Khadija Gbla: My mother’s strange definition of empowerment TED

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Mile Živković

Hi.

Zdravo.

Today I'm going to share my personal journey

Danas ću podeliti svoj lični put

with female genital mutilation, FGM.

sa sakaćem ženskih genitalija, SŽG.

Feel free to cry, laugh, cross your legs,

Slobodno plačite, smejte se, prekrstite noge,

or do anything your body feels like doing.

ili radite šta god da se vašem telu radi.

I'm not going to name the things your body does.

Neću imenovati ono što vaše telo radi.

I was born in Sierra Leone.

Rođena sam u Sijera Leoneu.

Did anybody watch "Blood Diamond"?

Da li je neko gledao "Krvavi dijamant"?

If you have any thoughts --

Ako imate bilo kakvih pomisli -

I don't have any diamonds on me, by the way.

nemam dijamante na sebi, uzgred.

If you have heard of Ebola, well, that's in Sierra Leone as well.

Ako ste čuli za ebolu, to je takođe u Sijera Leoneu.

I don't have Ebola. You're all safe.

Ja nemam ebolu. Bezbedni ste.

Don't rush to the door.

Ne jurite ka vratima.

Be seated. You're fine. I was checked before I got here.

Ostanite u sedištu. U redu je.

Pregledana sam pre nego što sam došla ovde.

My grandfather had three wives.

Moj deda je imao tri žene.

Don't ask me why a man needs more than one wife.

Ne pitajte me zašto čoveku treba više od jedne žene.

Men, do you need more than one wife?

Muškarci, da li vam treba više od jedne žene?

I don't think so. There you go.

Ne bih rekla. Eto.

He was looking for a heart attack, that's what I say.

Tražio je srčani udar, kažem ja.

Oh yeah, he was.

O da, tražio ga je.

When I was three, war broke out in Sierra Leone in 1991.

Kada sam imala tri godine, izbio je rat u Sijera Leoneu 1991. godine.

I remember literally going to bed one night, everything was good.

Sećam se bukvalno da sam jedne noći otišla u krevet, sve je bilo dobro.

The next day, I woke up,

Sledećeg dana, probudila sam se,

bombs were dropping everywhere,

bombe su padale na sve strane,

and people were trying to kill me and my family.

i ljudi su pokušavali da ubiju mene i moju porodicu.

We escaped the war and ended up in Gambia, in West Africa.

Pobegli smo od rata i završili u Gambiji, u zapadnoj Africi.

Ebola is there as well. Stay away from it.

Ebola je i tamo. Držite se podalje odatle.

Dok smo tamo boravili kao izbeglice,

While we were there as refugees,

we didn't know what was going to become of us.

nismo znali šta će biti sa nama.

My mom applied for refugee status.

Moja mama se prijavila za status izbeglice.

She's a wonderful, smart woman, that one,

Ona je divna, pametna žena,

and we were lucky.

i imali smo sreće.

Australia said, we will take you in.

Australija je rekla: primam vas.

Good job, Aussies.

Bravo Australijanci.

Before we were meant to travel,

Pre nego što je trebalo da otputujemo,

my mom came home one day, and said,

moja mama je došla kući jednog dana i rekla:

"We're going on a little holiday, a little trip."

"Idemo na mali odmor, malo putovanje."

She put us in a car,

Smestila nas je u auto,

and we drove for hours and ended up in a bush

vozili smo se satima i završili u grmu

in a remote area in Gambia.

u udaljenoj oblasti Gambije.

In this bush, we found two huts.

U tom grmu smo našli dve kolibe.

An old lady came towards us.

Prišla nam je starija dama.

She was ethnic-looking, very old.

Bila je etničkog izgleda, veoma stara.

She had a chat with my mom, and went back.

Proćaskala je sa mojom mamom i vratila se.

Then she came back and walked away from us into a second hut.

Onda se vratila i otišla u drugu kolibu.

