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ShadBegum_2018W-_巴基斯坦的女性如何改变政治_
I'm here to tell you how change is happening at a local level in Pakistan, because women are finding their place in the political process . 今天我在这想谈的是 一个地方的力量 是如何改变巴基斯坦。 因为女性正在从政之路上 取得她们的一席之地。
process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的;
I want to take you all on a journey to the place I was raised, northwest Pakistan, called Dir. 我想带你们踏上旅程 回到我当初成长的地点, 位于巴基斯坦西北部的迪尔。
journey:n.旅行;行程;vi.旅行; northwest:adj.西北的;来自西北的;n.西北;adv.在西北;来自西北;
Dir was founded in the 17th century. 迪尔在十七世纪时建立,
It was a princely state until its merger with Pakistan in 1969. 在 1969 年被巴基斯坦併入前 是个土邦体制的省份。
princely:adj.王子的,高贵的;慷慨的;豪华的; merger:n.(企业等的)合并;并购;吸收(如刑法中重罪吸收轻罪);
Our prince, Nawab Shah Jahan, reserved the right to wear white, the color of honor, but only for himself. 我们的君主,纳瓦布沙贾罕 保留了穿戴白色服饰的权利。 不过只有他才能 穿戴这象征榮誉的颜色。
Nawab:n.印度行政长官;英国人(等于nabob); reserved:adj.内向的; v.预订,预约; (reserve的过去分词和过去式)
He didn't believe in educating his people. 他不相信他的人民需要接受教育。
And at the time of my birth in 1979, only five percent of boys and one percent of girls received any schooling at all. 而在我出生的那年 1979 年, 只有 5% 的男孩以及 1% 的女孩, 曾经接受过任何的学校教育。
I was one among that one percent. 而我就是那 1% 其中的一个。
Growing up, I was very close to my father. 成长过程中,我与我父亲关系紧密。
He is a pharmacy doctor, and he sent me to school. 他是药局医师,并且送我到学校。
pharmacy:n.药房;配药学,药剂学;制药业;一批备用药品;
Every day, I would go to his clinic when my lessons finished. 每天当我下课后, 我都会跑去他的诊所。
clinic:n.诊所;临床实习;(医院的)门诊部;门诊时间;
He's a wonderful man and a well-respected community leader. 他是位极好的人 也是备受尊敬的社区领袖。
community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
He was leading a welfare organization , and I would go with him to the social and political gatherings to listen and talk to the local men about our social and economic problems. 他也带领过一间社会福利机构, 我也想跟着他去社会及政治的集会, 去聆听以及向当地的男人 谈论我们社会和经济的问题。
welfare:n.福祉;(政府给予的)福利; organization:n.组织;机构;体制;团体; gatherings:n.聚会;集会;收集;采集;(gathering的复数) economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的;
However, when I was 16, my father asked me to stop coming with him to the public gatherings. 然而,当我 16 岁时 我父亲要求我停止跟他去公众集会。
Now, I was a young woman, and my place was in the home. 因为我的身分只是个年轻的女人, 所以我的职责是待在家中。
I was very upset . 对此我非常沮丧。
upset:adj.沮丧; v.打乱; n.苦恼; (意外的)混乱;
But most of my family members, they were happy with this decision. 不过我多数的家庭成员, 却乐见于这个决定。
It was very difficult for me to sit back in the home and not be involved . 呆坐家中,无法参与其中 对我而言非常难熬。
involved:adj.有关的; v.涉及; (involve的过去式和过去分词)
It took two years that finally my family agreed that my father could reconnect me with women and girls, so they could share their problems and together we could resolve them. 时间过了两年, 我的家庭成员终于同意父亲 将我与女性们接轨上线, 所以我们能够一起倾诉和解决问题。
finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地; reconnect:v.使再接合; resolve:vt.决定; vi.解决; n.坚决;
So, with his blessings , 在父亲的同意之下,
blessings:n.祝福(blessing复数);
I started to reconnect with women and girls so we could resolve their problems together. 我开始与女性们重新接触 并一起解决问题。
