VOA常速英语:Educating Girls, Helping Society(翻译)

Educating girls is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality, and can lay the foundation for sustained economic growth.For every year of education a girl attains, her future earning potential goes up by 10 percent.And because she is likely to share up to 90 percent of her earnings with her family and her community, everyone around her will benefit.
让女孩接受教育是减少贫困最强大的方式之一，也是经济持续增长的基础。一个女孩每接受一年的教育，未来收入的潜力就会增长10%。她可能会将90%的收入分给家人和社区，所以她周围的每个人都会受益。

“Simply put,” said USAID Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Susan Markham,“when women are educated, they are a powerful force for change.”
“简而言之，”美国国际开发署负责两性平等与妇女权益保护工作的高级协调员苏珊·马卡姆表示说：“接受教育的妇女是强大的改革力量。”

Nonetheless, some 62 million who should be attending school are not. Too often they are marginalized and devalued, assigned to do menial chores, fetch water and watch over other children, while boys are expected to attend school, become breadwinners, and represent the family in public gatherings and forums, said Senior Coordinator Markham.
然而，仍然有大约6200万本应该接受教育的女性并没有上学。她们经常被排斥、被贬低，被派去做一些卑微的琐事，比如打水、照看他人的孩子；而男孩们则会去上学，家里人希望他们能够养家糊口，能够在公共聚会和公共场合上代表整个家庭，高级协调员马卡姆如是说道。

“To change this dynamic, we must focus on promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment worldwide, while also engaging men and boys.”
“为了改变这一情况，我们必须重视促进全世界的男女平等和妇女授权，同时也使男人和男孩参与其中。”

But women’s empowerment is critical to our core mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies with healthy, well-educated citizens. These are some of the reasons why U.S. foreign policy prioritizes gender equality and the advancement of women and girls.
但是，妇女授权是完成消除极端贫困的核心使命，建设有弹性的民主社会，培养健康、接受良好教育的公民至关重要。这就是美国的外交政策之所以重视男女平等和女性进步的原因。

We help girls access primary education, including those living in crisis or conflict affected areas.Our reading programs ensure that girls have literacy skills that are foundational for future learning and success.We also support workforce development programs which will help girls gain better jobs.
我们帮助女孩接受初等教育，包括那些生活在危机和受冲突影响地区的女孩。我们的阅读计划确保女孩们拥有读写能力，这是她们未来学习和成功的基础。我们也支持劳动力发展计划，帮助女孩们找到更好的工作。

From birth to adulthood, girls face innumerable obstacles that boys do not. We document and address these problems through a holistic approach which encompasses the interconnected events that resonate across a girl’s life from birth to adulthood,and work to change the perception of girls’ value at the individual, community and institutional levels.
从出生到成年，女孩面临着男孩不会经历的无数个障碍。我们采用整体性方法来记录并解决这些问题，解决女孩从出生到成年时期发生的、但会影响其一生的关联事件，并努力改变女孩在个人、社区和制度层面的价值观。

And finally, through programs like Let Girls Learn,USAID works across sectors to address the root causes that keep adolescent girls out of school and limit their ability to make life decisions.
最后，通过“让女孩学习”等项目，美国国际开发署开展跨部门的工作，解决导致青年女性离开学校、阻止她们做出人生决定的根本问题。

“USAID envisions a world,” said Senior Coordinator Markham, “where females and males are equally able to access quality education and health care;accumulate and control their own economic assets and resources; exercise their own voice; and live free from intimidation, harassment, and discrimination—valued as leaders, innovators, peace-builders, and breadwinners in their communities and societies.”
“美国国际开发署展望这样一个世界，”高级协调员马卡姆说，“即男性和女性拥有同样的机会接受教育和医疗；积累和管控自己的经济财产和资源；表达自己的想法；远离恐吓、扰乱和歧视——作为领导者、发明家、和平建造者、养家糊口者，在社区和社会中受到重视。