Khalida Brohi: How I work to protect women from honor killings

Translator: Laksmi Wijayanti Reviewer: Henny Widjaja

While preparing for my talk

Selagi saya mempersiapkan ceramah saya,

I was reflecting on my life and trying to figure out

saya melakukan refleksi dan mencoba mengingat

where exactly was that moment when my journey began.

kapan tepatnya perjalanan saya dimulai.

A long time passed by, and I simply couldn't figure out

Waktu telah lama berlalu, dan saya tidak dapat mengingat

the beginning or the middle or the end of my story.

awal, pertengahan atau akhir kisah saya.

I always used to think that my beginning

Dulu saya berpikir bahwa awal kisah saya

was one afternoon in my community when my mother had told me

adalah ketika suatu siang dimana ibu saya berkata

that I had escaped three arranged marriages by the time I was two.

bahwa saya telah lolos dari 3 perjodohan di usia 2 tahun.

Atau suatu malam ketika listrik di desa mati total selama 8 jam,

Or one evening when electricity had failed for eight hours in our community,

and my dad sat, surrounded by all of us,

dan ayah duduk ditengah kami dan bercerita

telling us stories of when he was a little kid struggling to go to school

tentang masa kecil beliau dimana ia harus berjuang untuk sekolah

while his father, who was a farmer, wanted him to work in the fields with him.

sementara ayahnya menginginkan ia untuk bertani seperti beliau.

Or that dark night when I was 16

Atau suatu malam ketika saya berusia 16 tahun

when three little kids had come to me and they whispered in my ear

saat 3 anak kecil mendatangi saya dan membisikkan ditelinga saya

that my friend was murdered in something called the honor killings.

bahwa teman saya telah dibunuh demi kehormatan (honor killings).

But then I realized that,

Namun saat saya menyadari bahwa

as much as I know that these moments have contributed on my journey,

meski hal-hal tersebut telah menjadi bagian dari perjalanan saya,

they have influenced my journey

telah berpengaruh dijalan saya.

but they have not been the beginning of it,

namun awal perjalanan saya bukan dari situ,

but the true beginning of my journey was in front of a mud house

tetapi awal yang sesungguhnya ada di depan rumah lumpur

in upper Sindh of Pakistan,

di bukit atas Sindh di Pakistan,

where my father held the hand of my 14-year-old mother

dimana ayah saya menggandeng tangan ibu yang berusia 14 tahun

and they decided to walk out of the village

dan memutuskan untuk keluar dari desa

to go to a town where they could send their kids to school.

tinggal disuatu kota agar anak-anak mereka dapat bersekolah.

In a way, I feel like my life

Seakan-akan, sepertinya hidup saya

is kind of a result of some wise choices and decisions they've made.

merupakan hasil dari pilihan dan keputusan bijak mereka.

And just like that, another of their decisions

Dan setelahnya, keputusan mereka yang lain

was to keep me and my siblings connected to our roots.

adalah memastikan kami untuk tetap ingat asal muasal kami.

While we were living in a community I fondly remember as called Ribabad,

Ketika kami tinggal di antara masyarakat di Ribabad,

which means community of the poor,

yang artinya masyarakat orang miskin,

my dad made sure that we also had a house in our rural homeland.

ayah saya memastikan kami masih memiliki rumah di desa asal kami.

I come from an indigenous tribe in the mountains of Balochistan

Saya berasal dari suku asli di pegunungan Balochistan

called Brahui.

yang disebut Brahui.

Brahui, or Brohi, means mountain dweller, and it is also my language.

Brahui atau Brohi berarti penghuni gunung, dan juga nama bahasa saya.

Thanks to my father's very strict rules about connecting to our customs,

Berkat aturan ketat ayah untuk memastikan pengenalan tradisi kami,

I had to live a beautiful life of songs, cultures, traditions, stories, mountains,

hidup saya dipenuhi oleh nyanyian, budaya, tradisi, kisah, pegunungan,

and a lot of sheep.

dan domba-domba.