When women show up, they bring their realities and views with them. 当女性们在场时, 她们提出许多对于真实样貌的看法。
And yet, I have found all too often, women underestimate their own strength, their potential and their self-respect . 但是,可惜的是 女人低估了她们的力量、 潜能以及她们自己的自尊。
underestimate:v.低估;看轻;n.低估; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的; self-respect:n.自重,自尊;
However, while connecting with these women and girls, it became very clear to me that if there was to be any hope to create a better life for these women and girls and their families, we must stand up for our own rights -- and not wait for someone else to come and help us. 然而,在我与这些女性接触时, 我很清楚地知道 如果有任何方法, 可以为了那些女性及她们的家庭 创建一个更好的生活, 我们必须挺身而出, 捍卫自己的权利—— 不能光光只是等待某人来拯救我们。
stand up for:支持,坚持;拥护;
So I took a huge leap of faith and founded my own organization in '94 to create our very own platform for women empowerment . 所以我决定放手一搏 在 1994 年建立了 属于我自己的组织, 致力于创建属于女性们的赋权平台。
leap:n.跳越;跳跃;跳高;骤变;v.跳;跳跃;跳越;猛冲; faith:n.信心;信任;宗教信仰; platform:n.平台; v.把…放在台上[放在高处; empowerment:n.许可,授权;
I engaged many women and girls to work with me. 我聘雇了许多的女性与我共事。
engaged:adj.已订婚的; v.吸引住; (engage的过去分词和过去式)
It was hard. 这非常的艰辛。
Many of the women working with me had to leave once they got married, because their husbands wouldn't let them work. 许多与我共事的女性 婚后就必须离开岗位, 因为她们的丈夫不允许她们工作。
One colleague of mine was given away by her family to make amends for a crime her brother had committed . 我的其中一位同事 为了弥补她兄长所犯下的罪刑, 而被她的家族给许配了出去。
colleague:n.同事,同僚; make amends for:赔偿; committed:adj.坚信的; v.做出错事; (commit的过去分词和过去式)
I couldn't help her. 我只能袖手旁观。
And I felt so helpless at that time. 那时我感到非常的无助。
helpless:adj.无助的;无能的;没用的;
But it made me more determined to continue my struggle. 不过这也让我更坚定地 去完成我要奋斗的目标。
determined:adj.决定了的:v.决定;(determine的过去分词和过去式)
I saw many practices like these, where these women suffered silently, bearing this brutality . 我见过许多像这样的习俗, 女性默默并残忍地忍受着痛苦。
bearing:n.关系;影响;姿态;举止v.承受;忍受;承担责任;(bear的现在分词) brutality:n.无情;残忍;暴行(需用复数形式);
But when I see a woman struggling to change her situation instead of giving up, it motivates me. 不过当我看见一位女性 为她的处境努力奋斗,永不放弃时, 我被她所感化了。
motivates:v.促使;刺激;给与动机(motivate的三单形式);
So I ran for a public office as an independent candidate in Lower Dir in the local elections in 2001. 所以在 2001 年的地方选举上 我以无党籍的身分在下迪尔 展开了竞选。
independent:adj.独立的; n.无党派议员(或候选人等);
Despite all the challenges and hurdles I faced throughout this process, I won. 尽管在竞选期间面临到 种种的挑战及障碍,我终究当选了。
Despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱; hurdles:n.障碍;跨栏;跨栏跑;障碍赛跑(hurdle的复数); throughout:adv.自始至终,到处;全部;prep.贯穿,遍及;
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And I served in the public office for six years. 我在公家机关服务了六年。
But unfortunately , we women, elected women, we were not allowed to sit in the council together with all the members and to take part in the proceedings . 不幸地是, 我们这些选举出来的女人, 却不被允许与所有成员 一同坐在议会里头, 也不被允许参与议项讨论。
unfortunately:adv.不幸地; council:n.(市、郡等的)政务委员会;市政(或地方管理)服务机构; proceedings:n.诉讼;行动(proceeding的复数形式);会议记录;议程;
