She has a right to talk. she has a right to disagree.
In the society I come from girls and women don't have the rights that belong to them.
Nan sosyete pa m fi yo pa gen dwa yo vre.
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Bon Kò
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Pou mwen yon bon kò se: | For me a good body is: | ||||||||
| Lèm bebe map grandi sa se yon kò pou paran m ak moun nan kominote a. Moun ap toujou felesite m Oh! Gade yon bèl pitit manmi abiye ou bèl. | ||||||||||
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| When I'm a baby, I'm growing. This is a body for my parents and for people in the community. People congratulate me. Oh! Look at that beautiful little one! Your mama has dressed you so pretty! | ||||||||||
| Lè m fin gran map pare pou lavi, mwen gen chwa: aprann nenpòt sa m vle, fòme yon fraye ou non fè tout sa ki entèresan pou mwen. |
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After I grow up, I'll be ready for life. I'll have choices: learn whatever I want, form a household--or not, or just do whatever is interesting for me. | |||||||||
| For me, when a girl has a good body, it means she doesn't have any pressure weighing on her mind | |
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| Pou mwen yon fi gen yon bon kò se lè li pa gen kenn presyon sou tèt li, li gen dwa pale dwa revandike. | ||||||||||
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She has a right to talk. she has a right to disagree.
In the society I come from girls and women don't have the rights that belong to them. |
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Nan sosyete pa m fi yo pa gen dwa yo vre.
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| Gason yo jwenn djòb pi plis ke fi yo se gason ki okipe tout plas. |
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Men and boys find jobs most easily, which makes it so that they already occupy all the places. | |||||||||
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| How, when I can't find work, can't find what I need to live, how can I have a good body? | ||||||||||
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| Koman mwen paka jwenn travay jwenn sa m bezwen epi pou m gen yon bon kò. | ||||||||||
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