But then, living in two extremes

Namun, diantara kehidupan yang sangat berbeda

between the traditions of my culture, of my village,

antara budaya dan tradisi didesa saya

and then modern education in my school wasn't easy.

dan pendidikan modern bukanlah hal yang mudah.

I was aware that I was the only girl who got to have such freedom,

Saya sadar bahwa gadis-gadis lain tidak sebebas saya,

and I was guilty of it.

dan saya merasa bersalah.

While going to school in Karachi and Hyderabad,

Ketika bersekolah di Karachi dan Hyderabad,

a lot of my cousins and childhood friends were getting married off,

banyak sepupu dan teman masa kecil saya telah dinikahkan,

some to older men, some in exchange,

dengan pria yang lebih tua, beberapa sebagai alat tukar,

some even as second wives.

atau sebagai istri kedua.

I got to see the beautiful tradition and its magic fade in front of me

Saya menyaksikan keindahan dan keajaiban tradisi yang memudar

when I saw that the birth of a girl child was celebrated with sadness,

ketika saya melihat penyesalan yang timbul akan lahirnya anak perempuan,

when women were told to have patience as their main virtue.

dan diberitahu bahwa nilai seorang wanita adalah kesabarannya.

Up until I was 16,

Sampai usia saya yang ke-16,

I healed my sadness by crying,

saya mengobati kesedihan saya dengan menangis,

mostly at nights when everyone would sleep

ketika semua orang sudah tidur di waktu malam,

and I would sob in my pillow,

dan saya akan menangis dibalik bantal saya,

until that one night when I found out my friend was killed

sampai suatu malam ketika teman saya terbunuh

in the name of honor.

demi kehormatan.

Honor killings is a custom

Honor killings adalah tradisi

where men and women are suspected of having relationships

ketika seorang pria dan wanita dicurigai memiliki hubungan

before or outside of the marriage,

sebelum dan diluar pernikahan,

and they're killed by their family for it.

dan mereka akan dibunuh oleh keluarga mereka.

Usually the killer is the brother or father or the uncle in the family.

Biasanya pembunuhnya adalah seorang figur pria di dalam keluarga tersebut.

The U.N. reports there are about 1,000 honor murders every year in Pakistan,

PBB mencatat ada sekitar 1.000 pembunuhan serupa di Pakistan tiap tahun,

and these are only the reported cases.

dan angka ini hanya dari kasus yang dilaporkan saja.

A custom that kills did not make any sense to me,

Tradisi yang melibatkan pembunuhan ini tidak masuk akal bagi saya,

and I knew I had to do something about it this time.

dan saya sadar bahwa saya harus bertindak kali ini.

I was not going to cry myself to sleep.

Saya tidak akan menangis lagi sampai tertidur.

I was going to do something, anything, to stop it.

Saya harus melakukan sesuatu untuk menghentikannya.

I was 16 -- I started writing poetry

Saya berumur 16 -- Saya mulai menulis puisi

and going door to door telling everybody about honor killings

dan mengabarkan tradisi ini dari rumah ke rumah,

and why it happens, why it should be stopped,

dan mengapa terjadi dan mengapa harus berhenti,

and raising awareness about it

dan membangkitan kepedulian

until I actually found a much, much better way to handle this issue.

sampai akhirnya saya menemukan solusi yang jauh lebih baik.

In those days, we were living in a very small, one-roomed house in Karachi.

Saat itu, kami hidup di rumah yang sangat kecil di Karachi.

Every year, during the monsoon seasons, our house would flood up with water --

Setiap tahun, disaat musim hujan, rumah kami selalu dikunjungi banjir --

rainwater and sewage --

air hujan dan air selokan --

and my mom and dad would be taking the water out.

dan ayah dan ibu saya akan menguras airnya.

In those days, my dad brought home a huge machine, a computer.

Pada saat itu, ayah saya membawa pulang sebuah komputer yang besar.

It was so big it looked as if it was going to take up half of the only room we had,

Begitu besarnya komputer itu seakan mengisi separuh ruangan,

and had so many pieces and wires that needed to be connected.

dan banyak sekali bagian dan kabel yang harus dihubungkan.

