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

翻译人员: Jia Zeng 校对人员: Karen SONG

Many times

有很多次

I go around the world to speak,

我到世界各地演讲时

and people ask me questions

大家会问我

about the challenges,

关于我遇到的挑战

my moments,

对我关键的时刻

some of my regrets.

和我的遗憾

1998:

1998年

A single mother of four,

身为一个有四个孩子的单亲妈妈

three months after the birth of my fourth child,

生下第四个孩子还不过三个月

I went to do a job

我找到一份

as a research assistant.

研究助理的工作

I went to Northern Liberia.

我去了利比里亚北部

And as part of the work,

作为工作的一部分

the village would give you lodgings.

当地村庄会提供住宿

And they gave me lodging with a single mother

我被安排与一位单亲妈妈

and her daughter.

和她的女儿住在一起

This girl happened to be

那个女孩子正巧是

the only girl in the entire village

全村唯一一个

who had made it

读到九年级的

to the ninth grade.

女孩

She was the laughing stock of the community.

她是村里人的笑柄

Her mother was often told by other women,

其他女人常常对她母亲说

"You and your child

“ 你和你的孩子

will die poor."

注定穷一辈子。”

After two weeks of working in that village,

我在这个村庄工作了两个星期

it was time to go back.

到了回家的时候

The mother came to me, knelt down,

这位母亲来到我面前，跪了下来

and said, "Leymah, take my daughter.

然后说；“莱伊曼，带我女儿走。

I wish for her

我希望她

to be a nurse."

能做一个护士。“

Dirt poor, living in the home with my parents,

一贫如洗，住在父母家里

I couldn't afford to.

我不能担负起这个责任。

With tears in my eyes,

我流着泪说：

I said, "No."

“不行。”

Two months later,

两个月后，

I go to another village

我去了另一个村庄

on the same assignment

做同样的工作

and they asked me to live with the village chief.

他们安排我和村长一起住

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

这个女村长带着一个小女孩

fair color like me,

和我一样也是混血的

totally dirty.

全身脏兮兮的

And all day she walked around

她整天不论去哪

only in her underwear.

都只穿着内衣

When I asked, "Who is that?"

我问：“她是谁？”

She said, "That's Wei.

村长说，她是Wei

The meaning of her name is pig.

这个名字的意思是猪

Her mother died while giving birth to her,

她母亲在生她的时候死了

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

没人知道她父亲是谁

For two weeks, she became my companion,

在那两周里，她常和我在一起

slept with me.

和我一起睡

I bought her used clothes

我给她买二手衣服

and bought her her first doll.

和她的第一个玩具娃娃

The night before I left,

我离开的前夜

she came to the room

她来到我的房间

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

说，莱伊曼，不要丢下我

I wish to go with you.

我想跟你走

I wish to go to school."

我想上学

Dirt poor, no money,

一贫如洗

living with my parents,

和父母住在一起

I again said, "No."

我还是只能说：“不行。”

Two months later,

两个月后

both of those villages fell into another war.

这两个村庄都卷入另一场战争

Till today, I have no idea

至今我还不知道

where those two girls are.

这些女孩在哪里

Fast-forward, 2004:

快进到2004年

In the peak of our activism,

在我们的激进运动如火如荼地展开的时候

the minister of Gender Liberia called me

利比里亚性别与发展部部长打电话给我

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

说，莱伊曼，我有个九岁的女孩要交给你

I want you to bring her home

我想让你带她回家

because we don't have safe homes."

因为我们没有可以给她容身的安全的地方

The story of this little girl:

这个小女孩的情况是

She had been raped

她被她的祖父

by her paternal grandfather

强暴了

every day for six months.

整整六个月，日复一日

She came to me bloated,

她来的时候全身浮肿

very pale.

面色苍白

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

每晚我下班回来后，躺在冰冷的地板上

She'd lie beside me

她躺在我身边

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

说，阿姨，我希望一切会变好

I wish to go to school."

我想上学

2010:

2010年

A young woman stands before President Sirleaf

一个年轻女子站在瑟利夫总统面前

and gives her testimony

以她的亲身经历作证

of how she and her siblings live together,

讲述她和她的兄弟姐妹住在一起

their father and mother died during the war.

他们的父母死于战争中

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

她十九岁，她的梦想是上大学

to be able to support them.

并有能力培养她的兄弟姐妹

She's highly athletic.

她很有运动天分

One of the things that happens

她遭遇的一件事是

is that she applies for a scholarship.

