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Creating safe spaces for girls in the Global South. | Yasmine Ibrahim | TEDxYouth@Kingtom


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why are you a feminist the answer to
these questions are simple why aren’t
you asking me why am i feminist ask
yourself why aren’t you in a world where
we’re told were born equals button
versus e were not afforded the same
rights and opportunities or tendencies
how is this equality my name is yazmin
OPC brain and I’m talking about creating
safe spaces in the global South I’m the
founding director of Birla lion succeed
in the global south or in developing
countries there are lack of recreational
activities to engage idle units and
unemployed youths as well as
school-going children in 2016 Sheridan
was named the worst country to be a girl
in terms of gender equality sir Iran is
also one of the top 24 countries for
female genital mutilation for child
marriage and to anything without you and
the world where girls are deemed as
property and liability rather than being
seen as human beings how can you not be
a feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and
i June rights and feminist says a person
a feminist is a person who believes in
social economic political equality of
the sexes not a man
not a woman but she also says that
definition is like pregnancy either and
I do in 2015 I’m EXCI brand jelly a verb
to be is someone who claims to be a
strong terrorist he told me about garlic
cloves in Syria garlic clubs are United
Nations Foundation campaigns that
started in the United States 2010 they
promote the health safety leadership and
education about lesson girls there are
over 60 in all the countries in the
world at that time except Sarah knew so
I started to read about it and in
October 2015 the US Embassy asks you to
facilitate the International Day of the
girl child at that workshop there were
four schools president there was st.
Joseph’s convent Methodist girls high
school environment more on secondary
school for girls and they were forced
the speaker from vine in custody the
most who ended up being the first
president of garlic observing Peninsula
after the events we talked and so
harshly like tomorrow to delight she
wanted to start develop public me as
well in January 2016
I went down to the by an administration
to tell you about my idea they’re very
supportive and very accommodating after
which I talk to my General Assembly
there about three hundred girls I
selected girls at the middle school
level because you’re supposed to touch
them when they’re young and then the
week I had 23 girls sign on and on
January 15th 2016 we had our first girl
up meeting at the time we were deciding
and what we should name the club we
wanted something that would bring
prestige to the school and also
something that we need to teach to our
nation so we decided to call it garlic
wine club Syrian the first six months we
discussed sensitive issues that are
considered taboo in Syria
such as minstrel hygiene management
female genital mutilation grape etc at
this time I was able to I was able to
create a monthly curriculum and I was
created me
then it goes social issues and also life
skills through this
I heard real adolescent girl problems
and stories every Friday I heard their
stories from their own words this was
important because I’m a firm believer in
changing a narrative and it starts with
us so throughout this segment we started
to talk about nice watch since Fox
became out there every Friday a few
girls who tell us things are happening
in this area that are happening in
Africa and are happening at the world at
large and through these weekly
assignments and the news class I noticed
that they’re interested in reading in
writing and the research started to grow
every week will be newspaper snippets or
quotes the TV journalist saying I heard
this on the radio i watch the same TV a
child cannot go to school and go home
and come home she was left to school a
child who only learns in school is an
uneducated child it is a fact that
extracurricular
aid in strengthening the mental
capabilities of a person contributing to
this is what led to the steep teenage
pregnancy rates during the night
enclosure in the Ebola crisis and also
the reason why surgeon has still a high
teenage pregnancy rate today within
months girls who shied away from sharing
the news started sharing news and also I
told me that if your average doesn’t
continue to stay the same or increase
while I’m grown up we’ll have to leave
the plug because no it’s a social
educational Club the reason why I’m
actual school is because you are
transformed and the next thing after the
weeks that follow two and now two and a
half years later do you know how many
girls I’ve asked to leave the club
because of this fast-forward to two
hundred half years later 70 girls later
15:42 later 20% of the girls already
stayed the same
and 80% of the averages increased girls
who used who used to believe sexist
traditional norms now
crusty the status quo worlds who used to
be on the sidelines it’s winter fatigue
the bullying now proudly tell me that
they intervened because a girl up we
teach we learn we inspire over the years
I’ve challenged the girls not because I
don’t like them it’s because I like them
because right who always be a little bit
difficult for girls like us girls of
color rose of African descent girls we
lower socioeconomic classes during our
time at Birla the girls have learned
that they cannot only academic
intelligence but now they know that they
can be emotionally intelligent its
insulative and essentially intelligence
and it’s a purse they enjoyed our middle
school graduates have learned to be
amazing things
SWAT is now the president of our
organization at st. Joseph’s and she’s a
bleep child presenter at a leading
production in this area Mara has been
prefect for two years and she’s always
top of the class elements of sanity is a
undefeated debating champion
screams through the creation of spaces
safe spaces for marginalized groups
middle-earth in the global south
this triggers potential because it
contributes to national development and
also helps machines the narrative of
Africa at large so I know you’re asking
in the audience or if you’re at home
what can you do you can start by
volunteering you can go down to your
local shelter you can talk to girls at
your school all the ways you can if you
are a social-media influencer you can
top in your platform if you have the
knack for writing or speaking or
blogging you can do that the 2.5 later I
have the same question why did I do this
again
I don’t I don’t very much to marry and
have time to age I don’t want a minute
to engage into his actual sex just to
buy sanitary pads is reporter school
tuition I don’t know I sense you to
think that our only accomplishment is
marriage and I don’t want Sofia to think
that she’s a liability finishes abroad
we do this because world language or the
present past and future of the world we
do this because we don’t want more
world’s to come hashtags in social media
because they’re victims of circumstances
we do this because you want
the president’s policy makers
child-protection right activists and
residents ultimately for today my marine
wing Support she says and as we let our
own light shine we unconsciously give
permission for others to do the same as
a reliever isn’t from our own fear our
presence automatically liberates others
the creation of safe spaces safe space
removal yourself now only triggers but
releases unknown and hidden potential
and the beneficiaries and adversely
releases the same in yourself you never
knew you have I’ve hunted in the trigger
potentials with two-way streets and the
journey I will now take one for the rest
of my life as I continue my work abroad
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