THE KID’S SOCCER GAME TO GO VOTE, PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR
VOTE, PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. PEOPLE ARE DONE WITH THE
PEOPLE ARE DONE WITH THE NEGATIVITY.
NEGATIVITY. THAT I THINK IS SO POWERFUL.
THAT I THINK IS SO POWERFUL. >> JAHANA HAYES, REPUBLICAN --
>> JAHANA HAYES, REPUBLICAN -- DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE, GOOD LUCK.
CANDIDATE, GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> I’M HERE KNOW YOU’RE SPECIFIC
>> I’M HERE KNOW YOU’RE SPECIFIC FIGHTING TO END CHILD MARRIAGES
FIGHTING TO END CHILD MARRIAGES IN YOUR COUNTRY OF LEBANON.
IN YOUR COUNTRY OF LEBANON. TELL ME SORT OF WHAT THESE WOMEN
TELL ME SORT OF WHAT THESE WOMEN ARE LIKE.
ARE LIKE. WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN THROUGH,
WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN THROUGH, WHAT AGE ARE THEY, THAT KIND OF
WHAT AGE ARE THEY, THAT KIND OF THING?
THING? >> WITH MY WORLD ORGANIZATION IN
>> WITH MY WORLD ORGANIZATION IN LEBANON, WE WORK WITH SYRIAN
LEBANON, WE WORK WITH SYRIAN REFUGEE GIRLS.
REFUGEE GIRLS. WE SUPPORT THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL.
WE SUPPORT THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. THOSE GIRLS, THEY ARE FACING
THOSE GIRLS, THEY ARE FACING BARRIERS AFTER BARRIERS AND THE
BARRIERS AFTER BARRIERS AND THE CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIFE.
CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIFE. THEY ARE FACING CHILD MARRIAGE,
THEY ARE FACING CHILD MARRIAGE, THEY ARE FACING POVERTY, AND
THEY ARE FACING POVERTY, AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION.
GENDER DISCRIMINATION. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO END
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO END THE CHILD MARRIAGE AND TO
THE CHILD MARRIAGE AND TO PROTECT THEM TO BE IN THE
PROTECT THEM TO BE IN THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. >> HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING
>> HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
THIS? WHEN YOU SAY YOU’RE WORKING TO
WHEN YOU SAY YOU’RE WORKING TO END CHILD MARRIAGE, WHAT ARE YOU
END CHILD MARRIAGE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DOING? >> WE HOLD WORKSHOPS WITH THE
>> WE HOLD WORKSHOPS WITH THE GIRLS, WE EDUCATE THEM ON THEIR
GIRLS, WE EDUCATE THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS, TEACH THEM TO BE
RIGHTS, TEACH THEM TO BE ADVOCATES, WE VISITED THEIR
ADVOCATES, WE VISITED THEIR PARENTS AT THEIR HOMES.
PARENTS AT THEIR HOMES. WE DISCUSS WITH THEM THE
WE DISCUSS WITH THEM THE CULTURAL BELIEFS AND WE WORK
CULTURAL BELIEFS AND WE WORK WITH THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, THE
WITH THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING THE MARRIAGE AGREEMENT AND WE
MARRIAGE AGREEMENT AND WE EDUCATION THEM ON THE RISKS OF
EDUCATION THEM ON THE RISKS OF CHILD MARRIAGE.
CHILD MARRIAGE. >> YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT YOU
>> YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT YOU DO WORKSHOPS WITH THESE WOMEN.
DO WORKSHOPS WITH THESE WOMEN. TELL ME SORT OF THE CHANGE THAT
TELL ME SORT OF THE CHANGE THAT YOU MAKE IN THEIR LIVES.
YOU MAKE IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM THOSE
WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM THOSE WORKSHOPS?
WORKSHOPS? >> AS A RESULT OF THE WORKSHOPS
>> AS A RESULT OF THE WORKSHOPS AND THE WORK, THE MENTALITY IS
AND THE WORK, THE MENTALITY IS CHANGING.
CHANGING. THE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO SPEAK
THE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO SPEAK OUT.
OUT. THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ARE
THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ARE STARTING TO LISTEN TO THEM.
STARTING TO LISTEN TO THEM. THE GIRLS ARE START RAISE THEIR