We had to sit in a separate, ladies-only room, not even aware what was happening in the council. 我们只能坐在被区隔开来的 女士专属房间, 甚至完全不晓得议会内的情况。
Men told me that, "You women, elected women members, should buy sewing machines for women." 男人告诉我: 「你们这些当选的女人, 应该购买裁缝机给女人。」
sewing:n.缝纫;缝制中的衣物;v.缝;做针线活;缝制;缝补;(sew的现在分词)
When I knew what they needed the most was access to clean drinking water . 但是我知道女性最迫切需要的 是取得干净饮用水的管道。
drinking water:n.饮用水;
So I did everything I could do to prioritize the real challenges these women faced. 所以我想尽办法, 去优先处理这些女人 面对的真正难题。
prioritize:v.按重要性排列;划分优先顺序;优先处理;
I set up five hand pumps in the two dried up wells in my locality . 我在两个干枯的水井当中 装设了五个人工幫浦。
pumps:n.[机]泵; v.用泵送; locality:n.所在;位置;地点;
Well, we got them working again. 并且让它们再次发动。
Before long , we made water accessible for over 5,000 families. 过没多久,我们让超过 5,000 户家庭
Before long:不久以后; accessible:adj.易接近的;可进入的;可理解的;
We proved that anything the men could do, so could we women. 我们证明了男人可以做的事, 女人也可以办得到。
I built alliances with other elected women members, and last year, we women were allowed to sit together with all the members in the council. 我与其他当选的女性结盟, 就在去年, 我们被允许与所有成员坐在会议里头。
alliances:n.联盟,同盟;盟国(alliance的复数形式);联姻;
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And to take part in the legislation and planning and budgeting , in all the decisions. 并且能够参与立法、 制定计画以及预算案 及所有的决定。
legislation:n.立法;法律; budgeting:n.编制预算;v.做预算(budget的ing形式);
I saw there is strength in numbers. 我在一群人当中看到了力量。
You know yourselves. 你了解你自己。
Lack of representation means no one is fighting for you. 缺乏代表权,表示 没有人将为你挺身而出。
representation:n.表现;代表;描述;陈述
Pakistan is -- 巴基斯坦——
We're 8,000 miles away from where I'm here with you today. 与我今天演讲的地点 相距 8,000 公里之远。
But I hope what I'm about to tell you will resonate with you, though we have this big distance in miles and in our cultures. 但我希望我接下来要说的事 能跟你产生共鸣, 尽管我们相距遥远且有文化的隔阂。
resonate:vt.共鸣;共振;vi.共鸣;共振;
When women show up, they bring the realities and hopes of half a population with them. 当女人发声时, 她们带出了半数人口的 真实情况以及希望。
In 2007, we saw the rise of the Taliban in Swat, Dir and nearby districts. 我们在 2007 年 见识到了塔利班的崛起, 不管是在斯瓦特、迪尔, 还是其他邻近地区。
Taliban:塔利班; nearby:adj.附近的,邻近的;adv.在附近;prep.在…附近;
It was horrifying . 那真是可怕至极。
horrifying:adj.令人极其震惊的;v.惊吓;使厌恶;(horrify的现在分词)
The Taliban killed innocent people. 塔利班份子屠杀无辜民众。
innocent:adj.无辜的;无罪的;无知的;n.天真的人;笨蛋;
Almost every day, people collected the dead bodies of their loved ones from the streets. 几乎每天 都有民众从街头 接回她们摯爱亲人的尸体,
Most of the social and political leaders struggling and working for the betterment of their communities were threatened and targeted. 大部分的社会及政治领导人 为了改善社会奋斗, 因而遭到威胁,成了靶标。
betterment:n.改善,改进;改良;涨价; communities:n.社区;社会;团体;共有(community的复数)
Even I had to leave, leaving my children behind with my in-laws . 就连我也被迫离开, 把孩子留给了公婆。
in-laws:n.姻亲(无血缘关系的亲戚);
I closed my office in Dir and relocated to Peshawar, the capital of my province. 我关闭了我在迪尔的办公室 并迁移到了白沙瓦, 也就是我所在省份的首都。
relocated:v.(使)搬迁,迁移;(relocate的过去分词和过去式)
I was in trauma , kept thinking what to do next. 我受到了心理创伤, 不断思考下一步该如何走。
trauma:n.[外科]创伤(由心理创伤造成精神上的异常);外伤;