I'm standing there thinking,

Stojim ja tamo i mislim:

"This is very confusing. I don't know what's going on."

"Ovo je vrlo zbunjujuće. Ne znam šta se dešava."

The next thing I knew,

Sledeće čega se sećam,

my mom took me into this hut.

mama me vodi u tu kolibu.

She took my clothes off,

Skinula mi je odeću

and then she pinned me down on the floor.

i zatim me je prikovala za pod.

I struggled and tried to get her off me, but I couldn't.

Borila sam se i pokušala da je sklonim sa sebe, ali nisam mogla.

Then the old lady came towards me with a rusty-looking knife,

Onda mi je starica prišla sa nožem koji je izgledao zarđalo,

one of the sharp knives,

jednim od oštrih noževa,

orange-looking, has never seen water or sunlight before.

nalik narandžastoj, nikada nije video vodu niti svetlost dana.

I thought she was going to slaughter me,

Mislila sam da će me zaklati,

but she didn't.

ali nije.

She slowly slid down my body

Polako se spustila niz moje telo

and ended up where my vagina is.

i došla do moje vagine.

She took hold of what I now know to be my clitoris,

Uzela je ono za šta sada znam da je bio moj klitoris,

she took that rusty knife, and started cutting away, inch by inch.

uzela je taj zarđali nož i počela da seče, komad po komad.

I screamed, I cried,

Vrištala sam i plakala,

and asked my mom to get off me so this pain will stop,

molila sam mamu da siđe sa mene da bi bol prestao,

but all she did was say, "Be quiet."

ali samo je rekla: "Budi mirna."

This old lady sawed away at my flesh for what felt like forever,

Starica je strugala moje meso, činilo se, čitavu večnost,

and then when she was done,

i onda kada je završila,

she threw that piece of flesh across the floor

bacila je to parče mesa na pod

as if it was the most disgusting thing she's ever touched.

kao da je to najodvratnija stvar koju je ikada dodirnula.

They both got off me, and left me there bleeding,

Obe su se sklonile od mene i ostavile me tu da krvarim,

crying, and confused as to what just happened.

plačem, zbunjena zbog toga što se upravo dogodilo.

We never talked about this again.

Nikada nismo više pričale o tome.

Very soon, we found that we were coming to Australia,

Ubrzo potom smo saznali da idemo u Australiju,

and this is when you had the Sydney Olympics at the time,

a u to vreme su se održavale Olimpijske igre u Sidneju,

and people said we were going to the end of the world,

i ljudi su govorili da idemo na kraj sveta,

there was nowhere else to go after Australia.

da nema više gde da se ode posle Australije.

Yeah, that comforted us a bit.

Da, to nas je malo utešilo.

It took us three days to get here.

Trebalo nam je tri dana da stignemo ovde.

We went to Senegal, then France, and then Singapore.

Išli smo u Senegal, zatim Francusku, i onda Singapur.

We went to the bathroom to wash our hands.

Išli smo u kupatilo da peremo ruke.

We spent 15 minutes opening the tap like this.

Proveli smo 15 minuta uključujući česmu ovako.

Then somebody came in,

Onda je neko ušao,

slid their hand under and water came out,

gurnuo ruke ispod i voda je krenula,

and we thought, is this what we're in for?

i pomislili smo, zar smo zbog toga ovde?

Like, seriously.

Mislim, stvarno.

We got to Adelaide, small place,

Došli smo u Adelejd, malo mesto,

where literally they dumped us in Adelaide, that's what I would say.

gde su nas bukvalno istovarili, tako bih ja rekla.

They dumped us there.

Istovarili su nas tamo.

We were very grateful.

Bili smo vrlo zahvalni.

We settled and we liked it.

Nastanili smo se i svidelo nam se.

We were like, "We're home, we're here."

Bili smo u fazonu: "Kod kuće smo, tu smo."

Then somebody took us to Rundle Mall.

Onda nas je neko odveo u Randl tržni centar.