她申请了奖学金

Full scholarship. She gets it.

也拿到了全额奖学金

Her dream of going to school,

她求学的梦想

her wish of being educated,

接受教育的期望

is finally here.

终于实现了

She goes to school on the first day.

她去学校的第一天

The director of sports

学校的体育主任

who's responsible for getting her into the program

把她招到这个专业项目的负责人

asks her to come out of class.

把她叫出教室

And for the next three years,

在接下来的三年里

her fate will be

她的命运是

having sex with him every day,

每天都与他发生性关系

as a favor for getting her in school.

作为让她进学校的报答

Globally, we have policies,

在世界各地，我们有各种政策

international instruments,

各种国际组织

work leaders.

各项工作的领导者

Great people have made commitments --

伟大的人物许下诺言——

we will protect our children

我们会保护我们的儿童

from want and from fear.

远离贫困，远离恐惧

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

联合国有《儿童权利公约》

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

在美国，我们知道有《有教无类法》之类的条文

Other countries come with different things.

其他国家也有不同的政策

There is a Millennium Development called Three

联合国将它千年发展目标的第三条

that focuses on girls.

聚焦在女孩身上

All of these great works by great people

所有这些伟大人物做出的伟大工作

aimed at getting young people

旨在带领年轻人

to where we want to get them globally,

达到我们希望他们到达的境界

I think, has failed.

我认为，这些工作都失败了

In Liberia, for example,

比如说，在利比里亚

the teenage pregnancy rate

少女怀孕率

is three to every 10 girls.

是十分之三

Teen prostitution is at its peak.

少女卖淫率创下历史新高

In one community, we're told,

在一个社区，有人告诉我们

you wake up in the morning

早上起来时候

and see used condoms like used chewing gum paper.

可以看到用过的安全套像用过的口香糖包装纸一样四处都是

Girls as young as 12 being prostituted

年仅十二岁的女孩出卖自己的身体

for less than a dollar a night.

一个晚上赚不到一美元

It's disheartening, it's sad.

这令人痛心，令人悲伤

And then someone asked me,

在我来TED演讲的前几天

just before my TEDTalk, a few days ago,

有人问我

"So where is the hope?"

希望在哪里？

Several years ago, a few friends of mine

几年前，我和几个朋友

decided we needed to bridge the disconnect

决定我们必须弥合

between our generation

这一代人

and the generation of young women.

与这一代年轻女性之间的断层

It's not enough to say

光提这些，不足以说明鸿沟有多深

you have two Nobel laureates from the Republic of Liberia

利比里亚共和国有两位诺贝尔奖得主

when your girls' kids are totally out there

他们也有那么多的少女妈妈

and no hope, or seemingly no hope.

毫无希望，或者看起来毫无希望

We created a space

我们创造了一个空间

called the Young Girls Transformative Project.

叫做年轻女孩改造计划

We go into rural communities

我们到农村社区里去

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

而我们所做的，就像我们在这儿做的事一样

is create the space.

是创造空间

When these girls sit,

这些女孩坐下来的时候

you unlock intelligence,

你释放智慧

you unlock passion,

释放激情

you unlock commitment,

释放信念

you unlock focus,

释放关注

you unlock great leaders.

释放伟大的领导者

Today, we've worked with over 300.

今天，我们帮助了超过三百个女孩

And some of those girls

其中的一些

who walked in the room very shy

走进房间时非常害羞的女孩

have taken bold steps, as young mothers,

已经大胆地迈出脚步，像那些年轻妈妈们，

to go out there and advocate

挺身而出

for the rights of other young women.

为其他年轻女性争取权利

One young woman I met,

我遇到过一个年轻女性

teen mother of four,

十几岁时就有了四个孩子

never thought about finishing high school,

从没想过读完高中

graduated successfully;

结果顺利毕业了

never thought about going to college,

从没想过上大学

enrolled in college.

结果被录取了

One day she said to me,

有一天她和我说

"My wish is to finish college

我的梦想是读完大学

and be able to support my children."

并有能力培养我的孩子们

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

她住在一个无法让她

to go to school.

赚够钱上学的地方

She sells water, sells soft drinks

她卖水，卖软饮料

and sells recharge cards for cellphones.

卖手机充值卡

And you would think she would take that money

你们可能会认为她会把这些钱

and put it back into her education.

拿回来当她自己的教育基金

Juanita is her name.

她的名字是胡安尼塔

She takes that money

她带着这些钱

and finds single mothers in her community

找到她社区里的单亲妈妈

to send back to school.

