School Is Just the Start. Here's How to Help Girls Succeed for Life | Angeline Murimirwa | TED

翻译人员: Sophia Ye 校对人员: sylvia feng

You've all heard the story about girls' education.

你们都听过关于女童教育的故事。

It goes like this:

它是这样说的：

To end poverty, educate a girl.

要消除贫困，就要教育女孩。

To tackle climate change, educate a girl.

要应对气候变化，就要教育女孩。

To solve the health crisis, educate a girl.

要解决健康危机，就要教育女孩。

It seems like girls' education is the closest thing we have

似乎女童教育是我们拥有的最接近

to an actual silver bullet.

真正万能解药的东西。

There's just one problem.

只是有一个问题。

When you send a girl to school

当你将一个女孩送进学校，

without radically reshaping the support structures around her,

而没有从根本上重塑她周围 的支持结构时，

you're just putting a diploma in her hand.

你只是把文凭放在她手上

If she gets that far.

如果她能走到这一步。

And slotting her right back into a world of poverty and inequality.

然后将她重新安置在贫困和 不平等的世界中。

What's more,

更重要的是，

as one of the few survivors of a system stacked against her,

作为一个在针对她的系统中存活 下来的少数幸存者，

she'll feel isolated and overwhelmed by all of the expectations

她会感到孤立和被所有对她的教育

of how her education will somehow change everything.

将如何改变一切的期望所压倒。

I remember primary school in Zimbabwe

我还记得津巴布韦的小学，

where a teacher would tell his top pupil to hide in a toilet

那里的一位老师会告诉他的顶尖学生

whenever the inspectors came

在巡视员来时躲在厕所里，

because they would send her home for not paying her levies.

因为巡视员会因为 她没有支付费用而把她送回家。

Her experience of isolation,

她在一个混凝土小隔间的坑上蹲着，

crouching barefoot in a torn dress

光着脚穿着破烂的连衣裙，

over a pit in a concrete cubicle

感到孤立无助的经历只是加剧了 她在接到中学奖学金后的感受。

only intensified when she received a scholarship to secondary school.

One of the few to get this chance,

她是为数不多有这个机会的人之一，

she was wracked by guilt.

她被内疚所困扰。

Her own mom had sold two buckets of maize

她自己的妈妈卖掉了两桶玉米

to buy her a blanket

来给她买一床毯子和一个牙刷，

and a toothbrush for boarding school.

供她上寄宿学校使用。

That meant her family would give up many meals to see her through.

她的家人放弃了很多餐来支持她。

How was she ever going to repay this investment?

她将如何偿还这笔投资呢？

This girl often thought of dropping out.

这个女孩经常考虑辍学。

Imagine suffering survivor's guilt just for being in school.

想象一下，只是因为上学， 就遭受幸存者的罪恶感。

Imagine feeling the pressure,

想象一下，

not just to address your own family poverty,

不仅要解决自己家庭的贫困问题，

还要成为解决世界问题 的办法的压力。

but to be the solution to the world's problems.

To change her trajectory and reap the benefits of girls' education,

要改变她的人生轨迹并从 女童教育中获益，

we have to lift the burden

我们必须减轻对每个

placed on the shoulders of each single girl,

单独女孩肩上所加的负担，

the pressure to beat the odds on her own

减轻她们自己战胜困境的压力，

and to suddenly make the world a better place

并突然让她们为了所有人 使世界变得更美好。

for everyone when they do.

I'm excited to tell you

我很高兴告诉你们，

there is a growing sisterhood of educated young women in Africa

在非洲有一群越来 越多的受过教育的年轻女性

who are doing just that.

正在做到这一点。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

They know firsthand the complex web of barriers to girls' education

她们亲身经历了女童教育之外

that extends well beyond the school gates.

延伸的复杂障碍网络。

They have felt the effects of poverty and hunger,

她们感受到了贫困和饥饿、

child marriage and teen pregnancy.

童婚和青少年怀孕的影响。

And now they are ensuring that vulnerable girls have a sister to lean on

现在，她们确保弱势女孩 在课堂和生活中

in the classroom and throughout their lives.

有一个可以依靠的姐妹。

Part of the Campaign for Female Education, CAMFED,

作为女性教育运动 （CAMFED）的一部分，

these women spearhead a model that helps girls thrive in school

这些女性领导了一个模式， 帮助女孩在学校中蓬勃发展，

and equip them with the skills and support network

并为她们提供成功所

they need to succeed.

需的技能和支持网络。

Armed with agency and confidence,

在掌握了主动权和信心后，

girls change the trajectory of their own lives

女孩们改变了自己生活的轨迹，

and together tackle the structural inequality

并共同解决了阻碍妇女发展

that holds women back.

的结构性不平等问题。

We provide girls with financial and material support

我们为女孩们提供财务和物质支持，

for school basics like decent clothes,

用于购买像体面的衣服、

notebooks and menstrual products

笔记本和卫生用品这样 的学校基本用品，

in a context where one month's supply can cost as much as 20 meals.

