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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.97,0:00:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While preparing for my talk
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.21,0:00:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was reflecting on my life\Nand trying to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.26,0:00:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where exactly was that moment\Nwhen my journey began.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.19,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A long time passed by,\Nand I simply couldn't figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.83,0:00:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beginning or the middle\Nor the end of my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.81,0:00:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always used to think that my beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.76,0:00:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was one afternoon in my community\Nwhen my mother had told me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.87,0:00:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had escaped three\Narranged marriages by the time I was two.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.28,0:00:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or one evening when electricity had failed\Nfor eight hours in our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.71,0:00:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my dad sat, surrounded by all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.96,0:00:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling us stories of when he was\Na little kid struggling to go to school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.87,0:00:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while his father, who was a farmer,\Nwanted him to work in the fields with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.97,0:00:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that dark night when I was 16
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.72,0:00:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when three little kids had come to me\Nand they whispered in my ear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.14,0:00:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my friend was murdered\Nin something called the honor killings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:00:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I realized that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.23,0:01:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I know that these moments\Nhave contributed on my journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.95,0:01:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have influenced my journey
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.55,0:01:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have not been\Nthe beginning of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.71,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the true beginning of my journey\Nwas in front of a mud house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in upper Sindh of Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.63,0:01:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my father held the hand\Nof my 14-year-old mother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.48,0:01:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they decided\Nto walk out of the village
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.50,0:01:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to a town where they could\Nsend their kids to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way, I feel like my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.17,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of a result of some wise choices\Nand decisions they've made.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.90,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like that,\Nanother of their decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to keep me and my siblings\Nconnected to our roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.99,0:01:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we were living in a community\NI fondly remember as called Ribabad,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.24,0:01:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means community of the poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.46,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad made sure that we also\Nhad a house in our rural homeland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come from an indigenous tribe\Nin the mountains of Balochistan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.78,0:01:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Brahui.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.52,0:01:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brahui, or Brohi, means mountain dweller,\Nand it is also my language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.69,0:01:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to my father's very strict rules\Nabout connecting to our customs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to live a beautiful life of songs, \Ncultures, traditions, stories, mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.66,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.70,0:02:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, living in two extremes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.36,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the traditions \Nof my culture, of my village,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then modern education\Nin my school wasn't easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware that I was the only girl\Nwho got to have such freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.25,0:02:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was guilty of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.29,0:02:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While going to school\Nin Karachi and Hyderabad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.26,0:02:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of my cousins and childhood friends\Nwere getting married off,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.20,0:02:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some to older men, some in exchange,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.95,0:02:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some even as second wives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.25,0:02:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to see the beautiful tradition\Nand its magic fade in front of me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.56,0:02:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I saw that the birth of a girl child\Nwas celebrated with sadness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.89,0:02:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when women were told\Nto have patience as their main virtue.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.66,0:02:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until I was 16,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.64,0:02:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I healed my sadness by crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.45,0:02:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly at nights \Nwhen everyone would sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.63,0:03:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would sob in my pillow,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.95,0:03:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until that one night \Nwhen I found out my friend was killed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.30,0:03:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.38,0:03:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honor killings is a custom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.22,0:03:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where men and women\Nare suspected of having relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.12,0:03:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before or outside of the marriage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.81,0:03:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're killed by their family for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.99,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually the killer is the brother\Nor father or the uncle in the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.N. reports there are about 1,000\Nhonor murders every year in Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.01,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are only the reported cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.44,0:03:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A custom that kills\Ndid not make any sense to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.18,0:03:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew I had to do\Nsomething about it this time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.76,0:03:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not going to cry myself to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.15,0:03:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to do something,\Nanything, to stop it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.66,0:03:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 16 -- I started writing poetry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.73,0:03:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going door to door\Ntelling everybody about honor killings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.95,0:03:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why it happens,\Nwhy it should be stopped,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.15,0:03:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raising awareness about it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.58,0:03:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I actually found a much, much \Nbetter way to handle this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.84,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, we were living in\Na very small, one-roomed house in Karachi.