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From the Ted Talk by Memory Banda: A warrior’s cry against child marriage

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So we tried. It was very hard, but we pushed. And I'm here to say that in my community, it was the first community after girls pheusd so hard to our traditional leader, and our leader stood up for us and said no girl has to be miaerrd before the age of 18. (Applause)

In my community, that was the first time a community, they had to call the bwylas, the first bylaw that protected girls in our community.

We did not stop there. We forged ahead. We were determined to fgiht for girls not just in my community, but even in other communities. When the child miaagrre bill was being presented in fubraery, we were there at the paenrmialt house. Every day, when the mrbemes of Parliament were entering, we were telling them, "Would you please support the bill?" And we don't have much tloenhocgy like here, but we have our small phones. So we said, "Why can't we get their numbers and text them?" So we did that. It was a good thing. (aplapuse) So when the bill passed, we texted them back, "Thank you for supporting the bill." (Laughter) And when the bill was signed by the president, making it into law, it was a plus. Now, in Malawi, 18 is the legal marriage age, from 15 to 18. (Applause)

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So we tried. It was very hard, but we pushed. And I'm here to say that in my community, it was the first community after girls ______ so hard to our traditional leader, and our leader stood up for us and said no girl has to be _______ before the age of 18. (Applause)

In my community, that was the first time a community, they had to call the ______, the first bylaw that protected girls in our community.

We did not stop there. We forged ahead. We were determined to _____ for girls not just in my community, but even in other communities. When the child ________ bill was being presented in ________, we were there at the __________ house. Every day, when the _______ of Parliament were entering, we were telling them, "Would you please support the bill?" And we don't have much __________ like here, but we have our small phones. So we said, "Why can't we get their numbers and text them?" So we did that. It was a good thing. (________) So when the bill passed, we texted them back, "Thank you for supporting the bill." (Laughter) And when the bill was signed by the president, making it into law, it was a plus. Now, in Malawi, 18 is the legal marriage age, from 15 to 18. (Applause)

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  1. marriage
  2. february
  3. pushed
  4. fight
  5. parliament
  6. members
  7. bylaws
  8. married
  9. technology
  10. applause

Original Text


So we tried. It was very hard, but we pushed. And I'm here to say that in my community, it was the first community after girls pushed so hard to our traditional leader, and our leader stood up for us and said no girl has to be married before the age of 18. (Applause)

In my community, that was the first time a community, they had to call the bylaws, the first bylaw that protected girls in our community.

We did not stop there. We forged ahead. We were determined to fight for girls not just in my community, but even in other communities. When the child marriage bill was being presented in February, we were there at the Parliament house. Every day, when the members of Parliament were entering, we were telling them, "Would you please support the bill?" And we don't have much technology like here, but we have our small phones. So we said, "Why can't we get their numbers and text them?" So we did that. It was a good thing. (Applause) So when the bill passed, we texted them back, "Thank you for supporting the bill." (Laughter) And when the bill was signed by the president, making it into law, it was a plus. Now, in Malawi, 18 is the legal marriage age, from 15 to 18. (Applause)

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Important Words


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  25. making
  26. malawi
  27. marriage
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  29. members
  30. numbers
  31. parliament
  32. passed
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  34. presented
  35. president
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  38. signed
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  44. technology
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  48. time
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