Shad Begum: How women in Pakistan are creating political change

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I'm here to tell you how change is happening at a local level in Pakistan,

because women are finding their place in the political process. I want to take you all on a journey to the place I was raised,

northwest Pakistan, called Dir. Dir was founded in the 17th century.

It was a princely state until its merger with Pakistan in 1969. Our prince, Nawab Shah Jahan, reserved the right to wear white,

the color of honor, but only for himself. He didn't believe in educating his people.

And at the time of my birth in 1979, only five percent of boys and one percent of girls

received any schooling at all. I was one among that one percent.

Growing up, I was very close to my father. He is a pharmacy doctor, and he sent me to school.

Every day, I would go to his clinic when my lessons finished. He's a wonderful man and a well-respected community leader.

He was leading a welfare organization, and I would go with him to the social and political gatherings

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