A political party for women's equality | Sandi Toksvig

Translator: Nagore Salaberria Reviewer: Alba Feijoó Santos

I am so excited to be here.

Zoratzen nago hemen egoteaz.

Everything in America is so much bigger than in Europe.

Ameriketan dena Europan baino askoz handiagoa da.

Look at me -- I am huge!

Begira niri -- erraldoia naiz!

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It's fantastic!

Zoragarria da!

And TED Talks -- TED Talks are where everybody has great ideas.

Eta TED Talks-ak -- TED Talks denek ideia bikainak dituen lekua da.

So the question is: Where do those great ideas come from?

Beraz, hona galdera: Nondik datoz ideia bikain horiek guztiak?

Well, it's a little bit of debate,

Ba, eztabaida apur bat dago,

but it's generally reckoned that the average person --

baina orokorrean, onartzen da pertsona arrunt batek --

that's me --

hau da, nik --

has about 50,000 thoughts a day.

egunean 50.000 burutazio dituela.

Which is a lot,

Hori asko da.

until you realize that 95 percent of them

Ohartzen garen arte horien %95

are the same ones you had the day before.

aurreko egunean izandako berak direla.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

And a lot of mine are really boring, OK?

Eta nire ideia asko oso aspergarriak dira, ados?

I think things like,

Bururatzen zait,

"Oh! I know -- I must clean the floor.

"A! Badakit -- zorua garbitu behar dut.

Oh! I forgot to walk the dog."

A! Txakurra paseatzea ahaztu zait."

My most popular:

Gehien errepikatzen dena:

"Don't eat that cookie."

"Ez jan gaileta hori."

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

So, 95 percent repetition.

Beraz, %95 errepikatuak dira.

That leaves us with just a five percent window of opportunity each day

Horrek egunean %5eko aukera besterik ez digu uzten

to actually think something new.

benetan berria den zerbait pentsatzeko.

And some of my new thoughts are useless.

Eta nire zenbait burutazio berri alferrekoak dira.

The other day I was watching some sports on television,

Aurreko batean telebistan kirol saio bat ikusten ari nintzen,

and I was trying to decide why I just don't engage with it.

eta erabaki nahian nenbilen zergatik ez ote nauen harrapatzen.

Some of it I find curious.

Zati batzuk bitxiak iruditzen zaizkit.

This is odd.

Hau arraroa da.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Do you think it would be worth being that flexible

Uste duzu merezi duela hain malgua izatea

just to be able to see your heel at that angle?

zure orpoa angelu horretatik ikusteko besterik ez bada?

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

And here's the thing:

Eta hona erantzuna:

I'm never going to be able to relate to that,

Ez naiz inoiz horrekin lotua sentituko,

because I'm never going to be able to do it, OK?

ez naizelako inoiz hori egiteko gai izango, ados?

Well, not twice, anyway.

Beno, bi bider ez behintzat.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

But I'll tell you the truth.

Baina egia esango dizuet.

The truth is I have never been any good at sport, OK?

Egia da inoiz ez naizela kiroletan habila izan, ados?

I've reached that wonderful age when all my friends say,

Adin zoragarri honetara iritsi naiz, non nire lagun guztiek dioten

"Oh, I wish I was as fit as I was when I was 18."

"A, 18 urte nituenean bezain sasoiko izan nahi nuke."

And I always feel rather smug then.

Eta nahiko harro sentitzen naiz, orduan.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

I'm exactly as fit as I was when I --

Orduan nuen sasoi berbera du --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

I couldn't run then. I'm certainly not going to do it now.

Ezin nuen korri egin, orduan. Ez dut orain egiteko asmorik.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

So then I had my new idea:

Orduan ideia berri bat izan nuen:

Why not engage people like me in sport?

Zergatik ez elkartu ni bezalako jendearekin, kirolean?

I think what the world needs now

Uste dute, munduak orain behar duena

is the Olympics for people with zero athletic ability.

gaitasun atletikorik ez duten jendearen arteko Olinpiadak dira.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Oh, it would be so much more fun.

A, hain dibertigarria izango litzateke.