But it was still the most exciting thing

Dan merupakan hal yang sangat mengesankan

that has ever happened to me and my sisters.

yang pernah kami alami.

My oldest brother Ali got to be in charge of taking care of the computer,

Adik lak-laki tertua saya, Ali, berkewajiban menjaganya,

and all of us were given 10 to 15 minutes every day to use it.

dan kami masing-masing diberi 10-15 menit setiap hari untuk menggunakannya.

Being the oldest of eight kids,

Sebagai yang tertua dari 8 bersaudara,

I got to use it the last,

jatah saya paling terakhir,

and that was after I had washed the dishes,

dan itupun setelah saya menyuci piring-piring kotor,

cleaned the house, made dinner with my mom,

membersihkan rumah, memasak makan malam bersama ibu saya,

and put blankets on the floor for everyone to sleep,

dan menata selimut di atas lantai sebagai alas tidur,

and after that, I would run to the computer,

kemudian, saya akan berlari menuju komputer,

connect it to the Internet,

menghubungkannya ke internet,

and have pure joy and wonder for 10 to 15 minutes.

dan merasakan kebahagiaan sejati selama 10-15 menit.

In those days, I had discovered a website called Joogle.

Saat itu, saya menemukan website "Joogle."

[Google] (Laughter)

[Google] (Tertawa)

In my frantic wish to do something about this custom,

Begitu inginnya saya untuk menghentikan tradisi ini,

I made use of Google and discovered Facebook,

saya menggunakan Google dan menemukan Facebook,

a website where people can connect to anyone around the world,

website yang menghubungkan semua orang di seluruh dunia,

and so, from my very tiny, cement-roofed room in Karachi,

alhasil, dari kamar saya yang beratapkan semen di Karachi,

I connected with people in the U.K., the U.S., Australia and Canada,

saya terhubung dengan orang Inggris, Amerika, Australia dan Kanada.

and created a campaign called

dan menciptakan kampanye yang bernama

WAKE UP Campaign against Honor Killings.

Kampanye WAKEUP untuk melawan Honor Killing.

It became enormous in just a few months.

Kampanye ini meluas hanya dalam beberapa bulan.

I got a lot of support from all around the world.

Saya mendapat banyak dukungan dari seluruh dunia.

Media was connecting to us.

Media menghubungkan kami.

A lot of people were reaching out trying to raise awareness with us.

Banyak orang menjangkau kami untuk berkampanye bersama.

It became so big that it went from online to the streets of my hometown,

Besarnya kampanye ini telah mencapai jalanan di kampung halaman saya,

where we would do rallies and strikes

dimana kami kemudian melakukan pawai dan demo

trying to change the policies in Pakistan for women's support.

untuk merubah kebijakan di Pakistan untuk mendukung para wanita.

And while I thought everything was perfect,

Dan saat saya pikir semuanya telah berjalan dengan sempurna,

my team -- which was basically my friends and neighbors at that time --

tim saya -- yang adalah teman dan tetangga saya pada masa itu --

thought everything was going so well,

berpikir bahwa semuanya berjalan lancar,

we had no idea a big opposition was coming to us.

kami tidak menyangka akan ada perlawanan yang cukup besar.

My community stood up against us,

Komunitas kami memberikan perlawanan,

saying we were spreading un-Islamic behavior.

dan berkata bahwa tindakan kami tidak sesuai dengan sikap Islam.

We were challenging centuries-old customs in those communities.

Kami menantang tradisi yang telah ada berabad-abad lamanya.

I remember my father receiving anonymous letters

Saya ingat ayah saya menerima surat-surat kaleng

saying, "Your daughter is spreading Western culture

yang berkata, "Putrimu menyebarkan budaya Barat

in the honorable societies."

di tengah komunitas terhormat."

Our car was stoned at one point.

Mobil kami dirajam batu.

One day I went to the office and found our metal signboard

Ketika saya berangkat ke kantor dan melihat palang besi kami

wrinkled and broken as if a lot of people had been hitting it with something heavy.

bengkok dan rusak seakan telah dirajam dengan benda berat.

