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

譯者: 麗玲 辛 審譯者: Helen Chang

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

大家都聽過有關女孩教育的故事。

It goes like this:

大意是這樣的：

To end poverty, educate a girl.

要終結貧困，就要教育女孩。

To tackle climate change, educate a girl.

應對氣候變化，教育女孩。

To solve the health crisis, educate a girl.

解決健康危機，教育女孩。

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

看來女孩教育是我們最接近 真正靈丹妙藥的事情。

to an actual silver bullet.

There's just one problem.

只有一個問題。

When you send a girl to school

送一個女孩去上學，

without radically reshaping the support structures around her,

卻沒有從根本上 重塑她周遭的支持系統，

you're just putting a diploma in her hand.

就只是給了她一張文憑，

If she gets that far.

倘若她能走到那一步；

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

然後她又被塞回貧困、不平等的世界。

What's more,

更重要的是，

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

作為這個系統中的少數倖存者，

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

她會感到孤立，

也難以承受對她受的教育 將改變一切的各種期望。

of how her education will somehow change everything.

I remember primary school in Zimbabwe

我記得在辛巴威的小學，

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

有一位老師告訴他最好的學生，

督察來的時候，要躲在廁所裡，

whenever the inspectors came

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

因為他們會把她送回家， 理由是她沒有交學費。

Her experience of isolation,

她感到孤立無援，

crouching barefoot in a torn dress

在一個水泥隔間的坑上蹲著， 光著腳，穿著破爛的裙子，

over a pit in a concrete cubicle

在她得到中學獎學金後， 這種孤立感更是強烈。

only intensified when she received a scholarship to secondary school.

One of the few to get this chance,

她是少數獲得這個機會的人，

she was wracked by guilt.

但她內心充滿了罪惡感。

Her own mom had sold two buckets of maize

她的媽媽賣掉了兩桶玉米，

to buy her a blanket

用來買一條毯子

and a toothbrush for boarding school.

和一把牙刷給她上寄宿學校。

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

這意味著她家人得 少吃很多餐來供她讀書。

How was she ever going to repay this investment?

她要如何回報這筆投資？

This girl often thought of dropping out.

這個女孩經常想退學。

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

想像一下，只是因為上學， 這位倖存者感受到的內疚折磨。

Imagine feeling the pressure,

想像一下她的壓力，

not just to address your own family poverty,

不僅要解決自己家庭的貧困狀況，

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

還要解決世界的各種問題。

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

為了改變她的人生軌跡， 真正獲得女孩教育的好處，

we have to lift the burden

我們必須減輕

placed on the shoulders of each single girl,

每個女孩肩上的負擔，

the pressure to beat the odds on her own

減輕她們孤獨克服困難

and to suddenly make the world a better place

之後又得很快改善世界的壓力。

for everyone when they do.

I'm excited to tell you

我很高興告訴大家，

there is a growing sisterhood of educated young women in Africa

在非洲，愈來愈多受教育的 年輕女性姐妹團結起來，

who are doing just that.

做到了這一點。

Thank you.

感謝大家。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

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

她們親身經歷了女孩教育

that extends well beyond the school gates.

在校門之外的複雜障礙網絡。

They have felt the effects of poverty and hunger,

她們身受貧困和飢餓、

child marriage and teen pregnancy.

童婚和青少年懷孕的影響。

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

現在，她們確保弱勢女孩

在課堂上、生活中 都有一位可以依靠的姐妹。

in the classroom and throughout their lives.

Part of the Campaign for Female Education, CAMFED,

作為女性教育運動的一部分，

CAMFED 協會的女性充當榜樣， 幫助女孩在學校中好好學習，

these women spearhead a model that helps girls thrive in school

and equip them with the skills and support network

並提供她們所需的技能和支持網絡。

they need to succeed.

Armed with agency and confidence,

擁有能力和信心後，

girls change the trajectory of their own lives

女孩們會改變自己的生活軌跡，

and together tackle the structural inequality

並一起解決妨礙女性前進的 結構性不平等。

that holds women back.