We'd have three basic rules, OK?

Hiru arau izango genituzke, ados?

Obviously no drugs; no corruption, no skills.

Drogarik ez, noski; iruzurrik ez, gaitasunik ez.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It would be --

Izango litzateke...

No, it's a terrible idea.

Ez, ideia negargarria da.

And I also know why I don't engage with sport when I watch it on television.

Eta badakit zergatik ez nauen harrapatzen telebistan kirola ikusten dudanean.

It's because probably 97 percent of it is about men running

Zurrenik, haien % 97 delako gizonak korrika

and men kicking things,

eta gizonak gauzei ostikoka,

men trying to look neatly packaged in Lycra.

gizonak itxura dotorea eman nahian Lycraz bilduta.

There is --

Hain --

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Not always successfully.

Ez beti arrakasta berarekin.

There is --

Hain --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

There is so little female sport on television,

Hain emakumezkoen kirol gutxi dago telebistan,

that a young woman watching might be forgiven for thinking,

emakumezko ikusle gazte batek pentsa dezakeela,

and how can I put this nicely,

ea nola esaten dudan txukun,

that the male member is the very lever you need

gizonezkoen atal hori dela falta zaigun palanka

to get yourself off the couch and onto a sports ground.

besaulkitik altxa eta kirol zelai batera joateko.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

The inequalities in sport are breathtaking.

Kiroletan dagoen berdintasun-eza beldurtzeko modukoa da.

So this is what happens to me:

Beraz, hau da niri gertatzen zaidana:

I have a brand new idea,

Ideia berri bat izan eta,

and immediately I come back to an old one.

berehala, zahar batera itzultzen naiz.

The fact is, there is not now,

Gauza da, ez dagoela gaur egun,

nor has there ever been in the whole of history,

eta ez dela inoiz izan historia guztian zehar,

a single country in the world where women have equality with men.

munduan herrialde bakar bat emakumeek gizonekiko berdintasuna izan dutenik.

Not one.

Ezta bat ere.

196 countries,

196 herrialde,

it hasn't happened in the whole of evolution.

ez da eboluzio osoan inoiz gertatu.

So, here is a picture of evolution.

Hona hemen eboluzioaren irudi bat.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

We women are not even in it!

Emakumeok ez gara agertzen!

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It's a wonder men have been able to evolve quite so brilliantly.

Harrigarria da gizonak hain ongi eboluzionatzeko gai izana.

So --

Beraz --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It bugs me, and I know I should do something about it.

Izorratzen nau, eta badakit zerbait egin behar nukeela.

But I'm busy, OK?

Baina lanpetuta nabil, ados?

I have a full-on career,

Karrera bete-betea daukat,

I've got three kids, I've got an elderly mom.

hiru seme-alaba, adineko ama bat...

In fact, if I'm honest with you,

Izatez, egia esan behar badizuet,

one of the reasons I came out here

hona etortzeko arrazoietako bat

is because TED Talks said I could have 15 minutes to myself,

TED Talks-ekoek esan zidaten niretzako 15 minutu izango nituela --

and I never have that much time --

eta inoiz ez du hainbeste denbora izan --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

So I'm busy.

Lanpetuta nago.

And anyway, I already had a go at changing the world.

Eta dena den, lehenago ere saiatu nintzen mundua aldatzen.

Here's the thing, OK?

Gauza zera da, ados?

Everybody has inside themselves what I call an "activation button."

Denok dugu gure barruan "aktibazio botoia" deitzen diodana.

It's the button that gets pressed when you think,

Botoi hori sakatzen da bururatzen zaigunean

"I must do something about this."

"Honi buruz zerbait egin behar dut."

It gets pressed for all sorts of reasons.

Mota guztietako arrazoiengatik sakatzen da.

Maybe you face some kind of inequality,

Agian berdintasun eza jasaten duzu,

or you've come across an injustice of some kind,

edo nolabaiteko bidegabekeriaren bat topatu duzu,

sometimes an illness strikes,

batzuetan gaixotasun baten ondorio da,

or you're born in some way disadvantaged,

edo nolabaiteko desabantailarekin jaio zara,

or perhaps underprivileged.

edo agian dohakabea.

