Because I am a Girl - I'll take it from here — Transcript

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1. 0:06because I'm migu girl I love braiding my
2. 0:10sister's
3. 0:12hair dancing and playing with my
4. 0:15friends drawing diagrams and solving
5. 0:18equations because I am a girl I have
6. 0:21dreams when I grow up I want to be a
7. 0:23doctor a judge or maybe a scientist
8. 0:28[Music]
9. 0:30and I dream of having a family with my
10. 0:32true
11. 0:32[Music]
12. 0:35love but I know that none of these
13. 0:38dreams will come
14. 0:39true because I'm a girl I'll be forced
15. 0:42to drop out of school like so many other
16. 0:44girls my
17. 0:47age because I'm a girl boys bully
18. 0:54me men desire
19. 0:58me school is not longer a safe place for
20. 1:01me to
21. 1:04be because I'm a girl I get up first and
22. 1:08cook and
23. 1:10clean I come last in my
24. 1:17family because I'm a girl I have to get
25. 1:20married at
26. 1:2213 have babies before my body is
27. 1:26ready and have more children than I can
28. 1:28keep healthy
29. 1:31[Music]
30. 1:35girls like me without an education are
31. 1:38the poorest on the planet we have no
32. 1:41control over our lives and no way out of
33. 1:46poverty I know that staying in school
34. 1:48would mean a better life than my mother
35. 1:51then I could lead the way for my sisters
36. 1:52and friends we could decide our future
37. 1:55when to marry and which job
38. 1:59[Music]
39. 2:04and together we could show everybody how
40. 2:06girls make the community stronger and
41. 2:11richer the people at plan see the
42. 2:13potential in girls like me they'll help
43. 2:16me stay in a good safe School find new
44. 2:19and better ways for my family to earn
45. 2:21money and give me skills for life so
46. 2:23that I stay healthy and be all I can be
47. 2:27give me a chance and I'll take it from
48. 2:30here because I am a girl
49. 2:38[Music]