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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While preparing for my talk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was reflecting on my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to figure out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where exactly was that moment\Nwhen my journey began.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A long time passed by,\Nand I simple couldn't figure out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beginning or the middle\Nor the end of my story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always used to think that my beginning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was one afternoon in my community\Nwhen my mother had told me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had escaped three\Narranged marriages by the time I was two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or one evening when electricity had failed\Nfor eight hours in our community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my dad sat, surrounded by all of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling us stories of when he was\Na little kid struggling to go to school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while his father, who was a farmer,\Nwanted him to work in the fields with him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the dark night when I was 16\Nwhen three little kids have come to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they whispered in my ear\Nthat my friend was murdered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in something called "the honor killings."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I realized that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I know that these moments\Nhave contributed on my journey,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have influenced my journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have not been\Nthe beginning of it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the true beginning of my journey\Nwas in front of a mud house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Upper Sindh of Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my father held the hand\Nof my 14-year old mother
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they decided\Nto walk out of the village
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to a town where they could\Nsend their kids to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way, I feel like my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of a result of some wise choices\Nand decisions they've made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like that,\Nanother of their decisions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to keep me and my siblings\Nconnected to our roots.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we were living in a community\NI fondly remember called [?????],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means community of the poor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad made sure that we also\Nhad a house in our rural homeland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come from an indigenous tribe\Nin the mountains of Baluchistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Bravi.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bravi, or Brohi,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means mountain dweller,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is also my language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to my father's very strict rules\Nabout connecting to our customs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to live a beautiful life\Nof songs, cultures, traditions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories, mountains,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of sheep.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, living in two extremes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the traditions of my culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my village, and then education,\Nmodern education in my school wasn't easy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware that I was the only girl\Nwho got to have such freedom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was guilty of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While going to school in Karachi
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Hyderabad,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of my cousins and childhood friends\Nwere getting married off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some to older men, some in exchange,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some even as second wives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to see the beautiful tradition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its magic fade in front of me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I saw that the birth of a girl child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was celebrated with sadness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when women were told\Nto have patience as their main virtue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until I was 16,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I healed my sadness by crying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly at nights\Nwhen everyone would sleep,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would sob in my pillow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but until that one night\Nwhen I found out my friend was killed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of honor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honor killings is a custom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where men and women\Nare suspected of having relationships
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before or outside of the marriage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're killed by their family for it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually the killer is the brother\Nor father or the uncle in the family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.N. reports there are about 1,000\Nhonor murders every year in Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are only the reported cases.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A custom that kills\Ndid not make any sense to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew I had to do\Nsomething about it this time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not going to cry myself to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to do something,\Nanything, to stop it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 16. I started writing poetry
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going door to door\Ntelling everybody about honor killings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why it happens,\Nwhy it should be stopped,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raising awareness about it until\NI actually found a much, much better way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to handle this issue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, we were\Nliving in a very small,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one roomed house in Karachi.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year, during the monsoon seasons,\Nour house would flood out with water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rainwater, and sewage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom and dad\Nwould be taking the water out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, my dad brought home\Na huge machine, a computer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so big it looked as if\Nit was going to take the half
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the only room we had,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had so many pieces and wires\Nthat needed to be connected.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was still the most exciting thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever happened\Nto me and my sisters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My older brother Ali got to be in charge\Nof taking care of the computer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of us were given, like,\N10 to 15 minutes every day to use it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being the older of eight kids,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to use it the last,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was after\NI had washed the dishes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleaned the house,\Nmade dinner with my mom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put blankets on the floor\Nfor everyone to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after that,\NI would run to the computer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect it to the Internet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have pure joy and wonder\Nfor 15 to 10 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, I had discovered\Na website called Joogle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Google] (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my frantic wish\Nto do something about this custom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made use of Google\Nand discovered Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a website where people can connect\Nto anyone around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, from my very tiny,\Ncement-roofed room in Karachi,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I connected with people in U.K.,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,U.S., Australia, and Canada,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a campaign