So I was born gay, OK?

Ni gay jaio nintzen, ados?

I've always known,

Beti jakin izan dut,

I don't think my family were the least bit surprised.

Ez dut uste nire familia batere harritu zenik.

Here is a picture of me aged four.

Hau lau urte nitueneko argazki bat da.

I look cute,

Polita nago,

but inside I genuinely believed that I looked like Clint Eastwood.

baina nire barruan, benetan, uste nuen Clint Eastwooden itxura nuela.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

So my activation button was pressed when I had my kids --

Nire aktibazio botoia haurrak izan nituenean sakatu zen --

three wonderful kids, born to my then-partner.

hiru seme-alaba maitagarri, orduan nire bikotea zenarekin.

Now here's the thing: I work on television in Britain.

Baina gauza zera da: Britainia Handiko telebistan lan egiten nuen.

By the time they were born, I was already hosting my own shows

Jaio zirenerako, neroren saioaren aurkezlea nintzen

eta jendaurrean lan egiten duen.

and working in the public eye.

I love what I do,

Maite dut nire lana,

baina gehiago maite ditut seme-alabak.

but I love my kids more.

And I didn't want them to grow up with a secret.

Eta ez nuen nahi sekretu horrekin haz zitezen.

1994, when my son, my youngest was born,

1994an, nire semea, gazteena jaio zenean,

there was not, as far as I was aware,

ez zegoen, nik nekienez,

a single out, gay woman in British public life.

emakume gay bakar bat ere Britaniako bizitza publikoan.

I don't think secrets are a good thing.

Ez dut uste sekretuak onak direnik.

I think they are a cancer of the soul.

Uste dut arimaren minbizia direla.

So I decided to come out.

Beraz, esatea erabaki nuen.

Everybody warned me that I would never work again,

Denek esan zidaten ez nuela inoiz lanik lortuko,

but I decided it was absolutely worth the risk.

baina arriskatzeak merezi zuela erabaki nuen.

Well, it was hell.

Beltzak ikusi nituen.

In Britain, we have a particularly vicious section of the right-wing press,

Britanian, bada prentsa eskuindarraren atal benetan gaizto bat,

and they went nuts.

eta erotu ziren.

And their hatred stirred up the less stable elements of society,

Eta haien gorrotoak gizarteko elementu ezegonkorrenak astindu zituen,

and we got death threats --

eta heriotz-mehatxuak jaso genituen --

enough death threats that I had to take the kids into hiding,

nahikoa heriotz-mehatxu seme-alabak ezkutatu beharra izateko,

and we had to have police protection.

eta poliziaren babesa jaso behar izateko.

And I promise you there were many moments in the still of the night

Eta zin dagizuet, une asko egon zirela, gauaren isilaren erdian,

when I was terrified by what I had done.

egin nuenagatik beldurtzen nintzena.

Eventually the dust settled.

Azkenean, urak baretu ziren.

Against all expectation I carried on working,

Aurreikuspen guztien aurka, lanean jarraitu nuen,

and my kids were and continue to be absolutely fantastic.

eta nire seme-alabak zoragarri egon ziren eta daude.

I remember when my son was six, he had a friend over to play.

Gogoan dut, semeak sei urte zituenean, lagun bat jolastera etorri zen.

They were in the next room; I could hear them chatting.

Ondoko gelan zeuden; Hitzegiten zutena entzun nezakeen.

The friend said to my son, "What's it like having two mums?"

Lagunak galdetu zion semeari: "Nolakoa da bi ama izatea?"

I was a little anxious to hear, so I leant in to hear and my son said,

Entzuteko irrikaz nengoen eta zer erantzungo zuen entzutera hurbildu nintzen.

"Apartekoa da. Bietako bat gaixotzen denean,

"It's fantastic, because if one of them's sick,

beste bat duzu oraindik zuri janaria prestatzeko."

you've still got another one to cook for you."

