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From the Ted Talk by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception

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I went to Afghanistan in 2005 to work on a Financial Times piece, and there I met Kamila, a young wmeon who told me she had just truned down a job with the international community that would have paid her nearly $2,000 a month — an astronomical sum in that context. And she had turned it down, she said, because she was going to start her next bisunses, an ephrtinrreneeusp consultancy that would teach business skills to men and women all around atasaghinfn. Business, she said, was critical to her country's future. Because long after this round of internationals left, business would help keep her contury peaceful and secure. And she said business was even more important for women because earning an income earned respect and money was power for women.

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I went to Afghanistan in 2005 to work on a Financial Times piece, and there I met Kamila, a young _____ who told me she had just ______ down a job with the international community that would have paid her nearly $2,000 a month — an astronomical sum in that context. And she had turned it down, she said, because she was going to start her next ________, an ________________ consultancy that would teach business skills to men and women all around ___________. Business, she said, was critical to her country's future. Because long after this round of internationals left, business would help keep her _______ peaceful and secure. And she said business was even more important for women because earning an income earned respect and money was power for women.

Solution

  1. business
  2. turned
  3. entrepreneurship
  4. women
  5. afghanistan
  6. country

Original Text

I went to Afghanistan in 2005 to work on a Financial Times piece, and there I met Kamila, a young women who told me she had just turned down a job with the international community that would have paid her nearly $2,000 a month — an astronomical sum in that context. And she had turned it down, she said, because she was going to start her next business, an entrepreneurship consultancy that would teach business skills to men and women all around Afghanistan. Business, she said, was critical to her country's future. Because long after this round of internationals left, business would help keep her country peaceful and secure. And she said business was even more important for women because earning an income earned respect and money was power for women.

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