Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An Invitation to Men Who Want a Better World for Women | TED

Translator: Jelena Gugic Reviewer: Nedžad Neziri

I will always remember

Uvijek ću se sjećati

the first time I met the girl in the blue uniform.

prvog susreta s djevojkom u plavoj uniformi

I was eight at the time,

Bilo mi je osam godina,

living in the village with my grandmother,

živjela sam s mojom bakom u selu,

who was raising me and other children.

koja je odgajala mene i ostalu djecu.

Famine had hit my country of Zimbabwe,

Glad je pogodila moju zemlju Zibabve

and we just didn't have enough to eat.

i mi jednostavno nismo imali dovoljno hrane.

We were hungry.

Bili smo gladni.

And that's when the girl in the blue uniform

Tada je djevojka u plavoj uniformi

came to my village with the United Nations

došla u moje selo s Ujedinjenim nacijama

to feed the children.

kako bi nahranili djecu.

As she handed me my porridge,

Dok mi je dodavala kašu,

I asked her why she was there,

pitala sam zašto je ovdje

and without hesitation, she said,

i bez oklijevanja je rekla:

"As Africans, we must uplift all the people of Africa."

"Kao Afrikanke, moramo uzdići sve ljude u Africi."

I had absolutely no idea what she meant.

Nisam imala pojma šta je željela reći.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But her words stuck with me.

Njene sam riječi zapamtila.

Two years later,

Nakon 2 godine

famine hit my country for the second time.

glad je ponovo pogodila moju zemlju.

My grandmother had no choice but to send me to the city

Moja baka nije imala izbora nego me poslati u grad.

to live with an aunt I had never met before.

da živim s tetkom koju nikad ranije nisam srela.

So at the age of 10,

Tako sam s deset godina

I found myself in school for the very first time.

prvi put zatekla u školi.

And there, at the city school,

Tu, u gradskoj školi

I would experience what it was to be unequal.

ću iskusiti šta znači biti neravnopravan.

You see, in the village,

Vidite, na selu

we were all equal.

smo svi bili jednaki.

But in the eyes and the minds of the other kids,

Ali u očima i u mislima druge djece

I was not their equal.

nisam bila jednaka.

I couldn't speak English,

Nisam govorila engleski

and I was way behind in terms of reading and writing.

i veoma sam zaostajala u pogledu čitanja i pisanja.

But this feeling of inequality would get even more complex.

Ovaj osjećaj neravnopravnosti će postati još složeniji.

Every school holiday

Svaki školski praznik

spent back in the village with my grandmother

proveden u selu s mojom bakom

made me consciously aware

činio me oprezno svjesnom

of the inequalities this incredible opportunity

neravnopravnosti koje je ova nevjerojatna prilika

had created within my own family.

stvorila unutar moje porodice.

Suddenly, I had much more than the rest of my village.

Iznenada sam bila imućnija od ostalih u selu.

And in their eyes, I was no longer their equal.

I u njihovim očima više nisam bila jednaka.

I felt guilty.

Osjećala sam krivicu.

But I thought about the girl in the blue uniform,

Pomislih na djevojku u plavoj uniformi

and I remember thinking,

i sjećam se da sam pomislila:

"That's who I want to be --

"To je ono što želim biti,

someone like her,

neko poput nje,

someone who uplifts other people."

neko ko uzdiže druge ljude."

This childhood experience led me to the United Nations,

Iskustvo iz djetinjstva dovelo me do Ujedinjenih nacija

and to my current role with UN Women,

i do moje sadašnje uloge u UN Women,

where we are addressing one of the greatest inequalities

gdje se bavimo jednom od najvećih nejednakosti

that affects more than half of the world's population --

koja zahvata više od polovine svjetskog stanovništva...

women and girls.

žene i djevojčice.

Today, I want to share with you

Danas s vama želim podjeliti

a simple idea that seeks to uplift all of us together.

jednostavnu ideju koja teži k tome da nas svezajedno uzdigne.

Eight months ago,

Prije osam mjeseci,

under the visionary leadership of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

pod vizionarkim vodstvom Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

head of UN Women,

koja je na čelu UN Women,

we launched a groundbreaking initiative

lansirali smo revolucionarnu inicijativu

called HeForShe,

nazvanu HeForShe (OnZaNju),

inviting men and boys from around the world

koja poziva muškarce i dječake širom svijeta

to stand in solidarity with each other and with women,

da stanu solidarni jedni uz druge i uz žene,

to create a shared vision for gender equality.

i stvore zajedničku viziju rodne ravnopravnosti.

This is an invitation for those who believe in equality

Ovo je pozivnica za one koji vjeruju u ravnopravnost

for women and men,

za žene i muškarce

and those who don't yet know that they believe.

i za one koji još uvijek ne znaju da vjeruju.

The initiative is based on a simple idea:

Inicijativa je utemeljena na jednostavnoj ideji:

that what we share is much more powerful

ono što nam je zajedničko daleko je moćnije

than what divides us.

od onog što nas razdvaja.