(Barreak)

(Laughter)

So my activation button for gay equality was pressed,

Beraz, gayentzako berdintasuna lortzeko aktibazio botoia sakatua nuen,

and along with many, many others,

eta beste hainbat eta hainbatekin

I campaigned for years for gay rights,

gayen eskubideen alde borrokatu nuen,

and in particular, the right to marry the person that I love.

eta bereziki, maite dudan pertsonarekin ezkontzeko eskubidearen alde.

In the end, we succeeded.

Azkenean, lortu genuen.

And in 2014, on the day that the law was changed,

Eta 2014an, legea aldatu zuten egunean,

I married my wife, who I love very much, indeed.

nire emaztearekin, hainbeste maite dudanarekin, ezkondu nintzen.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

We didn't do it in a quiet way -- we did it on the stage

Ez genuen modu apal batean egin -- eskenatokian egin genuen

at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Londresko Royal Festival Hallean.

It was a great event.

Ekitaldi itzela izan zen.

The hall seats two-and-a-half thousand people.

Aretoak bi mila eta bost ehun pertsona har ditzake.

We invited 150 family and friends, then I let it be known to the public:

150 familia kide eta lagun gonbidatu genituen eta publikoki zabaldu nuen:

anybody who wanted to come and celebrate, please come and join us.

etorri eta ospatu nahi zuen oro batu zedila.

It would be free to anybody who wanted to come.

Dohan izango zen etorri nahi zuen ororentzat.

Two-and-half thousand people turned up.

Bi mila eta bost ehun pertsona joan ziren.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

Every kind of person you can imagine:

Irudika ditzakezuen petsona-mota guztiak:

gays, straights, rabbis, nuns, married people,

gayak, heteroak, rabinoak, mojak, ezkonduak,

black, white -- the whole of humanity was there.

beltzak, zuriak -- gizateria osoa bildu zen han.

And I remember standing on that stage thinking, "How fantastic.

Eta gogoan dut oholtzaren gainean nintzela nola pentsatu nuela "Zein zoragarria.

Job done.

Egina.

Love triumphs.

Maitasuna gailendu da.

Law changed."

Legea aldatu dugu."

And I --

Eta nik --

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

And I genuinely thought my activation days were over, OK?

Eta benetan uste nuen nire aktibazio egunak amaitu zirela.

So every year in that same hall,

Eta urtero, areto hartan bertan,

I host a fantastic concert to celebrate International Women's Day.

kontzertu zoragarri bat eskaintzen dut Emakumearen Nazioarteko Eguna ospatzeko.

We gather the world's only all-female orchestra,

Munduan den emakumezko orkestra bakarra elkartzen dugu,

we play fantastic music by forgotten or overlooked women composers,

ahaztutako edo baztertutako emakume konposatzaileen musika jotzen dugu,

we have amazing conductors --

aparteko zuzendariak ditugu --

it's Marin Alsop there from Baltimore conducting,

hau Marin Alsop da, Baltimorekoa, zuzendaritzan,

Petula Clark singing --

Petula Clark, abesten --

and I give a lecture on women's history.

eta nik hitzaldi bat ematen dut emakumearen historiari buruz.

I love to gather inspirational stories from the past and pass them on.

Maite dut istorio inspiratzaileak bildu eta besteei pasatzea.

Too often, I think history's what I call the Mount Rushmore model.

Sarriegi, historiak Mount Rushmore modeloa jarraitzen duela dirudi.

It looks majestic, but the women have been entirely left out of it.

Handiosa da, baina emakumeak guztiz baztertuak izan dira.

And I was giving a talk in 2015 about the suffragettes --

Eta hitzaldi bat ematen ari nintzen, 2015ean, sufragistei buruz --

I'm sure you know those magnificent women who fought so hard

Ziur naiz ezagutzen dituzuela emakumeek Britainian bozkatzeko

for the right for women in Britain to vote.

eskubidea izan zezaten hain gogor borrokatu zuten emakume miresgarri haiek.

And their slogan was: "Deeds, not words."

Hau zuten leloa: "Ekintzak, ez hitzak."

And boy, they succeeded,

Eta ene, lortu zuten,

because women did indeed get the vote in 1928.

zeren emakumeok izan ere 1928an bozkarako eskubidea lortu zuten.