We provide girls with financial and material support

我們為女孩提供經濟和物質支持，

for school basics like decent clothes,

用於購買體面的衣服、

notebooks and menstrual products

筆記本和月經用品等學校基本用品，

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

而一個月的供應費用 相當於 20 頓飯。

We built and nurture a social support network around girls,

我們在女孩周圍建立、 培育了一個社會支援網絡，

community committees that safeguard children,

包括保護兒童的社區委員會、

parents who cook school meals and build safe toilets,

為學生烹飪飯菜 和建造安全廁所的父母、

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

致力於解決童婚問題 並為女性發聲的領袖。

Crucially, the graduates who join our sisterhood

至關重要的是，

加入我們姐妹會的畢業生回到課堂，

return to the classroom to accompany girls

陪伴女孩們由學校走向獨立的旅程。

on the journey through school to independence.

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

我們已經這樣做了幾十年， 我們知道它多麼有成效。

These sisters are leaders who lift each other up

這些姐妹們是前導者，彼此扶持，

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

確保女孩不會獨自承擔貧困

and expectations on her own.

和期望的壓力。

When you have a job interview,

當你面試工作時，

a sister will lend you a dress.

姐妹會借給你一件裙裝。

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

當你申請大學時， 姐妹為你解釋專業術語。

You know, when you move to a different district,

當你搬到不同的地區時，

a sister will introduce you to her networks.

姐妹會介紹她的人脈關係給你。

And when you face challenges in your business,

當你的生意面臨挑戰，

a sister will loan you money

姐妹借錢給你，

and ask that you pay it forward to another.

並請你把愛傳下去。

When you have a sick family member,

當你家人生病時，

a sister will show up in the hospital.

姐妹會到醫院探望。

In some cases,

有時，

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

太多姐妹來了，醫院不得不趕人。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

對於一個農村女孩來說，完成學業 只是充滿挑戰的旅程的開始。

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

正是那些走在她前面、 在她之前取得成功的女性

who succeeded before her,

that show her what's possible.

讓她知道這一切是可能的。

And as more girls graduate, that journey becomes easier.

隨著更多女孩畢業， 這段旅程會變得更容易。

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

這不僅僅是一個解決 全球最難解問題的工具，

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

這是一個社區共同努力的故事，

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

將女孩教育視為 實現能力和領導力的途徑，

And the benefits are clear to see.

而且好處是顯而易見的。

Our CAMFED association is now

我們的 CAMFED 協會

more than a quarter of a million young women strong.

現在有超過 25 萬名年輕女性。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

And more than 56,000 members hold local,

超過五萬六千名成員擔任地方、

national and international leadership positions.

國家和國際領導職務。

But the most important thing about this sisterhood

但這種姐妹情誼 最重要的是乘數效應。

is our multiplier effect.

The average member financially supports

平均每名成員在經濟上支持

the education of at least three more girls.

至少另外三名女孩的教育。

And as the sisterhood flywheel spins faster and faster,

隨著姐妹情誼飛輪推展得越來越快，

young women sit at decision-making tables,

年輕女性坐在決策台上，

change gender norms

改變性別規範，

and ensure millions more girls benefit.

並確保數百萬女孩受益。

I know the impact this will have on vulnerable girls

我知道這會對弱勢女孩影響巨大，

because I was one of them.

因為我就是一個例子。

Remember that girl hiding from the inspectors

還記得那個躲著督察，

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

還憂心如何報答母親的犧牲的女孩嗎？

That was me.

那就是我。

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

我是辛巴威 CAMFED 協會 支持的第一批女孩之一。

And today,

如今，

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

我是這個送我上學的組織的執行長。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼聲和掌聲）

And what keeps me sane and energized

在最困難的時候， 使我保持理智和充滿活力的是

during the toughest of times

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

我共同創辦的姐妹團， 它是我們計劃的核心。

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

這是一個安全的空間， 在這裡你可以展示真實的自我，

and leave better than when you came.

並在離開時變得更好。

The kind of space all of us need to thrive.

我們所有人都需要 這樣的空間才能茁壯成長。

So believe me when I tell you,

所以請相信我，

girls' education is the silver bullet.

女孩的教育是靈丹妙藥。

But only, only, if you do it right.

但前提是，做法必須正確。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼聲和掌聲）