that I was at that place

je to što sam bila na tom mjestu

and somehow I'm at this place,

i nekako na tom sam mjestu,

and I just don't want to be the only one

a ne želim biti jedina

at this place.

na tom mjestu.

I'm looking for ways

Tražim načine

for other girls to be with me.

kako bi druge djevojke mogle biti sa mnom.

I want to look back 20 years from now

Želim pogledati 20 godina unaprijed od ovog trenutka

and see that there's another Liberian girl,

i vidjeti da postoji djevojka iz Liberije,

Ghanaian girl, Nigerian girl, Ethiopian girl

djevojka iz Gane, djevojka iz Nigerije, djevojka iz Etiopije

standing on this TED stage.

i stoji na ovoj TED pozornici.

And maybe, just maybe, saying,

I možda, samo možda, govori,

"Because of that Nobel laureate

„Zbog te sam Nobelovke

I'm here today."

danas ovdje.“

So I'm troubled

Muči me

when I see them like there's no hope.

kada ih vidim kako nemaju nade.

But I'm also not pessimistic,

No, nisam pesimistična

because I know it doesn't take a lot

jer znam da im ne treba mnogo

to get them charged up.

da se ispune.

CA: And in the last year,

CA: Recite nam

tell us one hopeful thing

jednu obećavajuću stvar

that you've seen happening.

koju ste vidjeli da se događa prošle godine.

LG: I can tell you many hopeful things that I've seen happening.

LG: Mogu vam ispričati mnogo obećavajućih stvari koje sam vidjela da se događaju.

But in the last year,

Ali, prošle godine

where President Sirleaf comes from, her village,

otišli smo raditi u selo iz kojeg dolazi predsjednica Sirleaf,

we went there to work with these girls.

radili smo s tim djevojkama.

And we could not find 25 girls

Nismo mogli pronaći 25 djevojaka

in high school.

koje idu u srednju školu.

All of these girls went to the gold mine,

Sve su te djevojke išle u rudnik zlata

and they were predominantly prostitutes

i bile su pretežno prostituirane

doing other things.

radeći druge stvari.

We took 50 of those girls

Uzeli smo 50 djevojaka

and we worked with them.

i radili s njima.

And this was at the beginning of elections.

To je bilo na početku izbora.

This is one place where women were never --

To je jedno mjesto gdje žene nikad nisu –

even the older ones

čak ni ove starije –

barely sat in the circle with the men.

sjedile u krugu s muškarcima.

These girls banded together and formed a group

Te su se djevojke udružile i stvorile grupu

and launched a campaign

i pokrenule kampanju

for voter registration.

za registraciju glasača.

This is a real rural village.

Ovo je vrlo nerazvijeno selo.

And the theme they used was:

A slogan koji su koristile je bio:

"Even pretty girls vote."

„Čak i lijepe djevojke glasuju.“

They were able to mobilize young women.

Bile su u mogućnosti mobilizirati mlade žene.

But not only did they do that,

Ali ne samo da su to učinile,

they went to those who were running for seats

otišle su k onima koji su se nadmetali za vladajuće pozicije

to ask them, "What is it

i pitale ih, „Što ćete

that you will give the girls of this community

dati djevojkama u ovoj zajednici

when you win?"

kad pobijedite?“

And one of the guys

A jedan od muškaraca

who already had a seat was very --

koji je već imao poziciju bio je jako –

because Liberia has one of the strongest rape laws,

zato što Liberija ima jedan od najjačih zakona vezanih za silovanje,

and he was one of those really fighting in parliament

a on je bio jedan od onih koji se u parlamentu

to overturn that law

borio za rušenje tog zakona

because he called it barbaric.

jer ga je nazivao divljačkim.

Rape is not barbaric, but the law, he said, was barbaric.

Silovanje nije divljačko, ali zakon, kaže, je divljački.

And when the girls started engaging him,

Kada su ga djevojke počele obvezivati,

he was very hostile towards them.

bio je vrlo neprijateljski raspoložen prema njima.

These little girls turned to him and said,

Te su se male djevojke okrenule prema njemu i rekle,

"We will vote you out of office."

„Izglasat ćemo da budete izbačeni iz ureda.“

He's out of office today.

Danas više nije u uredu.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

CA: Leymah, thank you. Thank you so much for coming to TED.

CA: Leymah, hvala vam. Hvala vam što ste došli na TED.

LG: You're welcome. (CA: Thank you.)

LG: Nema na čemu. (CA: Hvala.)

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