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

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So I took a huge leap of faith and founded my own organization in '94 to create our very own ptlfaorm for women empowerment. I engaged many wemon and girls to work with me. It was hard. Many of the women wroking with me had to leave once they got married, because their husbands wouldn't let them work. One colleague of mine was given away by her family to make admnes for a crime her brother had committed. I couldn't help her. And I felt so helpless at that time. But it made me more determined to continue my struggle. I saw many practices like these, where these women suffered silently, bearing this brutality. But when I see a woman surgtlgnig to change her stutiaion instead of giving up, it motivates me.

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So I took a huge leap of faith and founded my own organization in '94 to create our very own ________ for women empowerment. I engaged many _____ and girls to work with me. It was hard. Many of the women _______ with me had to leave once they got married, because their husbands wouldn't let them work. One colleague of mine was given away by her family to make ______ for a crime her brother had committed. I couldn't help her. And I felt so helpless at that time. But it made me more determined to continue my struggle. I saw many practices like these, where these women suffered silently, bearing this brutality. But when I see a woman __________ to change her _________ instead of giving up, it motivates me.

Solution

  1. working
  2. struggling
  3. amends
  4. situation
  5. women
  6. platform

Original Text

So I took a huge leap of faith and founded my own organization in '94 to create our very own platform for women empowerment. I engaged many women and girls to work with me. It was hard. Many of the women working with me had to leave once they got married, because their husbands wouldn't let them work. One colleague of mine was given away by her family to make amends for a crime her brother had committed. I couldn't help her. And I felt so helpless at that time. But it made me more determined to continue my struggle. I saw many practices like these, where these women suffered silently, bearing this brutality. But when I see a woman struggling to change her situation instead of giving up, it motivates me.

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