Things got so bad that I had to hide myself in many ways.

Situasi bertambah buruk sehingga saya harus bersembunyi.

I would put up the windows of the car,

Saya menutupi jendela mobil,

veil my face, not speak while I was in public,

menutupi muka saya, tidak berbicara saat di depan umum,

but eventually situations got worse when my life was threatened,

namun situasi makin memburuk ketika hidup saya mulai terancam.

and I had to leave, back to Karachi, and our actions stopped.

dan saya harus kembali ke Karachi, dan semua kegiatan kami dihentikan.

Back in Karachi, as an 18-year-old,

Di Karachi, sebagai gadis berusia 18 tahun,

I thought this was the biggest failure of my entire life.

saya merasa inilah kegagalan terbesar saya.

I was devastated.

Saya merasa terpukul.

As a teenager, I was blaming myself for everything that happened.

Sebagai orang muda, saya merasa bersalah atas apa telah yang terjadi.

And it turns out, when we started reflecting,

Dan ketika kami mulai introspeksi diri,

we did realize that it was actually me and my team's fault.

kami menyadari bahwa memang kamilah yang bersalah.

There were two big reasons why our campaign had failed big time.

Ada dua alasan utama mengapa kampanye kami gagal total.

One of those, the first reason,

Salah satunya, alasan pertama,

is we were standing against core values of people.

adalah bahwa kami menentang nilai-nilai inti masyarakat.

We were saying no to something that was very important to them,

Kami menentang sesuatu yang merupakan hal paling penting bagi mereka,

challenging their code of honor,

menantang kode kehormatan mereka,

and hurting them deeply in the process.

dan melukai mereka dalam hal ini.

And number two, which was very important for me to learn,

Dan alasan kedua yang sangat penting dalam pembelajaran,

and amazing, and surprising for me to learn,

mengesankan dan mengejutkan untuk dipelajari,

was that we were not including the true heroes

adalah bahwa kami tidak mengikutsertkan para pahlawan sejati

who should be fighting for themselves.

yang seharusnya mereka terlibat langsung.

The women in the villages had no idea we were fighting for them in the streets.

Para wanita di desa tidak tahu kami berkampanye untuk mereka.

Every time I would go back,

Setiap kali saya kembali,

I would find my cousins and friends with scarves on their faces,

saya mendapati sepupu dan teman dengan luka di wajah mereka,

and I would ask, "What happened?"

dan saya bertanya, "Apa yang terjadi?"

And they'd be like, "Our husbands beat us."

Dan jawab mereka, "Suami kami memukul kami."

But we are working in the streets for you!

Tapi kami berkampanye untuk dirimu!

We are changing the policies.

Kami berusaha merubah kebijakan.

How is that not impacting their life?

Mengapa hidup mereka tidak terpengaruhi?

So then we found out something which was very amazing for us.

Akhirnya kami menemukan sesuatu yang sangat mengejutkan.

The policies of a country

Kebijakan negara

do not necessarily always affect the tribal and rural communities.

tidak selalu mempengaruhi suku dan penduduknya secara langsung.

It was devastating -- like, oh, we can't actually do something about this?

Sangat menyedihkan -- Tidakkah kami dapat berbuat sesuatu dalam hal ini?

And we found out there's a huge gap

Dan kami baru menyadari bahwa ada kesenjangan yang besar

when it comes to official policies and the real truth on the ground.

antara kebijakan resmi dan kenyataannya di lapangan.

So this time, we were like, we are going to do something different.

Maka kali ini, kami akan melakukan sesuatu yang berbeda.

We are going to use strategy,

Kami akan menggunakan strategi,

and we are going to go back and apologize.

dan kami akan kembali dan meminta maaf.

Yes, apologize.

Ya, meminta maaf.

We went back to the communities

Kami kembali ke komunitas kami

and we said we are very ashamed of what we did.

dan meminta maaf atas perbuatan kami yang memalukan.

We are here to apologize, and in fact, we are here to make it up to you.

Kami ingin meminta maaf dan kami justru ingin membantu kalian.

How do we do that?