And most of the family members and friends were suggesting, " Shad , stop working. 大部份的家庭成员及朋友劝着我: 「沙德,不要再继续工作了
Shad:n.美洲西鲱(等于Alosasapidissima);
The threat is very serious." 这项威胁已经很严重了。」
But I persisted . 但是我坚持下去了。
persisted:v.持续(persist的过去分词);坚持不懈;
In 2009, we experienced a historic influx of internally displaced persons, from Swat, Dir and other nearby districts. 在 2009 年,我们经历了 历史上国内流离失所者的汇集, 包括来自于斯瓦特、 迪尔以及邻近地区。
historic:adj.有历史意义的;历史上著名的; influx:n.流入;汇集;河流的汇集处; internally:adv.内部地;国内地;内在地; displaced:v.取代;替代;置换;迫使(某人)离开家园;转移;(displace的过去式和过去分词)
I started visiting the camps almost every day, until the internally displaced persons started to go back to their place of origin . 我几乎每天都去巡视营地, 直到那些流离失所者 可以回到他们的家乡。
origin:n.起源;起因;源头;出身;
I established four mother-child health care units, especially to take care of over 10,000 women and children nearby the camps. 我创立了四个母童照护单位, 特别用来照顾 超过 10,000 个女人及小孩 设立在营区附近。
established:adj.已确立的;著名的;v.建立;创立;设立;(establish的过去分词和过去式) health care:n.卫生保健; especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分;
But you know, during all these visits, 但你知道吗,在访视的过程中
I observed that there was very little attention towards women's needs. 我观察到了几乎没有人 将注意力放在女人的需求上。
observed:adj.观察的;观测的;v.观察;遵守;注意到(observe的过去分词形式);
And I was looking for what is the reason behind it. 对此我想找出幕后的原因。
And I found it was because of the underrepresentation of women in both social and political platforms , in our society as a whole . 我发现原来是因为 在整体社会及政治下, 女性代表不足所造成的。
underrepresentation:n.代表名额不足; platforms:n.平台; v.把…放在台上; as a whole:总的来说;
And that was the time when I realized that I need to narrow down my focus on building and strengthening women's political leadership to increase their political representation, so they would have their own voice in their future. 也是在此时我才了解到, 我必须缩小我放在建设的焦点, 转而去增强女性 在政治上的领导能力, 并增加女性在政治上的代表额, 她们才能在未来替自己发声。
narrow down:缩小;限制;减少;变窄;
So we started training around 300 potential women and youth for the upcoming local elections in 2015. 所以我们开始培训大约 300 名 有潜力的女人及年轻人, 为了在即将到来的 2015 年地方选举做准备。
upcoming:adj.即将来临的;
And you know what? 还有你知道吗？
Fifty percent of them won. 我们当中有 15% 当选了。
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And they are now sitting in the councils , taking part actively in the legislation, planning and budgeting. 她们现在正坐在议会里, 积极参与立法、制定计画及预算案。
councils:n.委员会(council的复数);理事会;
Most of them are now investing their funds on women's health, education, skill development and safe drinking water. 她们大部份正投资着资金, 在女性的健康、教育、 职能发展及干净的饮用水上。
investing:v.投资;投入(时间、精力等);(invest的现在分词) funds:n.[会计]资金,现金(fund的复数);基金;v.资助(fund的三单形式);提供资金;
All these elected women now share, discuss and resolve their problems together. 所有这些当选的女人 都正一起商讨和解决问题。
Let me tell you about two of the women I have been working with: 我想说说两个与我一起共事的女性:
Saira Shams . 塞拉沙姆斯。
Shams:n.伪装; v.假装; adj.虚假的; (sham的第三人称单数)
You can see, this young lady, age 26, she ran for a public office in 2015 in Lower Dir, and she won. 你可以看到这位 26 岁年轻的女士, 她在 2015 年于下迪尔参选且当选。
She completed two of the community infrastructure schemes . 她完成了两项社区的基础建设方案。
