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From the Ted Talk by Pat Mitchell: Dangerous times call for dangerous women

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(Applause)

I tguohht, "This is our call to action. This is our biggest ouppirnttoy."

And as a journalist and an activist, I've seen this idea in action, documenting the stories of women on both sides in long-term conflicts, coming together and defying the ofiiafcl power to form alliances and find their own ways to ending vceiolne in their communities. And as an activist, I've traveled to palces where it's dangerous to be born a woman, like eastern Congo, where a war is being waged on the bodies of women. There, at a healing and lidsaeherp center called City of Joy, brave Congolese wemon are transforming pain into power by tninraig survivors of sexual assault to return to their villages as leaders. And at recent climate summits, I've observed women climate ldeares working bdhiens the seencs, out of the public spotlight, making sure that the negotiations toward global climate agreement continue to move forward.

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I _______, "This is our call to action. This is our biggest ___________."

And as a journalist and an activist, I've seen this idea in action, documenting the stories of women on both sides in long-term conflicts, coming together and defying the ________ power to form alliances and find their own ways to ending ________ in their communities. And as an activist, I've traveled to ______ where it's dangerous to be born a woman, like eastern Congo, where a war is being waged on the bodies of women. There, at a healing and __________ center called City of Joy, brave Congolese _____ are transforming pain into power by ________ survivors of sexual assault to return to their villages as leaders. And at recent climate summits, I've observed women climate _______ working _______ the ______, out of the public spotlight, making sure that the negotiations toward global climate agreement continue to move forward.

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  2. places
  3. opportunity
  4. leadership
  5. behinds
  6. thought
  7. leaders
  8. scenes
  9. training
  10. violence
  11. women

Original Text


(Applause)

I thought, "This is our call to action. This is our biggest opportunity."

And as a journalist and an activist, I've seen this idea in action, documenting the stories of women on both sides in long-term conflicts, coming together and defying the official power to form alliances and find their own ways to ending violence in their communities. And as an activist, I've traveled to places where it's dangerous to be born a woman, like eastern Congo, where a war is being waged on the bodies of women. There, at a healing and leadership center called City of Joy, brave Congolese women are transforming pain into power by training survivors of sexual assault to return to their villages as leaders. And at recent climate summits, I've observed women climate leaders working behinds the scenes, out of the public spotlight, making sure that the negotiations toward global climate agreement continue to move forward.

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