| 00:00:00 | IF YOU FILL OUT THE CARDS ON YOUR TABLE, OUR STAFF WILL BE AROUND SHORTLY TO COLLECT THEM. |
| 00:00:07 | NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION'S GLOBAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR. |
| 00:00:21 | >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. |
| 00:00:25 | I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE AND THIS CLOSE TO GLORIA STEINEM BECAUSE I WILL NEVER GET OVER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL MY ENGLISH TEACHER GAVE ME MY FIRST CALLER: OF "MS. |
| 00:00:37 | " MAGAZINE. |
| 00:00:38 | FOR ME "MS. |
| 00:00:41 | " HAS ALWAYS BEEN SYNONYMOUS. |
| 00:00:43 | THAT'S A GREAT HONOR. |
| 00:00:46 | AS WE CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF REPORTING BY "MS. |
| 00:00:50 | " MAGAZINE, WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING THE YOUNGEST FEMINIST ACTIVIST AMONG US TODAY. |
| 00:00:57 | AOCTOBER 11TH IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD. |
| 00:01:02 | TO RECOGNIZE GIRLS AND THE UNIQUE RIGHTS AND CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AROUND THE WORLD. |
| 00:01:09 | FOR ITS FIRST OBSERVANCE IT FOCUSES ON ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE. |
| 00:01:15 | AROUND THE WORLD ONE IN THREE GIRLS ARE MARRIED BEFORE THEY REACH THE AGE OF 18. |
| 00:01:22 | IT IS A VIOLATION OF A GIRL'S FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMPACTS ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE. |
| 00:01:30 | CHILD MARRIAGE ROBS A GIRL OF HER CHILDHOOD, LIMITS HER OPPORTUNITIES, INCREASES HER RISK TO BE A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. |
| 00:01:40 | IN FACT COMPLICATIONS FROM TOO EARLY PREGNANCY ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 19 YEARS. |
| 00:01:48 | CHILD MARRIAGE VIRTUALLY END A GIRL'S EDUCATION. |
| 00:01:51 | WHEN GIRLS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN SCHOOL AND AVOID BEING MARRIED EARLY, THEY CAN BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRESS OF THEIR COUNTRIES. |
| 00:02:01 | ON THIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD, WE MUST DOUBLE OUR COMMITMENT ENSURING THAT ALL COUNTRIES ENACT AND ENFORCE LAWS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS TO 18. |
| 00:02:16 | WE MUST DEMAND THAT ALL COUNTRIES OFFER ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ENSURE THAT GENDER GAPS IN SCHOOLS ARE ELIMINATED. |
| 00:02:27 | WE MUST DEMAND THAT THE ROOT CAUSES UNDERLYING CHILD MARRIAGE, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, POVERTY AND CULTURAL JUSTIFICATIONS BE ENDED HERE AND ARLED THE -- AROUND THE WORLD. |
| 00:02:42 | AND WE MUST NOT FORGET THE GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD THAT DEMAND THESE THINGS. |
| 00:02:56 | THERE IS A GIRL WHO IS 14 -YEAR-OLD WHO WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY THE TALIBAN. |
| 00:03:08 | SHE WAS ATTACKED BECAUSE SHE STOOD UP TO THE TALIBAN WHEN THEY TOOK OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY ORDERED ALL THE GIRL SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED DOWN. |
| 00:03:19 | SHE REVEALED WHAT THIS EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE THROUGH HER WRITING ABOUT LIFE UNDER THE BRUTELE CONTROL OF THE TALIBAN FROM 2007 TO 2009. |
| 00:03:30 | SHE WROTE HER DREAM WAS A COUNTRY WHERE EDUCATION WOULD PREVAIL. |
| 00:03:36 | SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN PAKISTAN. |
| 00:03:40 | WE CANNOT LET HER BE FORGOTTEN. |
| 00:03:42 | NOR CAN WE FORGET THE GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN WHO FACE THREATS BY THE TALIBAN AS THEY RECLAIM THEIR RIGHTES TO GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL. |
| 00:03:52 | A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO THE FEMINIST FOUNDATION COMBINED FORCES WITH |
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