So I'm giving this talk about this,

Eta hitzaldi hau ematen ari nintzela,

and as I'm talking, what I realized is:

eta hitz egiten ari nintzela, ohartu ninten

this was not a history lecture I was giving;

ez nintzela historia ikasgaia ematen ari;

this was not something where the job was done.

hau ez zen amaitutako lan bat.

This was something where there was so much left to do.

Oraindik asko dago egiteko gai honetan.

Nowhere in the world, for example,

Adibidez, munduan ez dago inon

do women have equal representation in positions of power.

emakumeek gizonezkoen adinako ordezkaritzarik boterean.

OK, let's take a very quick look at the top 100 companies

Begira diezaguien, azkar batean, 2016an Londreseko Burtsan

in the London Stock Exchange in 2016.

goieneko postuetan dauden 100 enpresei.

Top 100 companies: How many women running them?

Goingo 100 enpresak: Zenbat emakume daude zuzendaritzan?

Seven. OK. Seven. That's all right, I suppose.

Zazpi. Ados. Zazpi. Ez dago hain gaizki.

Until you realize that 17 are run by men called "John."

Ohartzen zaren arte John izeneko 17 gizon daudela hor.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

There are more men called John running FTSE 100 companies --

John izeneko gizon gehiago daude FTSE 100 enpresen zuzendaritzan

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

than there are women.

emakumeak baino.

There are 14 run by men called "Dave."

Eta 14 Dave daude.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Now, I'm sure Dave and John are doing a bang-up job.

Ziur naiz Davek eta Johnek lan bikaina egiten dutela.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

OK. Why does it matter?

Ados. Zer axola du horrek?

Well, it's that pesky business of the gender pay gap.

Generoen arteko soldaten aldeari buruzko gai korapilatsu hori.

Nowhere in the world do women earn the same as men.

Munduan ez da herrialderik non emakumeek gizonek adina irabazten duten.

And that is never going to change

Eta hori ez da inoiz aldatuko

unless we have more women at the top in the boardroom.

baldin eta goieneko zuzendaritzetan emakume gehiago ez badaude.

We have plenty of laws;

Lege asko ditugu;

the Equal Pay Act in Britain was passed in 1975.

Britanian, Ordainsarien Berdintasunaren Akata 1975ean onartu zen.

Nevertheless, there are still many, many women

Hala ere, oraindik hainbat eta hainbat emakumek

who, from early November until the end of the year,

azaroaren hasieratik urtearen amaiera arte,

by comparison to their male colleagues,

lankideekin alderatuz gero,

are effectively working for free.

funtsean lanean musutruk ariko direnak.

In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates

Hain zuzen ere, Munduko Ekonomia Foruak aurreikusten du

that women will finally get equal pay in ...

emakumeek azkenik ordainsari bera jasoko dutela

2133!

2133an!

Yay!

Bai!

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

That's a terrible figure.

Zenbaki negargarria da.

And here's the thing:

Eta hona egia:

the day before I came out to give my talk,

aurkezpen hau eman aurreko egunean,

the World Economic Forum revised it.

Munduko Ekonomia Foruak zifra hori berrikusi egin zuen.

So that's good, because that's a terrible -- 2133.

Eskerrak, zeren 2133 oso txarra da.

Do you know what they revised it to?

Ba al dakizue zer datara zuzendu zuten?

2186.

2186.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Yeah, another 53 years, OK?

Bai. Beste 53 urte, ados?

We are not going to get equal pay

Ez dugu ordainsari bera jasoko

in my grandchildren's grandchildren's lives

nire biloben biloben bizitzan,

under the current system.

egungo sistemarekin jarraituz.

And I have waited long enough.

Eta nahikoa itxaron dut.

I've waited long enough in my own business.

Nahikoa itxaron dut nire lanbidean.

In 2016 I became the very first woman on British television

2016an Britaniako telebistako lehen emakumea izan nintzen

to host a prime-time panel show.

telebistako lehiaketa bateko aurkezle gisa.

Isn't that great? Wonderful, I'm thrilled.