Adelaide has only one mall.

Adelejd ima samo jedan tržni centar.

It's this small place.

To je malo mesto.

And we saw a lot of Asian people.

I videli smo mnogo Azijata.

My mom said all of a sudden, panicking,

Moja mama je rekla iznenada, u panici:

"You brought us to the wrong place. You must take us back to Australia."

"Doveli ste nas na pogrešno mesto. Morate da nas vratite u Australiju."

Yeah. It had to be explained to her that there were a lot of Asians in Australia

Da. Moralo je da joj se objasni da ima mnogo Azijata u Australiji

and we were in the right place.

i da smo na pravom mestu.

So fine, it's all good.

Tako da je sve bilo u redu.

My mom then had this brilliant idea

Moja mama je onda imala briljantnu ideju

that I should go to a girls school because they were less racist.

da treba da idem u školu za devojčice jer su one manje rasistički naklonjene.

I don't know where she read that publication. (Laughter)

Ne znam gde je pročitala tu brošuru. (Smeh)

Never found evidence of it to this day.

Do danas nisam našla dokaz u prilog tome.

Six hundred white kids, and I was the only black child there.

Šest stotina bele dece, a ja sam bila jedino crno dete tamo.

No, I was the only person with a bit of a color on me.

Ne, bila sam jedina osoba sa malo boje na sebi.

Let me say that. Chocolate color.

Da vam kažem. Čokoladna boja.

There were no Asians, no indigenous.

Nije bilo Azijata niti domorodaca.

Imali smo samo neke preplanule devojčice,

All we had was some tan girls,

girls who felt the need to be under the sun.

devojčice koje su imale potrebu da budu pod suncem.

It wasn't the same as my chocolate, though. Not the same.

Nije bilo isto kao moja čokoladna boja. Nije bilo isto.

Settling in Australia was quite hard,

Nastanjivanje u Australiji je bilo prilično teško,

but it became harder when I started volunteering for an organization

ali je postalo teže kada sam počela da volontiram za organizaciju

called Women's Health Statewide,

po imenu Zdravlje žena širom zemlje,

and I joined their female genital mutilation program

i priključila se njihovom programu genitalnog sakaćenja žena

without any awareness of what this program was actually about,

bez svesti o tome o čemu je program zapravo,

or that it related to me in any way.

ili da ima veze sa mnom na bilo koji način.

I spent months educating nurses and doctors

Provela sam mesece edukujući medicinske sestre i doktore

about what female genital mutilation was

o tome šta je žensko genitalno sakaćenje

and where it was practiced:

i gde se upražnjava:

Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and now, Australia and London and America,

u Africi, Srednjem istoku, Aziji, i sada i u Australiji, Londonu i Americi,

because, as we all know, we live in a multicultural society,

jer, kao što svi znamo, živimo u multikulturalnom društvu,

and people who come from those backgrounds come with their culture,

ljudi koji dolaze iz tih sredina dolaze sa svojom kulturom,

and sometimes they have cultural practices that we may not agree with,

i ponekad imaju kulturalne običaje sa kojima se možemo ne slagati,

but they continue to practice them.

ali nastavljaju da ih obavljaju.

One day, I was looking at the chart

Jednog dana, gledala sam prikaz

of the different types of female genital mutilation,

različitih tipova sakaćenja ženskih genitalija.

FGM, I will just say FGM for short.

SŽG, govoriću SŽG skraćeno.

Type I is when they cut off the hood.

Tip I je kada odseku kapicu.

Type II is when they cut off the whole clitoris

Tip II je kada odseku ceo klitoris

and some of your labia majora, or your outer lips,

i nešto od velikih polnih usana, ili spoljnih usmina,

and Type III is when they cut off the whole clitoris

a tip III je kada odseku ceo klitoris

and then they sew you up

i onda vas zašiju

so you only have a little hole to pee and have your period.

tako da imate samo malu rupu da piškite i da imate menstuaciju.