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "WAKE UP Campaign\Nagainst Honor Killings."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became enormous in just a few months.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a lot of support\Nfrom all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Media was connecting to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people were reaching out\Ntrying to raise awareness with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became so big that it went from online\Nto the streets of my hometown,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we would do rallies and strikes\Ntrying to change the policies in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women's support.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I thought\Neverything was perfect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my team, who was basically\Nmy friends and neighbors at that time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought everything was going so well,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had no idea\Na big opposition was coming to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community stood up against us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying we were spreading\Nun-Islamic behavior.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were challenging centuries-old\Ncustoms in those communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my father receiving\Nanonymous letters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "Your daughter is spreading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western culture\Nin the honorable societies."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our car was stoned at one point.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I went to the office\Nand found our metal signboard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrinkled and broken as if a lot of people\Nhad been hitting it with something heavy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things got so bad that I had\Nto hide myself in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would put up the windows of the car,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,veil my face, not speak\Nwhile I was in public,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually, situations got worse
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my life was threatened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to leave back to Karachi
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our actions stopped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in Karachi, as an 18-year old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought this was the biggest\Nfailure of my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was devastated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a teenager, I was blaming\Nmyself for everything that happened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out,\Nwhen we started reflecting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did realize that it was actually\Nme and my team's fault.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were two big reasons\Nwhy our campaign had failed big time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of those, the first reason,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we were standing\Nagainst core values of people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were saying no to something\Nthat was very important to them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenging their code of honor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hurting them deeply in the process.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And number two, which was very\Nimportant for me to learn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and amazing, and surprising\Nfor me to learn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that we were not including\Nthe true heroes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who should be fighting for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women in the villages had no idea\Nwe were fighting for them in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I would go back,\NI would find my cousins and friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with scarves on their faces,\Nand I would ask, what happened?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'd be like, our husband beat us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we are working\Nin the streets for you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are changing the policies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is that not impacting their life?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then we found out something\Nwhich was very amazing for us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The policies of a country
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not necessarily always affect\Nthe tribal and rural communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was devastating, like, oh,\Nwe can't actually do something about this?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we found out there's a huge gap
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to official policies\Nand the real truth on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this time, we were like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to do something different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to use strategy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are going to go back and apologize.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, apologize.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went back to the communities\Nand we said we are very ashamed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here to apologize,\Nand in fact, we are here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it up to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did we do that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to promote\Nthree of your main cultures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it's music,\Nlanguage, and embroidery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody believed us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wanted to work with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took a lot of convincing\Nand discussions with these communities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they agreed that we are going\Nto promote their language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making a booklet of their stories,\Nfables, and old tales in the tribe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would promote their music\Nby making a CD of the songs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the tribe, and some drumbeating.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third, which was my favorite,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was we would promote\Ntheir embroidery by making
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a center in the village\Nwhere women would come every day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make embroidery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it began.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worked with one village,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started our first center.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a beautiful day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started the center.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women were coming to make embroidery,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going through a life-changing\Nprocess of education,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about their rights,\Nwhat Islam says about their rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enterprise development,\Nhow they can create money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then how they can create\Nmoney from money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they can fight the customs\Nthat have been destroying their lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so many centuries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Islam, in reality,\Nwomen are supposed to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shoulder to shoulder with men.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women have so much status
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have not been hearing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have not been hearing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we needed to tell them\Nthat they need to know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where their rights are\Nand how to take them by themselves,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they can do it and we can't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was the model which actually\Ncame out, very amazing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through embroidery\Nwe were promoting their traidtions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went into the village.\NWe would mobilize the community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would make a center inside\Nwhere 30 women will come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for six months to learn about\Nvalue addition of traditional embroidery,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enterprise development,\Nlife skills and basic education,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about their rights\Nand how to say no to those customs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to stand as leaders\Nfor themselves and the society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After six months, we would connect\Nthese women to loans and to markets