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year, during the monsoon seasons,\Nour house would flood up with water --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.53,0:04:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rainwater and sewage --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.24,0:04:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom and dad\Nwould be taking the water out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.37,0:04:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, my dad brought home\Na huge machine, a computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.47,0:04:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so big it looked as if it was going\Nto take up half of the only room we had,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.36,0:04:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had so many pieces and wires\Nthat needed to be connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.86,0:04:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was still the most exciting thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.95,0:04:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever happened\Nto me and my sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.74,0:04:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My oldest brother Ali got to be in charge\Nof taking care of the computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.85,0:04:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of us were given\N10 to 15 minutes every day to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.78,0:04:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being the oldest of eight kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.85,0:04:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to use it the last,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.34,0:04:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was after\NI had washed the dishes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.07,0:04:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleaned the house,\Nmade dinner with my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.84,0:04:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put blankets on the floor\Nfor everyone to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.53,0:04:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after that, \NI would run to the computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.71,0:04:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect it to the Internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:05:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have pure joy and wonder\Nfor 10 to 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.29,0:05:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, I had discovered\Na website called Joogle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.69,0:05:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Google] (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.76,0:05:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my frantic wish\Nto do something about this custom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.47,0:05:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made use of Google\Nand discovered Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.98,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a website where people can connect\Nto anyone around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.14,0:05:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, from my very tiny,\Ncement-roofed room in Karachi,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.62,0:05:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I connected with people in the U.K.,\Nthe U.S., Australia and Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.83,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a campaign called
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.34,0:05:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WAKE UP Campaign\Nagainst Honor Killings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.23,0:05:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became enormous\Nin just a few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.30,0:05:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a lot of support\Nfrom all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.85,0:05:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Media was connecting to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.31,0:05:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people were reaching out\Ntrying to raise awareness with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.61,0:05:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became so big that it went from online\Nto the streets of my hometown,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.35,0:05:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we would do rallies and strikes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.70,0:05:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to change the policies \Nin Pakistan for women's support.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.17,0:05:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I thought\Neverything was perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.89,0:06:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my team -- which was basically\Nmy friends and neighbors at that time --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.77,0:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought everything was going so well,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.86,0:06:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had no idea a big opposition\Nwas coming to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community stood up against us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.17,0:06:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying we were spreading\Nun-Islamic behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.89,0:06:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were challenging centuries-old\Ncustoms in those communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.60,0:06:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my father receiving\Nanonymous letters
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.68,0:06:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "Your daughter \Nis spreading Western culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.62,0:06:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the honorable societies."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.34,0:06:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our car was stoned at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.89,0:06:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I went to the office\Nand found our metal signboard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.79,0:06:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrinkled and broken as if a lot of people\Nhad been hitting it with something heavy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.59,0:06:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things got so bad that I had\Nto hide myself in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.22,0:06:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would put up the windows of the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.29,0:06:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,veil my face, not speak\Nwhile I was in public,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.22,0:06:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually situations got worse\Nwhen my life was threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.20,0:06:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to leave, back to Karachi,\Nand our actions stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.96,0:07:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in Karachi, as an 18-year-old,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.34,0:07:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought this was the biggest\Nfailure of my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.10,0:07:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was devastated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.01,0:07:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a teenager, I was blaming\Nmyself for everything that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.66,0:07:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out,\Nwhen we started reflecting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.79,0:07:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did realize that it was actually\Nme and my team's fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.67,0:07:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were two big reasons\Nwhy our campaign had failed big time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.82,0:07:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of those, the first reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.07,0:07:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we were standing\Nagainst core values of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.90,0:07:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were saying no to something\Nthat was very important to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.41,0:07:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenging their code of honor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.76,0:07:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hurting them deeply in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.03,0:07:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And number two, which was very\Nimportant for me to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.72,0:07:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and amazing, and surprising\Nfor me to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.93,0:07:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that we were not including\Nthe true heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.11,0:07:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who should be fighting for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.32,0:07:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women in the villages had no idea\Nwe were fighting for them in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.27,0:07:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I would go back,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.71,0:07:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would find my cousins and friends\Nwith scarves on their faces,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.72,0:07:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would ask, "What happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.51,0:08:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'd be like, \N"Our husbands beat us."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.90,0:08:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are working in the streets for you!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.78,0:08:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are changing the policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.38,0:08:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is that not impacting their life?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.36,0:08:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then we found out something\Nwhich was very amazing for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.21,0:08:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The policies of a country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.86,0:08:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not necessarily always affect\Nthe tribal and rural communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.47,0:08:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was devastating -- like, oh,\Nwe can't actually do something about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.77,0:08:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we found out there's a huge gap
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.81,0:08:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to official policies\Nand the real truth on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.65,0:08:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this time, we were like,\Nwe are going to do something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.96,0:08:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to use strategy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.71,0:08:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are going to go back and apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.70,0:08:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.35,0:08:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went back to the communities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.86,0:08:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we said we are \Nvery ashamed of what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.11,0:08:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here to apologize, and in fact,\Nwe are here to make it up to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.68,0:08:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.25,0:08:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to promote\Nthree of your main cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.22,0:08:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it's music,\Nlanguage, and embroidery.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.80,0:09:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody believed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.32,0:09:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wanted to work with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.06,0:09:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took a lot of convincing\Nand discussions with these communities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.62,0:09:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they agreed that we are going\Nto promote their language