My eyes went onto Type II.

Oči su mi krenule ka tipu II.

Before all of this, I pretty much had amnesia.

Pre svega ovoga, uglavnom sam imala amneziju.

I was in so much shock and traumatized by what had happened,

Bila sam u tolikom šoku i traumatizovana time što se dogodilo,

I didn't remember any of it.

da se nisam sećala ničeg od toga.

Yes, I was aware something bad happened to me,

Da, bila sam svesna da mi se dogodilo nešto loše,

but I had no recollection of what had happened.

ali nisam imala sećanje na to šta se dogodilo.

I knew I had a scar down there,

Znala sam da imam ožiljak tamo dole,

but I thought everybody had a scar down there.

ali sam mislilila da svi imaju ožiljak tu.

This had happened to everybody else.

To se i svima ostalima dogodilo.

But when I looked at Type II, it all came back to me.

Ali kada sam pogledala tip II, sve mi se vratilo.

I remembered what was done to me.

Setila sam se šta mi je učinjeno.

I remembered being in that hut

Setila sam se da sam bila u toj kolibi

with that old lady and my mom holding me down.

sa tomo staricom i mojom mamom koja me je držala.

Words cannot express the pain I felt,

Reči ne mogu opisati bol koji sam osetila,

the confusion that I felt,

zbunjenost koju sam osetila,

because now I realized that what was done to me was a terrible thing

jer sam sada shvatala da je ono što mi je učinjeno užasna stvar

that in this society was called barbaric,

koju u ovom društvu nazivaju varvarskom,

it was called mutilation.

nazvana je sakaćenjem.

My mother had said it was called circumcision,

Moja majka je rekla da se zove obrezivanje,

but here it was mutilation.

ali ovde je to sakaćenje.

I was thinking, I'm mutilated? I'm a mutilated person.

Mislila sam: ja sam osakaćena? Ja sam osakaćena osoba.

Oh my God.

O Bože.

And then the anger came.

I tada je nastupio bes.

I was a black angry woman. (Laughter)

Bila sam ljuta crnkinja. (Smeh)

Oh yeah.

O da.

A little one, but angry nevertheless.

Mala, ali ipak ljuta.

I went home and said to my mom,

Otišla sam kući i rekla mami:

"You did something."

"Uradila si nešto."

This is not the African thing to do, pointing at your mother,

To nije afrički činiti, upirati prstom na svoju majku,

but hey, I was ready for any consequences.

ali hej, bila sam spremna na posledice.

"You did something to me."

"Nešto si mi uradila."

She's like, "What are you talking about, Khadija?"

Ona će: "O čemu pričaš, Kadidža?"

She's used to me mouthing off.

Navikla je da imam dugačak jezik.

I'm like, "Those years ago, You circumcised me.

Rekla sam: "Pre toliko godina, ti si me obrezala.

You cut away something that belonged to me."

Odsekla si nešto što mi je pripadalo."

She said, "Yes, I did.

Ona je rekla: "Da, jesam.

I did it for your own good.

Uradila sam to za tvoje dobro.

It was in your best interest.

Bilo je u tvom najboljem interesu.

Your grandmother did it to me, and I did it to you.

Tvoja baka je to uradila meni, i ja sam uradila tebi.

It's made you a woman."

To te je učinilo ženom."

I'm like, "How?"

Ja ću na to: "Kako?"

She said, "You're empowered, Khadija.

Ona je rekla: "Osnažena si, Kadija.

Do you get itchy down there?"

Da li te zasvrbi tamo dole?"

I'm like, "No, why would I get itchy down there?"

Ja kažem: "Ne, zašto bi me zasvrbelo tamo dole?"

She said, "Well, if you were not circumcised,

Rekla je: "Pa, da nisi obrezana,

you would get itchy down there.

zasvrbelo bi te tamo dole.

Women who are not circumcised get itchy all the time.