Itzela, ezta? Zoragarria, pozez gainezka nago.

But --

Baina --

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

But 2016! The first!

Baina, 2016! Lehena!

Television's been around for 80 years!

Telebista 80 urtez egon da!

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It may be television's not so important,

Esan daiteke telebista ez dela garrantzitsua,

but it's kind of symptomatic, isn't it?

baina sintomatikoa da, ezta?

2016, the UN were looking for a brand new ambassador

2016an, NB enbaxadore berri baten bila ari ziren

to represent women's empowerment and gender equality,

emakumeen ahalduntzea eta generoan berdintasuna islatuko zuena;

and who did they choose?

eta nor hautatu zuten?

Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman.

Yes, they chose a cartoon, OK?

Bai, marrazki bizidun bat, ados?

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Because no woman was up to the job.

Ez zegoean benetako emakume egokirik.

The representation of women in positions of power is shockingly low.

Botereko postuetan emakumek duten ordezkaritza harritzeko moduko baxua da.

It's true in Congress, and it's certainly true in the British Parliament.

Hala da Kongresuan, eta benetan hala da Britainiako Parlamentuan.

In 2015, the number of men elected to the Parliament that year

2015ean, Parlamenturako hautetsitako gizonen kopurua

was greater than the total number of women

inoiz Parlamentuan egon den

who have ever been members of Parliament.

emakume-kopurua baino handiago zen.

And why does it matter?

Eta zer axola du horrek?

Here's the thing: if they're not at the table --

Hona zergatia: mahaian ez badaude --

literally, in Britain, at that table helping to make the laws --

literalki, Britainian, mahai inguruan legeak sortzen laguntzen --

do not be surprised if the female perspective is overlooked.

ez harritu emakumeen ikuspegia bazter uzten bada.

It's a great role model for young people to see a woman in charge.

Gazteentzat eredu bikaina da emakume bat agintean ikustea.

In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister;

2016an, Britainiak bigarren emakumezko Lehen Ministroa izan du;

Theresa May came to power.

Theresa May boterera iritsi zen.

The day she came to power she was challenged:

Kargura iritsi zen egunean erronka bat jaso zuen:

just do one thing.

gauza bakar bat egitea.

Do one thing in the first 100 days that you're in office

Egin gauza bakar bat karguan zaren lehen 100 egunetan

to try and improve lives for women in Britain.

Britainiako emakumeen bizitza hobetuko duena.

And what did she do? Nothing.

Eta zer egin zuen? Ezer ez.

Nothing.

Ezer ez.

Because she's much too busy cleaning up the mess the boys made.

Lanpetuegia dagoelako mutilek utzitako nahaspila garbitzen.

Even having a female leader,

Emakumezko lider bat izan arren,

they always find something better to do

beti topatzen dute zeregin hobe bat

than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

berdintasun-ezaren arazo korapilatsua konpontzea baino.

So I keep talking about equality like it matters. Does it?

Berdintasunaz axola balu bezala dihardut. Axola al du?

Well, let's take a very quick look at the STEM industries, OK?

Ea, begira diezaiegun STEM industriei, ados?

So science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

STEM: Zientzia, Teknologia, Ingeneritza eta Matematika.

Pretty much important in every single aspect of our daily lives.

Bizitzako arlo guztietan garrantzitsuak diren gaiak.

There is the thickest and most incredibly well-documented glass ceiling

Beirazko sabairik lodiena eta hobekien dokumentatua

in the STEM industries.

STEM industrietan dago.

What if the cure for cancer

Eta minbiziaren sendabidea

or the answer the global warming

edo lurraren berotzeari konponbidea

lies in the head of a young female scientist who fails to progress?

aurrera egin ezin duen emakume zientzilari gazte baten esku balego?

So I thought all these things,

Beraz, hori guztiaz pentsatuz,

and I knew I had to do "Deeds, not words."

banekien "Ekintzak, ez hitzak" egin behar nituela.

