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Millions of women live like this today. They are the poorest of the poor.
如今還有萬千上萬的婦女像這樣生活著。她們是真正的最窮的窮人。
Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.
盡管婦女從事著世界上三分之二的勞力工作，但是她們僅僅擁有低于1%的資產(chǎn)。
They are paid less than men for the same work if they're paid at all,
相同的工作他們的報酬比男性更低，即使她們得到報酬，
and they remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence,
也很容易受到傷害，因為她們并沒有經(jīng)濟(jì)獨立能力，
and they are constantly threatened by exploitation, violence and abuse.
并且她們常常受到剝削、暴力以及侮辱。
It is a fact that giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society.
事實上如果給婦女提供教育，工作以及控制自己的收入，財產(chǎn)等的能力，將會為社會帶來好處。
If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off.
如果婦女的能力得到了提升，她的孩子和家庭都將會獲益。
If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.
如果家庭變好，村莊也會繁榮起來，從而整個國家都將會變得更好。
Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.
旺加里·馬塔伊去了肯尼亞的一個村莊。
She talks with the women and explains that the land is barren because they have cut and sold the trees.
她與婦女交談，并向她們解釋土地荒蕪的原因是因為他們砍掉了那些樹木。
She gets the women to plant new trees and water them, drop by drop.
她讓婦女們慢慢地種植新的樹木并且進(jìn)行澆灌。
In a matter of five or six years, they have a forest, the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.
在五年或者六年后，他們擁有了森林，土壤被催肥，村莊被拯救了。
The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down.
在最為貧窮的社會中，往往婦女位于最低層。
Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments and also by philanthropy.
并且很明顯地是真相往往被政府所忽略，同樣也被慈善事業(yè)所忽略。
For every dollar given to a women's program, 20 dollars are given to men's programs.
在婦女項目得到一美元的同時，男性項目卻得到了二十美元。
Women are 51 percent of humankind. Empowering them will change everything -- more than technology and design and entertainment.
婦女占有人類的51%。將婦女變強(qiáng)的話將會改變一切，遠(yuǎn)超過技術(shù)、設(shè)計和娛樂所帶來的影響。
I can promise you that women working together -- linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
我敢保證如果婦女們一起工作--相互聯(lián)系、了解情況并且受到過教育，那就能夠為這個星球帶來和平和繁榮。
In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians, mainly women and children.
在當(dāng)今的任何戰(zhàn)爭中，大多數(shù)受害者是平民，主要是婦女和小孩。
They are collateral damage. Men run the world, and look at the mess we have.
他們是被動受害者。男性主宰世界，然后看著我們所帶來這一切。