Žene koje nisu obrezane stalno svrbi.

Then they sleep around with everybody.

Onda spavaju okolo sa svima.

You are not going to sleep around with anybody."

Ti nećeš spavati ni sa kim."

And I thought,

Pomislila sam,

her definition of empowerment was very strange. (Laughter)

njena definicija osnaživanja je vrlo čudna. (Smeh)

That was the end of our first conversation.

To je bio kraj našeg prvog razgovora.

I went back to school.

Vratila sam se u školu.

These were the days when we had Dolly and Girlfriend magazines.

To su bili dani kada smo imali časopise Doli i Drugarica.

There was always the sealed section. Anybody remember those sealed sections?

Uvek je postojao zatvoreni odeljak. Da li se iko seća tih zatvorenih odeljaka?

The naughty bits, you know?

Nevaljali delovi, znate?

Oh yeah, I love those. (Laughter)

O da, volim ih. (Smeh)

Anyway, there was always an article about pleasure

Uglavnom, uvek je tu bio članak o zadovoljstvu

and relationships and, of course, sex.

i vezama i naravno, o seksu.

But it always assumed that you had a clitoris, though,

Ali se uvek pretpostavljalo da imate klitoris,

and I thought, this doesn't fit me.

i mislila sam, ovde se ne uklapam.

This doesn't talk about people like me.

Ovo ne govori o ljudima kao što sam ja.

I don't have a clitoris.

Ja nemam klitoris.

I watched TV and those women would moan like, "Oh! Oh!"

Gledala sam TV i te žene bi stenjale: "Ah! Ah!"

I was like, these people and their damned clitoris.

Mislila sam, ti ljudi i njihov prokleti klitoris.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

What is a woman without a clitoris supposed to do with her life?

Šta žena bez klitorisa treba da uradi sa svojim životom?

That's what I want to know.

To ja hoću da znam.

I want to do that too -- "Oh! Oh!" and all of that.

Hoću i ja da to radim - "Ah! Ah!" i tako to.

Didn't happen.

Nije se desilo.

So I came home once again and said to my mom,

Došla sam kući još jednom i rekla mami:

"Dolly and Girlfriend said I deserve pleasure,

"Doli i Drugarica kažu da zaslužujem zadovoljstvo,

that I should be having orgasms,

da treba da imam orgazme,

and that white men should figure out how to find the clitoris."

i da beli muškarci treba da otkriju kako da nađu klitoris."

Apparently, white men have a problem finding the clitoris.

Navodno, belci imaju problem da pronađu klitoris.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Just saying, it wasn't me. It was Dolly that said that.

Samo kažem, nisam ja. Doli je to rekla.

And I thought to myself, I had an inner joke in my head

I pomislila sam, imala sam unutrašnju šalu u glavi

that said, "I will marry a white man.

koja kaže: "Udaću se za belca.

He won't have that problem with me." (Laughter)

On neće imati taj problem sa mnom." (Smeh)

So I said to my mom,

Rekla sam mami:

"Dolly and Girlfriend said I deserve pleasure, and do you know

"Doli i Drugarica kažu da zaslužujem zadovoljstvo, i da li znaš

what you have taken away from me, what you have denied me?

šta si mi oduzela, šta si mi uskratila?

You have invaded me in the most sacred way.

Oskrnavila si me na najsvetiji način.

I want pleasure.

Želim zadovoljstvo.

I want to get horny, dammit, as well."

Želim i ja da se napalim, dođavola."

And she said to me, "Who is Dolly and Girlfriend?

A ona mi je rekla: "Ko su Doli i Drugarica?

Are they your new friends, Khadija?"

Da li su to tvoji novi prijatelji, Kadidža?"

I was like, "No, they're not. That's a magazine, mom, a magazine."

Ja ću na to: "Ne, nisu. To je časopis, mama, časopis."

She didn't get it.

Nije ukapirala.

We came from two different worlds.

Došle smo iz dva različita sveta.