Bagaimana caranya?

We are going to promote three of your main cultures.

Kami akan mengkampanyekan tiga elemen dari budaya kalian,

We know that it's music, language, and embroidery.

yaitu musik, bahasa, dan sulaman.

Nobody believed us.

Tak seorang pun percaya.

Nobody wanted to work with us.

Tak seorangpun ingin bekerja sama dengan kami.

It took a lot of convincing and discussions with these communities

Butuh waktu lama untuk meyakinkan mereka dan berdiskusi

until they agreed that we are going to promote their language

alhasil kami diperbolehkan mempromosikan bahasa mereka

by making a booklet of their stories, fables and old tales in the tribe,

melalui buklet berisi kisah, fabel dan cerita rakyat mereka,

and we would promote their music

dan kami juga mempromosikan musik mereka

by making a CD of the songs from the tribe, and some drumbeating.

dengan mengedarkan CD lagu-lagu daerah dan tabuhan drum.

And the third, which was my favorite,

Dan yang ketiga, yang merupakan favorit saya,

was we would promote their embroidery by making a center in the village

adalah kampanye kami akan sulaman mereka dengan mendirikan suatu senter didesa.

where women would come every day to make embroidery.

dimana para wanita datang setiap hari untuk menyulam.

And so it began.

Dan saat itulah proyek kami dimulai.

We worked with one village, and we started our first center.

Kami melakukannya di suatu desa yang merupakan senter pertama kami.

It was a beautiful day.

Hari itu terasa indah.

We started the center.

Senter itu dimulai.

Women were coming to make embroidery,

Para wanita datang untuk menyulam.

and going through a life-changing process of education,

dan memulai proses pendidikan yang mengubah hidup mereka,

learning about their rights, what Islam says about their rights,

belajar akan hak-hak mereka, dari sudut pandang Islam,

and enterprise development, how they can create money,

belajar mengembangkan usaha, dan menciptakan nafkah,

and then how they can create money from money,

bagaimana cara menciptakan nafkah dari penghasilan tersebut,

how they can fight the customs that have been destroying their lives

bagaimana melawan tradisi yang telah menghancurkan hidup mereka

from so many centuries,

selama berabad-abad,

because in Islam, in reality,

karena kenyataannya, dalam agama Islam,

women are supposed to be shoulder to shoulder with men.

wanita seharusnya berjalan berdampingan bersama pria.

Women have so much status that we have not been hearing,

Banyak sekali peran wanita yang tidak pernah kami ketahui

that they have not been hearing,

yang tidak pernah mereka ketahui

and we needed to tell them that they need to know

dan kami perlu memberitahu mereka agar mereka tahu

where their rights are and how to take them by themselves,

akan hak mereka dan bagaimana cara mendapatkannya sendiri,

because they can do it and we can't.

karena mereka mampu dan kami tidak.

So this was the model which actually came out -- very amazing.

Cara ini menjadi model yang dipraktekan -- luar biasa.

Through embroidery we were promoting their traditions.

Melalui sulaman kami mempromosikan tradisi mereka.

We went into the village. We would mobilize the community.

Kami mengunjungi desa-desa untuk menggerakkan komunitas.

We would make a center inside where 30 women will come

Kami mendirikan senter dimana 30 wanita akan datang

for six months to learn about value addition of traditional embroidery,

mempelajari nilai-nilai sulaman tradisional selama 6 bulan,

enterprise development, life skills and basic education,

cara mengembangkan usaha, ketrampilan dan pendidikan dasar,

and about their rights and how to say no to those customs

dan tentang hak-hak mereka dan cara memerangi tradisi tersebut

and how to stand as leaders for themselves and the society.

dan cara memimpin untuk diri sendiri dan komunitas mereka.

After six months, we would connect these women to loans and to markets

Setelah 6 bulan, kami memperkenalkan mereka kepada kreditor dan pasar

where they can become local entrepreneurs in their communities.

dimana mereka dapat menjadi pengusaha lokal dikomunitasnya.

We soon called this project Sughar.

Kami namakan proyek ini Sughar.