infrastructure:n.基础设施;公共建设;下部构造; schemes:n.方案,计划;阴谋(scheme的复数);v.计划,设计;谋划(scheme的三单形式);
You know, women, community infrastructure schemes ... 你知道的,女人参与基础建设方案……
Some people think this is men's job. 有些人会认为那是男人的工作。
But no, this is women's job, too, we can do it. 并不是,那也是女人的工作, 我们也办得到。
And she also fixed two of the roads leading towards girls schools, knowing that without access to these schools, they are useless to the girls of Dir. 她同时也修复了两条 通往学校的道路, 并且瞭解如果没有这两条 通往学校的途径, 那它对于迪尔的女孩来说 只是一条毫无用处的道路。
And another young woman is Asma Gul. 另一个年轻的女士则是阿斯玛古尔,
She is a very active member of the young leaders forum we established. 她是我们成立的讨论会当中 表现相当积极的成员。
forum:n.论坛,讨论会;法庭;公开讨论的广场;
She was unable to run for the public office, so she has become the first female journalist of our region . 因为她无法参加竞选, 所以她成为了我们地区的 第一位女记者。
female:adj.女性的;雌性的;柔弱的,柔和的;n.女人;[动]雌性动物; journalist:n.新闻工作者;报人;记日志者; region:n.地区;范围;部位;
She speaks and writes for women's and girls' issues and their rights. 她为了女性的议题及权利 写报章和为她们发声。
issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数)
Saira and Asma, they are the living examples of the importance of inclusion and representation. 赛拉沙以及阿斯玛 在包容以及代表的重要性中, 是两个活生生的例子。
inclusion:n.包含;内含物;
Let me tell you this, too. 让我也顺便告诉你,
In the 2013 general elections in Pakistan and the local elections in 2015, there were less than 100 women voters in Dir. 在 2013 年巴基斯坦的全民选举 以及 2015 年的地方选举中, 迪尔只有不到 100 位女性的选民。
But you know what? 但是你知道吗？
I'm proud to tell you that this year, during the general elections, there were 93,000 women voters in Dir. 我很骄傲地告诉你 在今年的全民选举中, 迪尔有超过 93,000 名女性选民。
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So our struggle is far from over. 我们的奋斗尚未结束。
But this shift is historic. 不过这是项历史上的改变。
shift:n.移动;变化;手段;轮班;v.移动;转变;转换;
And a sign that women are standing up, showing up and making it absolutely clear that we all must invest in building women's leadership. 迹象也显示女人正站出来为自己发声。 同时也清楚地表明, 我们必须建立女性的领导能力,
absolutely:adv.绝对地;完全地;
In Pakistan and here in the United States, and everywhere in the world, this means women in politics , women in business and women in positions of power making important decisions. 不管是在巴基斯坦还是在美国这里, 还是全世界的每个地方, 这表示了不管是政治上、商業上, 女人手握权利,能做出重大的决定。
United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式) politics:n.政治;钩心斗角;政治观点;v.(贬)从事政治活动;(politic的第三人称单数)
It took me 23 years to get here. 我花了 23 年才走到这里。
But I don't want any girl or any woman to take 23 years of her life to make herself heard. 我不愿任何的女孩或女人 花费 23 年的时间,
I have had some dark days. 我曾经有过黑暗的日子。
But I have spent every waking moment of my life working for the right of every woman to live her full potential. 我花费了我人生中 每一个醒着的时刻, 为每一位女性的权利奋斗, 让她们实践所有的潜能。
Imagine with me a world where thousands of us stand up and they support other young women together, creating opportunities and choices that benefit all. 想像一下,有这样一个世界: 数千名女性站出来, 一起支持其他年轻的女孩, 创造对所有人都有益的机会以及选择。
And that, my friends, can change the world. 朋友们,那就是我说的改变世界。
Thank you. 谢谢。
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