When she was growing up, not having a clitoris was the norm.

Kada je ona odrastala, bilo je pravilo nemati klitoris.

It was celebrated.

To je bilo slavljeno.

I was an African Australian girl.

Ja sam bila afro-australijanska devojka.

I lived in a society that was very clitoris-centric.

Živela sam u društvu koje je bilo veoma klitoris-centrično.

It was all about the damn clitoris!

Sve se vrtelo oko prokletog klitorisa!

And I didn't have one!

A ja ga nisam imala!

That pissed me off.

To me je izluđivalo.

So once I went through this strange phase of anger

Kad sam prošla kroz ovu čudnu fazu besa

and pain and confusion,

i bola i zbunjenosti,

I remember booking an appointment with my therapist.

sećam se da sam zakazala sastanak sa terapeutom.

Yes, I'm an African who has a therapist. There you go.

Da, ja sam Afrikanka koji ima terapeuta. Eto.

And I said to her,

I rekla sam joj:

"I was 13. I was a child.

"Imala sam 13 godina. Bila sam dete.

Doseljavala sam se u novu zemlju,

I was settling in a new country,

I was dealing with racism and discrimination,

suočavala sam se sa rasizmom i diskriminacijom,

English is my third language, and then there it was."

engleski je moj treći jezik, a onda je to usledilo"

I said to her, "I feel like I'm not a woman

I rekla sam joj: "Osećam se kao da nisam žena

because of what was done to me.

zbog onoga što mi je učinjeno.

I feel incomplete.

Osećam se nepotpuno.

Am I going to be asexual?"

Da li ću biti aseksualna?"

Because from what I knew about FGM,

Jer iz onoga što znam o SŽG,

the whole aim of it was to control the sexuality of women.

čitav cilj toga je bio da se kontroliše seksualnost žena.

It's so that we don't have any sexual desire.

Tako da nemaju seksualnu želju.

And I said, "Am I asexual now?

Pitala sam: "Da li sam sada aseksualna?

Will I just live the rest of my life not feeling like having sex,

Da li ću ostatak života živeti bez želje za seksom,

not enjoying sex?"

bez uživanja u seksu?"

She couldn't answer my questions,

Nije mogla da odgovori na moja pitanja,

so they went unanswered.

tako da su ostala bez odgovora.

When I started having my period around the age of 14,

Kada sam počela da dobijam menstruaciju oko 14. godine,

I realized I didn't have normal periods because of FGM.

shvatila sam da nemam normalne menstruacije zbog SŽG.

My periods were heavy, they were long, and they were very painful.

Moje menstruacije su bile obilne, duge, i bile su vrlo bolne.

Then they told me I had fibroids.

Onda su mi rekli da imam fibroze.

They're like these little balls sitting there.

To su kao ovakve loptice koje stoje tamo.

One was covering one of my ovaries.

Jedna je prekrivala jedan moj jajnik.

And there came then the big news.

A zatim su stigle velike vesti.

"We don't think you can have children, Khadija."

"Mislimo da ne možeš da imaš decu, Kadidža."

And once again, I was an angry black woman.

Još jednom, bila sam ljuta crnkinja.

I went home and I said to my mom,

Otišla sam kući i rekla mojoj mami:

"Your act, your action, no matter what your may defense may be" --

"Tvoje delo, tvoj postupak, bez obzira kakvo bilo tvoje opravdanje" -

because she thought she did it out love --

jer je mislila da je to uradila iz ljubavi -

"what you did out of love is harming me, and it's hurting me.

"ono što si uradila iz ljubavi mi škodi, i povređuje me.

What do you have to say for that?"

Šta imaš da kažeš na to?"

She said, "I did what I had to do as a mother."

Rekla je: "Uradila sam šta sam morala da uradim kao majka."

I'm still waiting for an apology, by the way.

Još uvek čekam izvinjenje, uzgred.

Then I got married.

Onda sam se udala.

