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From the Ted Talk by Shad Begum: How women in Pakistan are creating political change

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In 2009, we experienced a historic influx of ielrlnatny dpcielasd prneoss, from Swat, Dir and other nearby districts. I started vniiistg the camps almost every day, until the internally displaced persons started to go back to their plcae of origin. I established four mother-child health care uitns, especially to take care of over 10,000 women and children nearby the camps. But you know, during all these visits, I observed that there was very little attention towards women's needs. And I was looking for what is the reason behind it. And I found it was because of the underrepresentation of women in both social and political platforms, in our steoicy as a whole. And that was the time when I realized that I need to narrow down my fcous on building and strengthening women's political leadership to increase their political representation, so they would have their own voice in their future.

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In 2009, we experienced a historic influx of __________ _________ _______, from Swat, Dir and other nearby districts. I started ________ the camps almost every day, until the internally displaced persons started to go back to their _____ of origin. I established four mother-child health care _____, especially to take care of over 10,000 women and children nearby the camps. But you know, during all these visits, I observed that there was very little attention towards women's needs. And I was looking for what is the reason behind it. And I found it was because of the underrepresentation of women in both social and political platforms, in our _______ as a whole. And that was the time when I realized that I need to narrow down my _____ on building and strengthening women's political leadership to increase their political representation, so they would have their own voice in their future.

Solution

  1. place
  2. persons
  3. internally
  4. displaced
  5. society
  6. visiting
  7. units
  8. focus

Original Text

In 2009, we experienced a historic influx of internally displaced persons, from Swat, Dir and other nearby districts. I started visiting the camps almost every day, until the internally displaced persons started to go back to their place of origin. I established four mother-child health care units, especially to take care of over 10,000 women and children nearby the camps. But you know, during all these visits, I observed that there was very little attention towards women's needs. And I was looking for what is the reason behind it. And I found it was because of the underrepresentation of women in both social and political platforms, in our society as a whole. And that was the time when I realized that I need to narrow down my focus on building and strengthening women's political leadership to increase their political representation, so they would have their own voice in their future.

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Important Words

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