而在某些情况下，

一个月的卫生用品费用 可能相当于20顿饭的价格。

We built and nurture a social support network around girls,

我们在女孩周围建立和培养社会支持网络，

community committees that safeguard children,

社区委员会保护儿童，

parents who cook school meals and build safe toilets,

家长做饭提供 学校餐食和建造安全厕所，

chiefs who tackle child marriage and lift women's voices up.

首领解决童婚问题 并提升妇女的声音。

Crucially, the graduates who join our sisterhood

至关重要的是， 毕业生们加入我们的姐妹团队，

return to the classroom to accompany girls

回到课堂上陪伴女孩度过从学校 到独立的旅程。

on the journey through school to independence.

We've done this for decades and know how successful it is.

我们做了几十年， 知道这是多么成功。

These sisters are leaders who lift each other up

这些姐妹是互相扶持的领导者，

and ensure that no girl has to carry the weight of poverty

确保没有女孩必须独自承担贫困

and expectations on her own.

和期望的重担。

When you have a job interview,

当你参加工作面试时，

a sister will lend you a dress.

姐妹会借给你一件裙子。

When you apply for university, a sister will talk you through the jargon.

当你申请大学时， 姐妹会解释给你听这些术语。

You know, when you move to a different district,

你知道，当你搬到一个不同的地区时，

a sister will introduce you to her networks.

姐妹会介绍你给她的人脉。

And when you face challenges in your business,

当你的生意面临挑战时，

a sister will loan you money

姐妹会借给你钱，

and ask that you pay it forward to another.

并要求你将来借钱给其他人。

When you have a sick family member,

当你有一个生病的家庭成员时，

a sister will show up in the hospital.

姐妹会出现在医院里。

In some cases,

在某些情况下，

we have so many sisters show up, they have to be turned away.

我们有这么多的姐妹出现， 他们必须被拒之门外。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Finishing school is just the start of a challenging journey for a rural girl.

完成学业只是农村女孩面临的 充满挑战的旅程的开始。

It's the success of women who have gone before her,

成功的女性先驱们的成功向 她展示了可能性。

who succeeded before her,

that show her what's possible.

And as more girls graduate, that journey becomes easier.

随着越来越多的女孩毕业， 这个旅程变得更容易。

This is not just about a tool to solve the world's hardest problems.

这不仅仅是关于解决世界 上最困难的问题的工具，

It's a story about communities joining forces in a model

它是一个关于社区团结的故事，

that sees girls' education as the route to agency and leadership.

一个将女童教育视为获得主动权和 领导力的途径。

And the benefits are clear to see.

这些好处是显而易见的。

Our CAMFED association is now

我们的CAMFED组织现在

more than a quarter of a million young women strong.

已经有超过 25 万名年轻女性。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

And more than 56,000 members hold local,

超过 56,000 名成员担任当地、

national and international leadership positions.

国家和国际领导职务。

But the most important thing about this sisterhood

但是，这个姐妹团的最重要

is our multiplier effect.

之处在于我们的倍增效应。

The average member financially supports

平均而言，每位成员会

the education of at least three more girls.

为至少另外三个女孩提供经济支持。

And as the sisterhood flywheel spins faster and faster,

随着姐妹团队越来越快地转动，

young women sit at decision-making tables,

年轻女性坐在决策桌旁，

change gender norms

改变性别规范，

and ensure millions more girls benefit.

确保更多女孩受益。

I know the impact this will have on vulnerable girls

我知道这对弱势女孩 会有怎样的影响，

because I was one of them.

因为我就是其中之一。

Remember that girl hiding from the inspectors

还记得那个躲避巡视员并

and worrying how to pay back her mom's sacrifice?

担心如何偿还母亲牺牲的女孩吗？

That was me.

那就是我。

I was one of the first girls supported by CAMFED in Zimbabwe.

我是CAMFED在津巴布韦支持 的第一批女孩之一。

And today,

今天，

I'm the CEO of the very organization that sent me to school.

我是这个机构的首席执行官， 这个机构正是将我送上学的机构。

(Cheers and applause)

（掌声）

And what keeps me sane and energized

在最困难的时刻， 让我保持理智和充满活力的是

during the toughest of times

is the sisterhood I co-founded, which sits at the heart of our programs.

我共同创办的姐妹团队， 它是我们项目的核心。

It’s a safe space where you can show up as you are

这是一个安全的空间， 在这里你可以展示真实的自己，

and leave better than when you came.

离开时比来时更好。

The kind of space all of us need to thrive.

这是我们所有人都需要 茁壮成长的空间。

So believe me when I tell you,

所以请相信我，

girls' education is the silver bullet.

女童教育是万能的解药。

But only, only, if you do it right.

但是，只有在正确 的道路上才能发挥作用。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

(Cheers and applause)

（掌声）