And once again --

I još jednom -

FGM is like the gift that keeps giving.

SŽG je kao poklon koji ti stalno daruje.

You figure that out very soon.

Shvatićete ubrzo.

Sex was very painful.

Seks je bio vrlo bolan.

It hurt all the time.

Stalno je bolelo.

And of course I realized, they said, "You can't have kids."

I naravno razumela sam, rekli su: "Ne možeš da imaš dece."

I thought, "Wow, is this my existence? Is this what life is all about?"

Mislila sam: "Vau, da li je ovo moja egzistencija?

Da li je ovo sve u životu?"

Ponosna sam što ću vam reći,

I'm proud to tell you,

five months ago,

pre pet meseci,

I was told I was pregnant.

rekli su mi da sam trudna.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I am the lucky girl.

Ja sam srećnica.

There are so many women out there who have gone through FGM

Postoji toliko žena koje su prošle kroz SŽG

who have infertility.

koja su neplodne.

I know a nine-year-old girl who has incontinence, constant infections, pain.

Znam devetogodišnjakinju koja ima inkontinenciju, stalne infekcije, bol.

It's that gift. It doesn't stop giving.

To je taj poklon. Ne prestaje da daruje.

It affects every area of your life,

Utiče na svaku oblast vašeg života,

and this happened to me because I was born a girl

a to mi se dogodilo jer sam se rodila kao devojčica

in the wrong place.

na pogrešnom mestu.

That's why it happened to me.

Zato mi se to desilo.

I channel all that anger, all that pain, into advocacy

Kanališem sav taj bes, sav taj bol, u advokaturu

because I needed my pain to be worth something.

jer mi je potrebno da moj bol vredi nečemu.

So I'm the director of an organization called No FGM Australia.

Direktor sam organizacije po imenu "Ne SŽG-u u Australiji".

You heard me right.

Dobro ste me čuli.

Why No FGM Australia?

Zašto "Ne SŽG-u u Australiji"?

FGM is in Australia.

SŽG je u Australiji.

Two days ago, I had to call Child Protective Services,

Pre dva dana sam morala da zovem službu za zaštitu dece,

because somewhere in Australia,

jer negde u Australiji

there's a four-year old

nalazi se devojčica od četiri godine,

there's a four-year-old whose mom is planning on performing FGM on her.

čija mama planira da izvrši SŽG na njoj.

That child is in kindy. I'll let that sink in: four years old.

To dete je u vrtiću. Da ponovim: ima četiri godine.

A couple of months ago, I met a lady who is married to a Malaysian man.

Pre nekoliko meseci, upoznala sam ženu koja je udata za čoveka sa Malezije.

Her husband came home one day and said he was going to take their daughters

Njen suprug je došao kući jednog dana i rekao da će odvesti njihove ćerke

back to Malaysia to cut off their clitoris.

nazad u Maleziju da im odseče klitoris.

And she said, "Why?" He said they were dirty.

Pitala je: "Zašto?" Rekao je da su prljave.

And she said, "Well, you married me."

Ona je rekla: "Pa, oženio si se sa mnom."

He said, "Oh, this is my cultural belief."

Rekao je: "O, to je verovanje u mojoj kulturi."

They then went into a whole discussion where she said to him,

Onda su ušli u čitavu diskusiju u kojoj mu je rekla:

"Over my dead body will you do that to my daughters."

"Preko mene mrtve ćeš to uraditi mojim ćerkama."

But imagine if this woman wasn't aware of what FGM was,

Ali zamislite da ova žena nije bila svesna toga šta je SŽG,

if they never had that conversation?

da nikada nisu obavili taj razgovor?

Her children would have been flown over to Malaysia

Njena deca bi bila odvedena u Maleziju

and they would have come back changed for the rest of their lives.

i vratila bi se izmenjena za ceo život.

Do you know the millions of dollars

Da li znate koliko miliona dolara

it would take us to deal with an issue like that?

bi nam bilo potrebno da se borimo sa takvim problemom?

