TEDGlobal 2014
Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act
Summary
I am a woman holding a regular job, and I appreciate that I have time to learn English with safety and fun.
In the world, still there are a lot of women and girls who are not allowed to learn reading and writing. Their parents, society and even their religious beliefs are obstacles. They know that receiving education is their only way to control their lives.
The speaker is a photographer who experienced that. She takes photos and shows them to the world to encourage them.
What they learn is that they can find a job, rent a place to live in and have a kid with safety. They also start to understand that, and they share a message to us and other people who have the same situation. "Questions your convictions. You can be a person who wants to be. Don't accept being the enslavement. For your mother birthed you free".
We have to create our world where all men and women can enjoy reading.
Words in this story
enslavement / the action of making someone a slave; subjugation. service, employing, using.
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