VOA常速英语2019--第一夫人倡导为奋进的非洲女性注资（在线收听）

Ivanka Trump travel to Adzope in the Ivory Coast Wednesday, announcing a two million dollar commitment from USAID and private companies to women in the cocoa industry. One example is Cayat, a woman-run agricultural cooperative. Imagine how many will benefit if we have 300 more associations such as this. It’s women in programs like Cayat that a part of the W-GDP, a new Trump administration initiative to foster women’s employment in developing countries aims to help. Obviously, she was very warmly received, and I think we all see that the women industry are super excited about the investment that the US government is making, and they’ve stepped up to make their investment as well. We’re ready to work with them. We really want our families to be free and for our children to go to school like they should. We want to be happy like other women. More women than men aspire to be entrepreneurs across the African continent, according to the World Bank. They face barriers including lack of access to capital and often an inability to own land.

伊万卡·特朗普周三前往象牙海岸的阿佐佩地区，宣布美国国际开发署（USAID）和多家私企捐助200万美元。捐助的对象是从事可可行业的女性。其中一个受惠对象是Cayat，这是一个由妇女运营的农村合作社。想象一下有多少人会受惠，如果像这样的组织再多出300家的话。正是Cayat等组织的女性，她们是“妇女全球发展和繁荣”倡议（W-GDP）的参加者。这是特朗普政府提出的倡议，旨在促进发展中国家的女性就业。显然，她受到了热烈欢迎，而且我想我们都看到女性从事的行业对于美国政府的这项投资都十分激动，她们也开始紧锣密鼓做自己的投资了。我们愿意与他们合作。我们希望解放自己的家庭，让适龄儿童可以上学。我们也想像其他女性一样幸福。纵观非洲大陆，想要成为企业家的女性人数多于男性，这是世界银行给出的数据。她们面临着许多阻碍，如缺少获取资金的渠道，无法拥有属于自己的土地。

As women be feared to go to take loans, which for a long time we know that has been available, but the fear of the consequences what if the business fails has been one of the reasons why we will be more carefully. Trump also visited the We-fi, the Women’s Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative summit. Founding groups including the African Development Bank welcomed Ivanka and members of US Congress.

女性望而生畏，不敢借款，而且我们都知道借款在很长一段时间里是不对女性开放的。而且担心企业倒闭也是女性对借款谨小慎微的一个原因。第一夫人还参观了女性企业家金融倡议峰会。许多创始组织，如非洲开发银行，都对她和多位国会议员表示欢迎。

Many entrepreneurs say increased support will help them succeed. Regardless of how much money or where it’s coming from, some Ivory Coast women left Wednesday’s summits feeling inspired about the future of African business women.

很多企业家表示，支持力度加大能帮助她们成功。无论需要多少钱，无论这些钱从何而来。一些象牙海岸的女性周三参加完峰会后，对于非洲女性企业家的未来感到欢欣鼓舞。