Sughar is a local word used in many, many languages in Pakistan.

Sughar adalah kata umum yang digunakan dalam banyak bahasa di Pakistan.

It means skilled and confident women.

Kata itu berarti wanita yang trampil dan percaya diri.

I truly believe, to create women leaders, there's only one thing you have to do:

Saya percaya untuk menciptakan pemimpin wanita, dibutuhan hanya 1 hal:

Just let them know that they have what it takes to be a leader.

Beritahukan kepada mereka bahwa mereka punya kemampuan untuk memimpin.

These women you see here,

Para wanita ini,

they have strong skills and potential to be leaders.

memiliki ketrampilan yang cakap dan potensi untuk menjadi pemimpin.

All we had to do was remove the barriers that surrounded them,

Kita hanya perlu menyingkirkan halangan yang mengelilingi mereka,

and that's what we decided to do.

dan itulah yang kami putuskan untuk membantu mereka.

But then while we were thinking everything was going well,

Tapi kemudian ketika kami berpikir bahwa semuanya berjalan lancar,

once again everything was fantastic,

lagi-lagi semuanya terasa fantastis,

we found our next setback:

kami mengalami kemunduran:

A lot of men started seeing the visible changes in their wife.

Banyak pria mulai mendapati perubahan dalam diri istri mereka,

She's speaking more, she's making decisions --

Mereka mulai bersuara dan membuat keputusan --

oh my gosh, she's handling everything in the house.

Ya ampun, mereka melakukannya di rumah.

They stopped them from coming to the centers,

Para suami ini melarang istri mereka datang ke senter,

and this time, we were like, okay, time for strategy two.

dan kali ini, kami berpikir untuk menjalankan strategi nomor dua.

We went to the fashion industry in Pakistan

Kami menengok industri fashion di Pakistan

and decided to do research about what happens there.

dan mencari tahu apa yang sedang berlangsung di sana.

Turns out the fashion industry in Pakistan is very strong and growing day by day,

Ternyata industri fashion di Pakistan semakin makmur kian hari,

but there is less contribution from the tribal areas

namun kontribusi dari suku didaerah ternyata menurun

and to the tribal areas, especially women.

dan juga untuk suku-suku tersebut terutama wanita.

So we decided to launch our first ever tribal women's very own fashion brand,

Maka kami menciptakan merek fashion bagi para wanita suku tersebut,

which is now called Nomads.

yang dinamakan Nomads.

And so women started earning more,

Dan mereka pun mendapat penghasilan tambahan,

they started contributing more financially to the house,

mereka mulai memberikan kontribusi lebih untuk rumah tangga,

and men had to think again before saying no to them

Para pria kembali berpikir ulang sebelum melarang istri mereka

when they were coming to the centers.

saat istri mereka datang ke tempat kami.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

Thank you, thank you.

Terima kasih, terima kasih.

In 2013, we launched our first Sughar Hub instead of a center.

Tahun 2013, kami membuka Sughar Hub pertama, bukan sebuah senter.

We partnered with TripAdvisor

Kami melakukan kerjasama dengan TripAdvisor

and created a cement hall in the middle of a village

dan membangun aula di tengah-tengah suatu desa

and invited so many other organizations to work over there.

dan mengundang berbagai organisasi untuk bekerja sama di sana.

We created this platform for the nonprofits

Kami membangun fasilitas ini untuk para LSM

so they can touch and work on the other issues

agar mereka dapat mencapai dan menangani isu lain

that Sughar is not working on,

yang tidak ditangani oleh Sughar,

which would be an easy place for them to give trainings,

yang dapat digunakan dengan mudah untuk tempat pelatihan,

use it as a farmer school, even as a marketplace,

untuk sekolah bertani, bahkan sebagai pasar,

and anything they want to use it for,

untuk kegunaan apapun yang mereka butuhkan,

and they have been doing really amazingly.

dan sejauh ini kinerja mereka luar biasa.

And so far, we have been able to support 900 women

Sampai sekarang, kami telah menyokong 900 wanita

in 24 villages around Pakistan.

di 24 desa di Pakistan.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

But that's actually not what I want.

