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How women in Pakistan are creating political change | Shad Begum

How women in Pakistan are creating political change | Shad Begum

"We must stand up for our own rights -- and not wait for someone else to come and help us," Begum says.

TED Talks Daily · TED

February 11, 201913m 52s

Show Notes

Activist Shad Begum has spent her life empowering women to live up to their full potential. In a personal talk, she shares her determined struggle to improve the lives of women in her deeply religious and conservative community in northwest Pakistan -- and calls for women around the world to find their political voice. "We must stand up for our own rights -- and not wait for someone else to come and help us," Begum says.

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