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.31,0:09:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making a booklet of their stories,\Nfables and old tales in the tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.97,0:09:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would promote their music
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.54,0:09:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making a CD of the songs\Nfrom the tribe, and some drumbeating.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.06,0:09:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third, which was my favorite,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.22,0:09:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was we would promote their embroidery\Nby making a center in the village
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.23,0:09:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women would come every day\Nto make embroidery.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.06,0:09:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it began.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.04,0:09:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worked with one village,\Nand we started our first center.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.77,0:09:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a beautiful day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.27,0:09:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started the center.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.37,0:09:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women were coming to make embroidery,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.44,0:09:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going through a life-changing\Nprocess of education,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.18,0:09:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about their rights,\Nwhat Islam says about their rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.24,0:09:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enterprise development,\Nhow they can create money,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.05,0:09:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then how they can create\Nmoney from money,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.31,0:10:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they can fight the customs\Nthat have been destroying their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.18,0:10:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so many centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.90,0:10:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Islam, in reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.76,0:10:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women are supposed to be\Nshoulder to shoulder with men.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.37,0:10:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women have so much status\Nthat we have not been hearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.12,0:10:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have not been hearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.94,0:10:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we needed to tell them\Nthat they need to know
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.96,0:10:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where their rights are\Nand how to take them by themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.70,0:10:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they can do it and we can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.02,0:10:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was the model which actually\Ncame out -- very amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.99,0:10:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through embroidery\Nwe were promoting their traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.53,0:10:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went into the village.\NWe would mobilize the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.24,0:10:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would make a center inside\Nwhere 30 women will come
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.26,0:10:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for six months to learn about\Nvalue addition of traditional embroidery,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.36,0:10:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enterprise development,\Nlife skills and basic education,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.10,0:10:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about their rights\Nand how to say no to those customs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.22,0:10:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to stand as leaders\Nfor themselves and the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.89,0:10:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After six months, we would connect\Nthese women to loans and to markets
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.70,0:10:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can become\Nlocal entrepreneurs in their communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.61,0:10:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We soon called this project Sughar.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.86,0:11:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sughar is a local word used\Nin many, many languages in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.90,0:11:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means skilled and confident women.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.34,0:11:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly believe, to create women leaders,\Nthere's only one thing you have to do:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.45,0:11:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just let them know that they have\Nwhat it takes to be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.63,0:11:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women you see here,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.13,0:11:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have strong skills\Nand potential to be leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.57,0:11:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we had to do was remove\Nthe barriers that surrounded them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.62,0:11:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we decided to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.15,0:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then while we were thinking\Neverything was going well,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.44,0:11:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again everything was fantastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.04,0:11:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found our next setback:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.11,0:11:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of men started seeing\Nthe visible changes in their wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.28,0:11:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's speaking more,\Nshe's making decisions --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.42,0:11:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh my gosh, she's handling \Neverything in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.11,0:11:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stopped them\Nfrom coming to the centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.58,0:11:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this time, we were like,\Nokay, time for strategy two.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.62,0:11:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to the fashion \Nindustry in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.71,0:11:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided to do research\Nabout what happens there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.49,0:12:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out the fashion industry in Pakistan\Nis very strong and growing day by day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.48,0:12:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is less contribution\Nfrom the tribal areas
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.05,0:12:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the tribal areas, especially women.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.12,0:12:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided to launch our first ever\Ntribal women's very own fashion brand,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.56,0:12:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is now called Nomads.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.08,0:12:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so women started earning more,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.27,0:12:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they started contributing more\Nfinancially to the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.07,0:12:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and men had to think again\Nbefore saying no to them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.30,0:12:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were coming to the centers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.34,0:12:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.11,0:12:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.26,0:12:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, we launched our first\NSughar Hub instead of a center.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.44,0:12:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We partnered with TripAdvisor
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.60,0:12:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a cement hall\Nin the middle of a village
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.51,0:12:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invited so many other organizations\Nto work over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.75,0:12:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We created this platform\Nfor the nonprofits
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.85,0:12:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can touch and work\Non the other issues
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.17,0:12:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Sughar is not working on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.40,0:13:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be an easy place \Nfor them to give trainings,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.26,0:13:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use it as a farmer school,\Neven as a marketplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.87,0:13:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything they want to use it for,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.15,0:13:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have been doing really amazingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.26,0:13:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so far, we have been able\Nto support 900 women