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can become\Nlocal entrepreneurs in their communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We soon called this project Sughar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sughar is a local word used\Nin many, many languages in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means skilled and confident women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly believe, to create women leaders,\Nthere's only one thing you have to do:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just let them know that they have\Nwhat it takes to be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women you see here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have strong skills\Nand potential to be leaders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we had to do was remove\Nthe barriers that surrounded them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we decided to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then while we were thinking\Neverything was going,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again everything was fantastic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found our next setback:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of men started seeing\Nthe visible changes in their wife.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's speaking more,\Nshe's making decisions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh my gosh, she's, like,\Nhandling everything in the house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stopped them\Nfrom coming to the centers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this time, we were like,\Nokay, time for strategy two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to the fashion industry in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided to do a research\Nabout what happens there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out the fashion industry in Pakistan\Nis very strong and growing day by day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is less contribution\Nfrom the tribal area
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the tribal areas, especially women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided to launch our first ever\Ntribal women's very own fashion brand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is now called Nomads.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so women started earning more,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they started contributing more\Nfinancially to the house,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and men had to think again\Nbefore saying no to them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were coming to the centers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, we launched our first\NSughar Hub instead of a center.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We partnered with TripAdvisor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a cemented hall\Nin the middle of a village
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invited so many other organizations\Nto work over there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We created this platform\Nfor the non-profits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can touch and work\Non the other issues
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Sughar is not working on,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be an easy place for them\Nto give trainings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use it as a farmer school,\Neven as a marketplace,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything they want to use it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have been doing really amazing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so far, we have been able\Nto support 900 women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 24 villages around Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's actually not what I want.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream is to reach out\Nto one million women in the next 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to make sure that happens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year we launched\NSughar Foundation in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not just going to fund Sughar\Nbut many other organizations in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to replicate the idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find even more innovative ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unleash the rural women's\Npotential in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: Khalida, you are\Nquite the force of nature.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this story, in many ways,\Njust seems beyond belief.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems incredible that someone\Nso young could do achieve this much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through so much force and ingenuity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess one question:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a spectacular dream\Nto reach out and empower a million women:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much of the current success\Ndepends on you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the force of this magnetic personality?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does it scale?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Khalida Brohi: I think my job\Nis to give the inspiration out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give my dream out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't teach how to do it, because\Nthere are so many different ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have been experimenting\Nwith three ways only.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are, like, a hundred different ways\Nto unleash potential in women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just give the inspiration\Nand that's my job.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will keep doing it.\NSughar will still be growing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are planning to reach out\Nto two more villages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon I believe we will\Nbe scaling out of Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into South Asia and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: I love that when you talk\Nabout your team in the talk,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you were all 16,\N18 at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did this team look like?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was school friends, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: I was, like, do people believe here\Nthat I'm at an age
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm supposed\Nto be a grandmother in my village?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom was married at a nine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am the oldest woman not married\Nand not doing anything in my village.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Wait, wait, wait, not doing anything?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: No.\NCA: You're right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: People feel sorry for me,\Na lot of times.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: But how much time are you spending\Nactually back in Baluchistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: I live over there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live between, still,\NKarachi and Baluchistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My siblings are going to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am still the older of eight siblings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: But what you're doing is definitely\Nthreatening to some people there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you handle safety?\NDo you feel safe?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there issues there?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: This question has come to me\Na lot of times before,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel like the word fear\Njust comes to me and then drops,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is one fear that I have\Nthat is different from that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fear is that if I get killed,\Nwhat would happen to the people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who love me so much?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom waits for me til late at night\Nthat I should come home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sisters want to learn so much from me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are many, many girls\Nin my community who want to talk to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask me different things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I recently got engaged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Is he here? You've got to stand up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Escaping arranged marriages,\NI chose my own husband
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world in L.A.,\Na really different world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to fight for a whole year.\NThat's totally a different story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that's\Nthe only thing that I'm afraid of,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't want my mom to not see anyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she waits in the night.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: So people who want\Nto help you on their way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can go on, they can maybe\Nbuy some of these clothes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're bringing over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are actually made, the embroidery\Nis done back in Baluchistan?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Or they can get involved\Nin the foundation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Definitely. We are looking\Nfor as many people as we can,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now that the foundation's\Nin the beginning process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am trying to learn a lot\Nabout how to operate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to get funding\Nor reach out to more organizations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially in the ecommerce,\Nwhich is very new.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I am not\Na fashion person, believe me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Well, it's been incredible\Nto have you here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please go on being courageous,\Ngo on being smart, and please stay safe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Thank you so much.\NCA: Thank you, Khalida. (Applause)