We all feel the same things.

Svi imamo iste osjećaje.

We all want the same things,

Svi imamo iste želje,

even when those things sometimes remain unspoken.

iako te želje nekad ostanu neizgovorene.

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us,

HeForShe je za uzdizanje svih nas,

women and men together.

žena i muškaraca zajedno.

It's moving us towards an inflection point for gender equality.

To je pokret ka prekretnici za rodnu ravnopravnost.

Imagine a blank page

Zamislite praznu stranicu

with one horizontal line splitting it in half.

i horizontalnu liniju koja je dijeli na pola.

Now imagine that women are represented here,

Sada zamislite da su žene predstavljene ovdje,

and men are represented here.

a muškarci su predstavljeni ovdje.

In our current population,

U našoj trenutnoj populaciji,

HeForShe is about moving the 3.2 billion men,

HeForShe pokreće 3.2 milijarde muškaraca,

one man at a time,

jednog po jednog,

across that line,

preko te linije,

so that ultimately, men can stand alongside women

kako bi napokon i muškarci stajali uz žene

and be on the right side of history,

na pravoj strani historije,

making gender equality a reality in the 21st century.

čineći ravnopravnost stvarnošću 21. vijeka.

However, engaging men in the movement would prove quite controversial.

Ipak, uključenje muškaraca u pokret se pokazalo prilično kontraverznim.

Why invite men? They are the problem.

Zašto pozvati muškarce? Oni i jesu problem.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

In fact, men don't care, we were told.

Rekli su nam da muškarcima zapravo nije stalo.

But something incredible happened when we launched HeForShe.

Ali dogodilo se neočekivano kad smo pokrenuli HeForShe.

In just three days, more than 100,000 men

U samo tri dana, više od 100.000 muškaraca

had signed up and committed to be agents of change for equality.

je potpisalo i obavezalo se da budu agenti promjene za ravnopravnost.

Within that first week, at least one man in every single country in the world

Prve sedmice se bar po jedan muškarac svake zemlje svijeta

stood up to be counted,

izdvojio i uključio,

and within that same week,

a te iste sedmice,

HeForShe created more than 1.2 billion conversations on social media.

HeForShe je tvorio više od 1.2 milijarde razgovora na društvenim mrežama.

And that's when the emails started pouring in,

Tada su se mailovi počeli slijevati,

sometimes as many as a thousand a day.

ponekad i hiljadu dnevno.

We heard from a man out of Zimbabwe,

Pisao nam je čovjek iz Zibabwea,

who, after hearing about HeForShe,

koji je, čuvši za HeForShe,

created a "husband school."

kreirao "školu za muževe".

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

He literally went around his village,

Doslovno je hodao po svom selu,

hand-picking all of the men that were abusive to their partners,

biravši muškarce koji su nasilni prema partnericama,

and committed to turn them into better husbands and fathers.

odlučan da ih pretvori u bolje muževe i očeve.

In Pune, India, a youth advocate organized an innovative bicycle rally,

U Indiji je advokat mladih organizirao inovativan skup

mobilizing 700 cyclists

mobilizirajući 700 biciklista

to share the HeForShe messages within their own community.

da djele poruke HeForShe u vlastitoj zemlji.

In another impact story,

Druga priča govori

a man sent a very personal note

o čovjeku je poslao veoma ličnu poruku

of something that had happened in his own community.

o događaju u njegovoj zajednici.

He wrote,

Napisao je:

"Dear Madam,

"Draga Madam,

I have lived all of my life

stanujem čitavog života

next door to a man who continuously beats up his wife.

vrata do čovjeka koji stalno tuče svoju ženu.

Two weeks ago,

Prije dvije sedmice

I was listening to my radio,

sam slušao svoj radio

and your voice came on,

i čuo Vaš glas

and you spoke about something called the HeForShe,

kako govori o nečem naziva HeForShe,

and the need for men to play their role.

i potrebi da muškarci odigraju svoju ulogu

Within a few hours, I heard the woman cry again next door,

Za par sati sam čuo kako žena u susjedstvu plače

but for the first time,

i prvi put

I didn't just sit there.

nisam ostao sjediti.

I felt compelled to do something,

Osjećao sam poriv da nešto učinim

so I went over and I confronted the husband.

i otišao sam tamo suočiti se s mužem.

Madam, it has been two weeks,

Madam, prošle su dvije sedmice

and the woman has not cried since.

i žena od tad nije plakala.

Thank you for giving me a voice."

Hvala što ste mi dali glas."

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Personal impact stories such as these

Lične priče kao što je ova

show that we are tapping into something within men,

pokazuju da dodirujemo nešto u muškarcima

but getting to a world where women and men are equal

iako postizanje svijeta u kojem su muškarci i žene jednaki

is not just a matter of bringing men to the cause.

nije samo stvar pridobijanja muškaraca.