[Three children per day] in Australia

Svakoga dana tri deteta u Australiji

are at risk of having FGM performed on them.

su pod rizikom da SŽG bude izvršeno nad njima.

This is an Australian problem, people.

To je problem Australije, narode.

It's not an African problem. It's not a Middle Eastern problem.

Nije problem Afrike. Nije problem Srednjeg Istoka.

It's not white, it's not black, it has no color, it's everybody's problem.

Nije belački, nije crnački, nema boju, to je svačiji problem.

FGM is child abuse.

SŽG je zlostavljanje dece.

It's violence against women.

To je nasilje nad ženama.

It's saying that women don't have a right to sexual pleasure.

To je iskaz da žene nemaju pravo na seksualno zadovoljstvo.

It says we don't have a right to our bodies.

Govori da nemamo pravo na svoja tela.

Well, I say no to that, and you know what? Bullshit.

Pa, kažem ne tome, i znate šta? Sranje.

That's what I have to say to that.

To imam da kažem tome.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I am proud to say that I'm doing my part in ending FGM.

Ponosno kažem da imam udela u okončanju SŽG.

What are you going to do?

Šta ćete vi da uradite?

There may be a child in your classroom who is at risk of FGM.

Možda u vašoj učionici postoji dete koje je pod rizikom od SŽG.

There may be a patient who comes to your hospital

Možda postoji pacijent koji dolazi u vašu bolnicu

who is at risk of FGM.

koji je pod rizikom od SŽG.

But this is the reality,

Ali ovo je stvarnost,

that even in our beloved Australia,

da čak i u našoj voljenoj Australiji,

the most wonderful place in the world,

najdivnijem mestu na svetu,

children are being abused because of a culture.

decu zlostavljaju zbog kulture.

Culture should not be a defense for child abuse.

Kultura ne treba da bude opravdanje za zlostavljanje dece.

I want ever single one of you to see FGM as an issue for you.

Želim da svako od vas vidi SŽG kao problem za sebe.

Make it personal.

Doživite ga na ličnom nivou.

It could be your daughter, your sister, your cousin.

To bi mogla biti vaša ćerka, sestra, rođaka.

I can't fight FGM alone.

Ne mogu se sama boriti sa SŽG.

I could try, but I can't.

Mogla bih da pokušam, ali ne mogu.

So my appeal to you is, please join me.

Moja molba vama je: molim vas da mi se pridružite.

Sign my petition on Change.org

Potpišite moju peticiju na Change.org

and type in Khadija, my name, and it'll come up, and sign it.

i unesite Kadidža, moje ime, izaći će, i potpišite je.

The aim of that is to get support for FGM victims in Australia

Cilj je da dobijemo podršku za žrtve SŽG u Australiji

and to protect little girls growing up here

i da zaštitimo devojčice koje ovde odrastaju

to not have this evil done to them,

da im se ne dogodi ovo zlo,

because every child has a right to pleasure.

jer svako dete ima pravo na zadovoljstvo.

Every child has a right to their bodies being left intact,

Svako dete ima pravo da njegovo telo ostane netaknuto,

and dammit, ever child has a right to a clitoris.

i dođavola, svako dete ima pravo na klitoris.

So please join me in ending this act.

Molim vas da mi se priključite u okončanju ovog čina.

My favorite quote is,

Moj omiljeni citat je:

"All it takes for evil to prevail

"Sve što je potrebno da zlo pobedi

is for a few good men and women to do nothing."

je da dobri ljudi ništa ne učine."

Are you going to let this evil of female genital mutilation

Da li ćete dopustiti tom zlu sakaćenja ženskih genitalija

to prevail in Australia?

da pobedi u Australiji?

I don't think so,

Ne verujem,

so please join me in ensuring that it ends in my generation.

zato vas molim da mi se pridružite

da se postaramo da se to završi sa mojom generacijom.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)