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[TEXT] TechWomen Initiative 2011
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[TEXT] In April of 2010,
Secretary Clinton announced
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TechWomen during the
Presidential Summit
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on Entrepreneurship.
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This initiative brought 37 women
from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,
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Lebanon, Morocco,
Palestinian Territories
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to the United States for a
five week mentorship at 24
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U.S.-based technology companies.
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[TEXT: Ghada Bahig — Egypt]
We would like to influence or
empower girls back home
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with the same mindset of
believing in yourself and
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believing that you are capable
of doing any change.
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I actually realized that any
assumptions I have
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inside of my mind
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with regards to me not being able
to do something,
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pursue an idea, is just
something
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that I impose as a
barrier on myself.
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They’re not true because I
have not tried
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to actually execute my idea.
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I’ve seen the mindset of change
and believing in whatever idea
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you have no matter what, how
small,
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that you believe that this
idea
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is going to change the world,
then you go for it.
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