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.79,0:13:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 24 villages around Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.04,0:13:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.62,0:13:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's actually not what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.76,0:13:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream is to reach out\Nto one million women in the next 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.41,0:13:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to make sure that happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.06,0:13:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year we launched\NSughar Foundation in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.05,0:13:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not just going to fund Sughar\Nbut many other organizations in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.81,0:13:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to replicate the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.02,0:13:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find even more innovative ways
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.76,0:13:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unleash the rural women's\Npotential in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.59,0:13:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.56,0:13:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.61,0:13:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.06,0:14:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: Khalida, you are\Nquite the force of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.36,0:14:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this story, in many ways,\Njust seems beyond belief.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.98,0:14:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's incredible that someone\Nso young could do achieve this much
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.04,0:14:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through so much force and ingenuity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.90,0:14:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess one question:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.47,0:14:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a spectacular dream to reach out\Nand empower a million women --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.18,0:14:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much of the current \Nsuccess depends on you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.98,0:14:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the force of this magnetic personality?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.22,0:14:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does it scale?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.86,0:14:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Khalida Brohi: I think my job\Nis to give the inspiration out,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.34,0:14:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give my dream out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.06,0:14:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't teach how to do it, because\Nthere are so many different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.49,0:14:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have been experimenting\Nwith three ways only.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.79,0:14:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a hundred different ways\Nto unleash potential in women.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.38,0:14:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just give the inspiration\Nand that's my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.03,0:14:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will keep doing it.\NSughar will still be growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.51,0:14:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are planning to reach out\Nto two more villages,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.60,0:14:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon I believe \Nwe will be scaling out of Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.58,0:15:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into South Asia and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.36,0:15:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: I love that when you talked\Nabout your team in the talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.91,0:15:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you were all 18 at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.10,0:15:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did this team look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.86,0:15:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was school friends, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.51,0:15:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Do people here\Nbelieve that I'm at an age
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.48,0:15:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm supposed\Nto be a grandmother in my village?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.52,0:15:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom was married at nine,\Nand I am the oldest woman not married
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.41,0:15:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not doing anything\Nin my life in my village.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.99,0:15:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Wait, wait, wait, not doing anything?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.28,0:15:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: No.\NCA: You're right.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.65,0:15:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: People feel sorry for me,\Na lot of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.56,0:15:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: But how much time are you spending\Nnow actually back in Balochistan?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.48,0:15:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: I live over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.37,0:15:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live between, still,\NKarachi and Balochistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.20,0:15:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My siblings are all going to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.98,0:15:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am still the oldest of eight siblings.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.42,0:15:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: But what you're doing is definitely\Nthreatening to some people there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.78,0:15:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you handle safety?\NDo you feel safe?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.14,0:16:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there issues there?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.26,0:16:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: This question has come to me\Na lot of times before,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.08,0:16:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel like the word "fear"\Njust comes to me and then drops,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.39,0:16:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is one fear that I have\Nthat is different from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.12,0:16:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fear is that if I get killed,\Nwhat would happen to the people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.62,0:16:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who love me so much?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.61,0:16:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom waits for me till late at night\Nthat I should come home.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.84,0:16:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sisters want to learn so much from me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.58,0:16:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are many, many girls\Nin my community who want to talk to me
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.85,0:16:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask me different things,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.12,0:16:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I recently got engaged. (Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.91,0:16:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.32,0:16:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Is he here? You've got to stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.55,0:16:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.10,0:16:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Escaping arranged marriages,\NI chose my own husband
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.72,0:16:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world in L.A.,\Na really different world.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.18,0:16:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to fight for a whole year.\NThat's totally a different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.44,0:17:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that's\Nthe only thing that I'm afraid of,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.19,0:17:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't want my mom to not see anyone\Nwhen she waits in the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.93,0:17:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: So people who want\Nto help you on their way,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.40,0:17:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can go on, they can maybe\Nbuy some of these clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.08,0:17:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're bringing over
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.65,0:17:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are actually made, the embroidery\Nis done back in Balochistan?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.16,0:17:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.37,0:17:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Or they can get involved\Nin the foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.57,0:17:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Definitely. We are looking\Nfor as many people as we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.42,0:17:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now that the foundation's\Nin the beginning process,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.12,0:17:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am trying to learn a lot\Nabout how to operate,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.71,0:17:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to get funding\Nor reach out to more organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.09,0:17:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially in the e-commerce,\Nwhich is very new for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.24,0:17:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I am not\Na fashion person, believe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.63,0:17:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Well, it's been incredible\Nto have you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.93,0:17:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please go on being courageous,\Ngo on being smart, and please stay safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.94,0:17:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KB: Thank you so much.\NCA: Thank you, Khalida. (Applause)