VOA常速英语:Northern Nigeria Girls Fight to Stay in School During Pandemic

15-year-old Uml Ali leads this team of girls in this phone repair workshop.
15岁的Uml Ali带领一队女孩在这个手机维修车间里干活。
Here they earn money by replacing defective parts of phones,
在这里，她们通过更换手机有缺陷的部件来赚钱，
charging them and transferring meteor files for customers for a fee.
给它们充电，并快速为客户传输文件，收取一定的费用。
Ali says she dropped out of school four months ago after her marriage but shes glad she can still work here.
Ali说，四个月前她就辍学结婚了，但她很高兴自己还能在这里工作。
I am happy now that I am in the aspect of repairing phones.
我很高兴现在我在维修手机。
I could not repair phones.
我开始不会修理手机。
Now I can,and I can also operate laptops and do many other things.
现在我可以了我还可以操作笔记本电脑，做很多其他的事情。
I am thankful.
我很感激。
In this part of Nigeria 68 percent of girls are married before their 18th birthday.
在尼日利亚的这一地区，68%的女孩在18岁前结婚。
With no education these women aspire only to be wives and mothers while their male peers progress in careers.
由于没有受过教育，这些妇女只想成为妻子和母亲，而她们的男性同龄人则在事业上取得进步。
In safe spaces like this one, however, created by the Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative,
然而，像这样的安全空间，还是由以撒瓦力赋权倡议计划兴办的，
young girls learn to read, write and develop vocational skills,
在这里，年轻女孩可以学习读、写和发展职业技能，
including those often considered to be male-oriented.
包括那些通常被认为是男性主导的技能。
The man is supposed to provide the man, is supposed to be there, to do everything,
男人应该提供劳动力，应该在那里做所有的事情，
whereas the woman is just to be the wife and have children.
而女人只是做贤妻良母。
Then at one point there was also religion was brought into it.
后来宗教被引入其中。
Thats because the majority here are Muslims and they were using it
这是因为这里的大多数人是穆斯林，他们在利用它……
was a misperception about what religion says,
这是对宗教的误解。
because actually Islam says, "Seek for education, no matter where it takes you,and it did not say male or female."
因为实际上伊斯兰教说，“寻求教育，无论它带你去哪里，它没有说男性或女性。”
It said "sikh" meaning that both male and female should seek for education.
“sikh”的意思是无论男性还是女性都应该寻求教育。
But somehow along the line, things got distorted,
但是随着社会的发展，意思就被歪曲了，
and it became the man should seek and the woman she shouldnt get an education.
它变成了男人应该追求教育，女人不应该接受教育。
The Ford Foundation-sponsored program pathway to choice conducted in several communities,
福特基金会赞助的“选择之路”项目在几个社区开展，
has empowered more than 200 girls,
已经赋予了200多名女孩权力，
and has seen 76 percent of the girls return to formal schooling.
76%的女孩重返正规学校。
Among them is Rabi Sally who says girls in her family never get beyond a primary education.
Rabi Sally就是其中之一。她说，她家里的女孩从未受过小学以上的教育。
Honestly at home they will not allow us to continue with school because all my siblings didnt finish school.
老实说，在家里不允许我们继续上学，我所有的兄弟姐妹都没有完成学业。
Once you dream of going to school they will just marry you out.
一旦你梦想去上学，他们就会把你嫁出去。
The Nigerian federal government passed The Childs Rights Act of 2003,
尼日利亚联邦政府在2003年通过了《儿童权利法案》，
prohibiting the marriage and betrayal of children below the age of 18.
禁止18岁以下儿童的婚姻及其背叛。
11 states in northern Nigeria have yet to enforce it at the state level though.
然而，尼日利亚北部的11个州尚未在州一级实施该法案。
Having laws in place like The Childs Rights Act, The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act domesticated,
虽然制定了《儿童权利法案》《禁止对人施暴法案》等法律，
so having them domesticated in the states,
但应在各个州落实才行，
and various other policies and laws would go along would also help in ensuring them get an education.
其他各种政策和法律也会配合，帮助她们获得教育。
The United Nations estimates there will be an additional 13 million child rights,
联合国估计，1300万儿童的权利将会增加，
because of the economic strain brought on poor families by covid-19.
疫情给贫困家庭带来了经济压力。
However, despite the effects of the pandemic, these girls are fighting to be self-sufficient.
然而，尽管受到疫情的影响，这些女孩仍在努力实现自给自足。
I dont want to be a burden on my parents or my husband,
我不想成为我父母或丈夫的负担，
so when I have a need, Ill just take my money to need it.
所以当我有需要的时候，我只需要拿我的钱。
I am happy to return to school because it is great progress
我很高兴回到学校，因为这是很大的进步。
The Women Affairs Ministry says it continues to equip women at the rural level,
妇女事务部表示，他们将继续武装农村妇女，
through the development of cottage industries and training to better support their families.
通过发展家庭手工业和培训，更好地支持其家庭。
RefleKt Ethang for VOA News Kano Nigeria
美国之音新闻，RefleKt Ethang尼日利亚卡诺报道