让她们重返校园

Says, "Leymah, my wish

她说，莱伊曼，我的愿望

is to be educated.

是接受教育

And if I can't be educated,

如果我不能接受教育

when I see some of my sisters being educated,

当我看到我的姐妹们接受教育的时候

my wish has been fulfilled.

我的愿望就实现了

I wish for a better life.

我希望生活能更好

I wish for food for my children.

我希望我的孩子们有东西吃

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

我希望学校里不再有性虐待和性剥削

This is the dream of the African girl.

这就是这位非洲女孩的梦想

Several years ago,

几年前

there was one African girl.

有一个非洲女孩

This girl had a son

这个女孩有个儿子

who wished for a piece of doughnut

他想要一块甜甜圈

because he was extremely hungry.

因为他饿到了极点

Angry, frustrated,

愤怒，沮丧

really upset

不安

about the state of her society

带着对她的社会

and the state of her children,

和她的孩子现状的不满

this young girl started a movement,

这个年轻女孩发起了一个活动

a movement of ordinary women

一项由普通女性

banding together

团结起来

to build peace.

共建和平的活动

I will fulfill the wish.

我要实现这个愿望

This is another African girl's wish.

这是另一个非洲女孩的愿望

I failed to fulfill the wish of those two girls.

我没能完成这两个非洲女孩的愿望

I failed to do this.

我失败了

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

在其他年轻女性脑海里有着这些的想法——

I failed, I failed, I failed.

我失败了，我失败了，我失败了

So I will do this.

所以我会这么做

Women came out,

女性站出来

protested a brutal dictator,

抗议残暴的独裁者

fearlessly spoke.

无所畏惧地发表言论

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

不但一块甜甜圈的愿望成真了

the wish of peace came true.

和平的愿望也成真了

This young woman

这个年轻女性

wished also to go to school.

也希望能上学

She went to school.

她上了学

This young woman wished for other things to happen,

这位年轻女性希望也能达成其它改变

it happened for her.

它们发生了

Today, this young woman is me,

今天，这个年轻女性就是我

a Nobel laureate.

一个诺贝尔奖获得者

I'm now on a journey

我正在路上

to fulfill the wish,

在实现愿望的路上

in my tiny capacity,

以我的微薄之力

of little African girls --

实现让非洲小女孩

the wish of being educated.

接受教育的梦想

We set up a foundation.

我们设立了一个基金会

We're giving full four-year scholarships

我们提供四年全额奖学金

to girls from villages that we see with potential.

给那些来自农村的，我们认为有潜力的女孩

I don't have much to ask of you.

我不会向你们提很多要求

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

我也到过美国的一些地方

and I know that girls in this country

我知道这个国家的女孩

also have wishes,

也有愿望

a wish for a better life somewhere in the Bronx,

在纽约布朗克斯区的某个女孩希望有更好的生活

a wish for a better life

在洛杉矶市中心的某个女孩

somewhere in downtown L.A.,

希望有更好的生活

a wish for a better life somewhere in Texas,

在德克萨斯的某个女孩希望有更好的生活

a wish for a better life somewhere in New York,

在纽约的某个女孩希望有更好的生活

a wish for a better life

在新泽西的某个女孩

somewhere in New Jersey.

希望有更好的生活

Will you journey with me

你们会和我一起上路

to help that girl,

去帮助那个女孩

be it an African girl or an American girl

不论她是非洲女孩，美国女孩

or a Japanese girl,

还是日本女孩

fulfill her wish,

实现她的愿望

fulfill her dream,

实现她的梦想

achieve that dream?

达成那个梦想吗？

Because all of these

正因为这些

great innovators and inventors

我们这些天

that we've talked to and seen

交谈过和看到的

over the last few days

伟大的改革者和创新者

are also sitting in tiny corners

现在也坐在

in different parts of the world,

世界的各个角落

and all they're asking us to do

而他们要求我们做的

is create that space

就是创造一个空间

to unlock the intelligence,

来释放智慧

unlock the passion,

释放激情

unlock all of the great things

释放她们内在的

that they hold within themselves.

伟大潜能

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

让我们同行，让我们同行

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）

Chris Anderson: Thank you so much.

克里斯·安德森：非常感谢你

Right now in Liberia,

现在在利比里亚

what do you see

你认为

as the main issue that troubles you?

最棘手的是什么问题

LG: I've been asked to lead

莱伊曼·古博薇：我被安排去领导

the Liberian Reconciliation Initiative.

