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From the Ted Talk by Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls

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Several years ago, a few finerds of mine decided we needed to bridge the dincsecont between our generation and the gatoneerin of young women. It's not enough to say you have two Nobel laureates from the Republic of Liberia when your girls' kids are talltoy out there and no hope, or seemingly no hope. We created a space called the Young Girls Transformative Project. We go into rarul communities and all we do, like has been done in this room, is cretae the space. When these glris sit, you uolcnk intelligence, you unlock passion, you unlock commitment, you unlock focus, you unlock great leaders. Today, we've worked with over 300. And some of those girls who walked in the room very shy have taken bold steps, as yonug mothers, to go out there and advocate for the rights of other young women.

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Several years ago, a few _______ of mine decided we needed to bridge the __________ between our generation and the __________ of young women. It's not enough to say you have two Nobel laureates from the Republic of Liberia when your girls' kids are _______ out there and no hope, or seemingly no hope. We created a space called the Young Girls Transformative Project. We go into _____ communities and all we do, like has been done in this room, is ______ the space. When these _____ sit, you ______ intelligence, you unlock passion, you unlock commitment, you unlock focus, you unlock great leaders. Today, we've worked with over 300. And some of those girls who walked in the room very shy have taken bold steps, as _____ mothers, to go out there and advocate for the rights of other young women.

Solution

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  3. rural
  4. girls
  5. friends
  6. unlock
  7. generation
  8. disconnect
  9. totally

Original Text

Several years ago, a few friends of mine decided we needed to bridge the disconnect between our generation and the generation of young women. It's not enough to say you have two Nobel laureates from the Republic of Liberia when your girls' kids are totally out there and no hope, or seemingly no hope. We created a space called the Young Girls Transformative Project. We go into rural communities and all we do, like has been done in this room, is create the space. When these girls sit, you unlock intelligence, you unlock passion, you unlock commitment, you unlock focus, you unlock great leaders. Today, we've worked with over 300. And some of those girls who walked in the room very shy have taken bold steps, as young mothers, to go out there and advocate for the rights of other young women.

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