We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize

Želimo konkretne, sistematske, strukturalne promjene koje mogu ujednačiti

the political, economic and social realities for women and men.

političku, ekonomsku i društvenu realnost žena i muškaraca.

We are asking men to make concrete actions,

Tražimo od muškaraca konkretne akcije,

calling them to intervene at a personal level,

pozivamo ih na uplitanje do ličnog nivoa,

to change their behavior.

da promjene ponašanje.

We are calling upon governments, businesses, universities,

Pozivamo vlade, biznise, univerzitete

to change their policies.

da promjene svoje politike.

We want male leaders to become role models

Želimo da muškarci vođe postanu uzori

and change agents within their own institutions.

i agensi promjene unutar vlastitih institucija.

Already, a number of prominent men and leaders have stepped up

Već je određen broj uglednih muškaraca i vođa istupio

and made some concrete HeForShe commitments.

i preuzeo konkretne HeForShe obaveze.

In a few early success stories,

U prvih par uspješnih priča,

a leading French hospitality company, Accor,

vodeća se francuska uslužna kompanija Accor

has committed to eliminate the pay gap

obavezala na ukidanje razlika u plati

for all of its 180,000 employees by 2020.

kod svih 180.000 zaposlenih do 2020.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

The government of Sweden,

Vlada Švedske,

under its current feminist government,

pod sadašnjom feminističkom vladom,

has committed to close both the employment and the pay gap

se obavezala na ukidanje razlika u plati i zaposlenju

for all of its citizens within the current electoral term.

među svim građanima u okviru sadašnjeg mandata.

In Japan, the University of Nagoya

U Japanu, Univerzitet Nagoya

is building, as part of their HeForShe commitments,

gradi, kao dio svoje HeForShe obaveze,

what will become one of Japan's leading gender-research centers.

jedan od vodećih centara za istraživanje roda u Japanu.

Now, eight months later,

Sada, osam mjeseci kasnije,

a movement is building.

pokret se gradi.

We are seeing men sign up from every single walk of life,

Vidimo da se prijavljuju razni muškarci

and from every single corner in the world,

iz raznih dijelova svijeta

from the United Nations' own Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

od Generalnog sekretara Ujedinjenih nacija, Ban Ki-Moona

to the Secretary-Generals of NATO and the EU Council,

do Generalnog sekretara NATO-a i Vijeća EU,

from the prime minister of Bhutan

od Premijera Bhutana

to the president of Sierra Leone.

do predsjednika Sierra Leone.

In Europe alone, all the male EU Commissioners

Samo u Evropi su svi povjerenici EU

and the members of Parliament of the Swedish and Iceland governments

i članovi Parlamenta vlade Švedske i Islanda

have signed up to be HeForShe.

potpisale da budu HeForShe.

In fact, one in 20 men in Iceland has joined the movement.

Zapravo, jedan od dvadeset muškaraca na Islandu se priključilo pokretu.

The rallying call of our passionate goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,

Skupni poziv naše strastvene ambasadorice, Emme Watson,

has garnered more than five billion media impressions,

je skupio preko pet milijardi medijskih dojmova,

mobilizing hundreds and thousands of students around the world

mobilizirajući stotine i hiljade studenata širom svijeta

to create more than a hundred HeForShe student associations.

ka stvaranju stotina HeForShe studentskih asocijacija.

Now this is the beginning of the vision that HeForShe has

Ovo je početak vizije koju HeForShe ima

for the world that we want to see.

za svijet koji želimo vidjeti.

Einstein once said,

Einstein je rekao jednom:

"A human being is part of the whole ...

"Ljudsko biće je dio cjeline...

but he experiences himself,

ali sebe doživljava,

his thoughts and feelings,

svoje misli i osjećaje,

as something separate from the rest ...

kao nešto odvojeno od ostalog...

This delusion is a kind of prison for us ...

Ova je iluzija kao zatvor za nas...

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison

Naš zadatak mora biti oslobađanje od zatvora

by widening our circle of compassion."

kroz širenje kruga suosjećanja."

If women and men are part of a greater whole,

Ako su žene i muškarci dio veće cjeline,

as Einstein suggests,

kao što Einstein ukazuje,

it is my hope that HeForShe can help free us to realize

nadam se da HeForShe može pomoći da shvatimo

that it is not our gender that defines us,

da nas ne definira rod

but ultimately, our shared humanity.

nego naša ljudskost, u konačnici.

HeForShe is tapping into women's and men's dreams,

HeForShe dodiruje snove žena i muškaraca,

the dreams that we have for ourselves,

snove koje imamo za sebe

and the dreams that we have for our families, our children,

i snove koje imamo za svoje porodice i djecu,

friends, communities.

prijatelje, zajednice.

So that's what it is about.

Dakle, o tome se radi.

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us together.

HeForShe radi na uzdizanju svih nas zajedno.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)