“利比里亚调停协议”的进行

As part of my work,

我的工作之一

I'm doing these tours

就是前往

in different villages and towns --

各个村庄和城镇——

13, 15 hours on dirt roads --

在泥路上奔波13, 15小时——

and there is no community that I've gone into

在我去的每一个社区

that I haven't seen intelligent girls.

我都看到聪明的女孩

But sadly,

但不幸的是

the vision of a great future,

对美好未来的展望

or the dream of a great future,

对美好未来的梦想

is just a dream,

不过是一个梦

because you have all of these vices.

因为人们心中的邪念

Teen pregnancy, like I said, is epidemic.

正如我刚说过的，少女怀孕屡见不鲜

So what troubles me

所以困扰我的

is that I was at that place

是我曾身在那样的地方

and somehow I'm at this place,

而现在我却站在这个讲台上

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

我不希望自己是唯一一个

at this place.

能站在这个讲台上的女孩

I'm looking for ways

我正在寻找

for other girls to be with me.

让其他女孩像我一样站在这里的方法

I want to look back 20 years from now

我希望在二十年后回首时

and see that there's another Liberian girl,

我们会看到另一个利比里亚女孩

Ghanaian girl, Nigerian girl, Ethiopian girl

加纳女孩，尼日利亚女孩，埃塞俄比亚女孩

standing on this TED stage.

站在TED讲台上

And maybe, just maybe, saying,

也许，仅仅是也许，她会说

"Because of that Nobel laureate

因为那个诺贝尔奖得主

I'm here today."

今天我才能站在这里

So I'm troubled

所以我很担心

when I see them like there's no hope.

因为我看到她们似乎失去了希望

But I'm also not pessimistic,

但我并不悲观

because I know it doesn't take a lot

因为我知道不需要花太多力气

to get them charged up.

就能让她们重鼓勇气

CA: And in the last year,

克里斯·安德森：以去年来说，

tell us one hopeful thing

请你告诉我们一件

that you've seen happening.

你亲眼目睹的，令人充满希望的事

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

莱伊曼·古博薇：我可以告诉你们许多我亲眼目睹的 振奋人心的事

But in the last year,

但是去年

where President Sirleaf comes from, her village,

我们去当瑟利夫总统的故乡，她的村子

we went there to work with these girls.

我们去那儿帮助这些女孩

And we could not find 25 girls

我们看到只有不到25个女孩

in high school.

在上高中

All of these girls went to the gold mine,

其他女孩都去金矿上

and they were predominantly prostitutes

她们主要是去卖淫

doing other things.

或者做其他工作

We took 50 of those girls

我们带回了50个女孩

and we worked with them.

给她们提供帮助

And this was at the beginning of elections.

当时是在选举的初期

This is one place where women were never --

这是一个女性从来都不

even the older ones

连年长的女性也是

barely sat in the circle with the men.

几乎不公开和男人坐在一起

These girls banded together and formed a group

这些女孩团结在一起，组成一个团体

and launched a campaign

发起了一项运动

for voter registration.

争取选票权登记

This is a real rural village.

这是个非常偏僻的农村

And the theme they used was:

她们活动的主题是

"Even pretty girls vote."

“连漂亮女孩也要投票。”

They were able to mobilize young women.

她们成功动员了年轻女性

But not only did they do that,

但是她们做的不仅仅是这些

they went to those who were running for seats

她们还找到竞选人

to ask them, "What is it

问他们

that you will give the girls of this community

你当选后会给这个社区的女孩

when you win?"

带来什么？

And one of the guys

其中的一个竞选人

who already had a seat was very --

已经担任了公职，他非常地——

because Liberia has one of the strongest rape laws,

因为利比里亚有最严厉的强暴法

and he was one of those really fighting in parliament

而他是在国会中力争的人之一

to overturn that law

要求推翻强暴法

because he called it barbaric.

因为他认为这个法律太野蛮

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

他说，强暴并不野蛮，但这个法律是野蛮的

And when the girls started engaging him,

当这些女孩开始与他交锋时

he was very hostile towards them.

他对她们很有敌意

These little girls turned to him and said,

这些小女孩对他说

"We will vote you out of office."

“我们要投票把你赶下台去。”

He's out of office today.

他现在已经下台了。

(Applause)

（掌声）

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

克里斯·安德森：莱伊曼，谢谢。 非常感谢你来到TED。

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

莱伊曼·古博薇：不用谢。（克里斯·安德森：谢谢。）

(Applause)

（掌声）