Khalida Brohi : How I work to protect women from honor killings

Khalida Brohi at TEDGlobal 2014  (transcript)
How I work to protect women from honor killings
Summary
I thought that the words “honor killings” was a joke though it's existing and I wondered why the word “embroidery” appeared here.

The honor killing is a custom in a small village where the speaker lives. It's Killing by family because men and women are suspected of having relationships before or outside of marriage. In the village, the marriage is already arranged by parents before daughters are adults, in the first place, the birth of a girl child is not celebrated, women are told to have patience as their main virtue, they can't go to school and they are forced  to marry before they are around ten years old.

The speaker tried to stop the custom by creating a group, though, people believed it's an honor and she didn't know how to cooperate with women in the village who also fight the problem silently. She failed and she found out there's a huge gap.

In the village, there is a severe costume though there has been beautiful songs, culture, tradition, stories mountain and a lot of sheep.

She realized that she must not challenge both centuries-old customs, she apologized and she tried to promote three main cultures that were music, language, and embroidery.

I understood that both sides that are men and women have to realize their potential and someone just continues giving inspiration. The most important thing is counting giving and naturally, cooperation and independence have to be made. People need to know where their rights are and how to take them by themselves. It takes much time for the problems of countries' history and customs, though, it has to continue as humans to understand equality between men and women and to live better. I think that I also want to continue doing like the speaker is continuing because humans must love their own country.

Words in this story
indigenous /adj/ indigenous, native, local
dweller /noun/ resident, inhabitant
embroidery /noun/ the art or pastime of embroidering cloth
replicate /verb/ copy reproduce