Tapi bukan ini yang saya inginkan.

My dream is to reach out to one million women in the next 10 years,

Impian saya adalah menjangkau satu juta wanita dalam 10 tahun.

and to make sure that happens,

dan untuk memastikan ini terjadi,

this year we launched Sughar Foundation in the U.S.

tahun ini kami mendirikan Yayasan Sughar di Amerika.

It is not just going to fund Sughar but many other organizations in Pakistan

Yang tidak hanya mendanai Sughar tapi juga organisasi lain di Pakistan

to replicate the idea

untuk menggandakan visi serupa

and to find even more innovative ways

dan untuk menemukan lebih banyak cara inovatif

to unleash the rural women's potential in Pakistan.

untuk menemukan potensi para wanita di daerah terpencil di Pakistan.

Thank you so much.

Terima kasih banyak.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Terima kasih.

Chris Anderson: Khalida, you are quite the force of nature.

Chris Anderson (CA): Khalida, anda merupakan suatu kekuatan alam.

I mean, this story, in many ways, just seems beyond belief.

Kisah ini merupakan sesuatu yang benar-benar luar biasa.

It's incredible that someone so young could do achieve this much

Hal yang luar biasa bahwa seorang muda telah mencapai banyak hal

through so much force and ingenuity.

melalui kekuatan dan kecerdikannya.

So I guess one question:

Saya ingin bertanya:

This is a spectacular dream to reach out and empower a million women --

Menjangkau dan memberdayakan 1 juta wanita adalah mimpi yang hebat --

how much of the current success depends on you,

sebagai pemula kegerakan ini, seberapa besar pengaruh anda,

the force of this magnetic personality?

akan kesuksesan yang diraih?

How does it scale?

Seberapa besar skalanya?

Khalida Brohi: I think my job is to give the inspiration out,

Kalida Broh (KB)i: Saya pikir tugas saya adalah memberikan inspirasi,

give my dream out.

memberitakan mimpi saya.

I can't teach how to do it, because there are so many different ways.

Saya tidak dapat mengajarkan hal ini karena ada banyak ragam cara.

We have been experimenting with three ways only.

Kami hanya pernah bereksperimen dengan 3 metode.

There are a hundred different ways to unleash potential in women.

Ada banyak sekali cara untuk menggali potensi para wanita.

I would just give the inspiration and that's my job.

Saya hanya memberikan inspirasi dan itu menjadi tugas saya.

I will keep doing it. Sughar will still be growing.

Akan tetap saya lakukan. Sughar akan terus tumbuh.

We are planning to reach out to two more villages,

Kami berencana untuk menjangkau dua desa lagi,

and soon I believe we will be scaling out of Pakistan

dan tak kan lama niscaya kami akan menjangkau keluar Pakistan

into South Asia and beyond.

menuju Asia Selatan dan lebih.

CA: I love that when you talked about your team in the talk,

CA: Saya menyukai pembicaraan tentang tim anda

I mean, you were all 18 at the time.

anda baru 18 tahun ketika itu.

What did this team look like?

Seperti apakah tim anda saat itu?

This was school friends, right?

Mereka teman sekolah Anda, bukan?

KB: Do people here believe that I'm at an age

KB: Apakah para hadirin di sini percaya bahwa diumur saya saat ini

where I'm supposed to be a grandmother in my village?

seharusnya saya sudah menjadi seorang nenek di desa saya?

My mom was married at nine, and I am the oldest woman not married

Ibu saya menikah di usia 9 tahun, dan saya wanita lajang tertua

and not doing anything in my life in my village.

dan tidak melakukan apapun dalam hidup saya di desa saya.

CA: Wait, wait, wait, not doing anything?

CA: Tunggu sebentar, mahsud anda tidak melakukan apapun?

KB: No. CA: You're right.

KB: Tidak melakukan apapun. CA: Anda benar.

KB: People feel sorry for me, a lot of times.

KB: Orang-orang seringkali mengasihani saya.

CA: But how much time are you spending now actually back in Balochistan?

CA: Seberapa besar waktu yang anda luangkan di Balochistan?

KB: I live over there.

KB: Saya tinggal di sana.

We live between, still, Karachi and Balochistan.

Kami masih tinggal di antara Karachi dan Balochistan.

My siblings are all going to school.

Saudara-saudari saya masih bersekolah.

I am still the oldest of eight siblings.

Saya yang tertua dari 8 bersaudara.

CA: But what you're doing is definitely threatening to some people there.

CA: Tetapi aktivitas anda merupakan ancaman untuk beberapa orang di sana.

How do you handle safety? Do you feel safe?

Bagaimana cara anda melindungi diri? Apakah anda merasa aman?

Are there issues there?

Apakah menjadi masalah disana?

KB: This question has come to me a lot of times before,

KB: Orang seringkali menanyakan saya tentang hal ini,

and I feel like the word "fear" just comes to me and then drops,

dan kata "ketakutan" datang dan menghantui saya,

but there is one fear that I have that is different from that.

namun ada satu ketakutan yang berbeda.

The fear is that if I get killed, what would happen to the people

Saa takut bila saya terbunuh, apa yang akan terjadi pada mereka

who love me so much?

yang mengasihi saya?

My mom waits for me till late at night that I should come home.

Ibu saya menunggu saya pulang hingga larut malam.

My sisters want to learn so much from me,

Saudari-saudari saya ingin belajar banyak dari saya,

and there are many, many girls in my community who want to talk to me

dan ada banyak gadis di desa yang ingin berbincang dengan saya

and ask me different things,

dan ingin menanyakan banyak hal,

and I recently got engaged. (Laughs)

dan saya baru saja bertunangan. (Tertawa)

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

CA: Is he here? You've got to stand up.

CA: Apa tunangan Anda berada di sini? Anda dipersilahkan berdiri.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

KB: Escaping arranged marriages, I chose my own husband

KB: Saya meloloskan diri dari perjodohan dan bertemu suami saya

across the world in L.A., a really different world.

di belahan dunia lain di L.A., dunia yang sangat berbeda.

I had to fight for a whole year. That's totally a different story.

Saya memperjuangkannya setahun penuh. Tapi itu kisah yang berbeda.

But I think that's the only thing that I'm afraid of,

Namun itulah satu-satunya hal yang saya takuti,

and I don't want my mom to not see anyone when she waits in the night.

dan saya tidak ingin penantian ibu saya sia-sia saat menungguku dimalam hari.

CA: So people who want to help you on their way,

CA: Jadi mereka yang ingin membantu dengan cara mereka

they can go on, they can maybe buy some of these clothes

dapat melanjutkannya, mungkin membeli busana tersebut

that you're bringing over

yang anda bawa

that are actually made, the embroidery is done back in Balochistan?

yang disulam di Balochistan, bukan?

KB: Yeah.

KB: Ya.

CA: Or they can get involved in the foundation.

CA: Atau mereka dapat bergabung dengan yayasan.

KB: Definitely. We are looking for as many people as we can,

KB: Tentu saja. Kami merekrut orang sebanyak mungkin.

because now that the foundation's in the beginning process,

karena saat ini yayasan sedang berada di tahap permulaan,

I am trying to learn a lot about how to operate,

saya berusaha belajar banyak dalam mengoperasikannya,

how to get funding or reach out to more organizations,

bagaimana menggalang dana, atau menjangkau organisasi-organisasi lain,

and especially in the e-commerce, which is very new for me.

dan terutama cara jual-beli online yang mana masih baru bagi saya.

I mean, I am not a fashion person, believe me.

Saya sama sekali tidak mengerti fashion.

CA: Well, it's been incredible to have you here.

CA: Luar biasa untuk dapat mendengarkan ceramah anda disini.

Please go on being courageous, go on being smart, and please stay safe.

Saya harap anda tetap berani, bertambah cerdik dan jagalah diri anda.

KB: Thank you so much. CA: Thank you, Khalida. (Applause)

KB: Terima kasih banyak. CA: Terima kasih, Khalida. (Tepuk tangan)