And I spoke to my wonderful friend,

Eta nire lagun minarekin hitz egin nuen,

brilliant journalist Catherine Mayer in Britain,

Britainiako kazetari bikaina, Catherine Mayer,

and we rather foolishly --

eta nahiko tentelki --

and I suspect there was wine involved --

uste dut ardoa tartean zela --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

We decided to found a brand new political party.

Erabaki genuen alderdi politiko bat sortzea.

Because here's the critical thing:

Izan ere, hona gakoa:

the one place women and men are absolutely equal is at the ballot box.

emakumeak eta gizonak berdinak diren leku bakarretakoa bozketa-ontzia da.

We had no idea what we were doing,

Ez genuen ideiarik zertan ari ginen,

we didn't know how complicated it was to start a political party.

ez genekien zeinen zaila den alderdi politiko bat abiaraztea.

I thought, "It can't be that difficult, men have been doing it for years."

Pentsatu nuen, "Ez da hain zaila izango, gizonek urtetan egin badute."

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

So we started by calling it "The Women's Equality Party."

Eta, hasteko, "Emakumeen Berdintasun Alderdia" deitu genion.

And straightaway people said to me,

Eta zuzenean jendeak galdetzen zidan

"Why did you call it that?"

"Zergatik izen hori?"

I said, "I don't know, I just thought we'd be clear."

Eta nik, "Ez dakit, garbi utzi nahi genuen."

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

I didn't want what we were doing to be a secret, you know? I just --

Ez nuen gure asmoak sekretu izatea nahi, badakizu... --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Some people said, "You can't call it that! It's much too feminist!"

Zenbaitek diote: "Ezin diozu hori deitu! Feministagia da!"

Ooh! Scary word! Ahh!

Ooo! Hitz beldurgarria! Aaa!

I can't tell you how many times I've heard somebody say,

Ezin dut oroitu zenbat aldiz entzun dudan norbait esaten

"I'm not a feminist, but ..."

"Ez nazi feminista, baina..."

And I always think if there's a "but" in the sentence,

Eta beti pentsatzen dut esaldian "baina" bat badago,

it can't all be roses in the garden.

ez dela hain ederra izango.

And then I started getting asked the hilarious question,

Orduan, barrez lehertzeko galderak jasotzen hasi nintzen,

"Are you all going to burn your bras?"

"Zuen bularrekoak erreko al dituzue?"

Yes! Because bras are famously made of flammable material.

Bai! Bularrekoak benetan gai sukoiaz eginak baitaude.

(Laughter)

(Laughter)

That's why all women spark when they walk.

Horregatik doaz emakume guztiak txinpartak botatzen oinez doazenean.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Here's quick history sidebar for you:

Hona historia gehigarri bat zuentzat:

no woman ever burnt her bra in the '60s.

emakume bakar batek ez zuen bere bularrekoa erre 60. hamarkadan.

It's a story made up by a journalist.

Kazetari batek asmatutako istorioa da.

Thank goodness journalism has improved since then.

Eskerrak kazetaritza asko hobetu dela orduz geroztik.

So --

Beraz --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Egitera gindoazena irratsaio bateko elkarrizketa batean eman nuen jakitera,

I announced what we were going to do in a broadcast interview,

and straightaway, the emails started coming.

eta zuzenean, emailak jasotzen hasi ginen.

First hundreds, then thousands and thousands,

Hasieran, ehunka, gero, milaka eta milaka,

from every age group: from the very young to women in their '90s,

Adin guztietakoak: oso gazteetatik 90 urtez gorakoetara,

to hundreds of wonderful men.

eta ehunka gizon zoragarri.

People wrote and said, "Please, can I help?

Idatzi zutenek zioten: "Nola lagun dezaket?

Please, can I visit you at party headquarters?"

Joan al naiteke zuen bulegoetara?"

We didn't have a headquarters -- we didn't have a party!

Ez geneukan bulegorik -- ez geneukan alderdirik!

We didn't have anything.

Ez geneukan ezer.

All we had was a wonderful, tight group of fabulous friends

Geneukan bakarra lagun-talde trinko eta zoragarri bat zen

trying to answer emails pretty much 24-7 in our pajamas.

ahal zuten bezala, gau eta egun, pijaman, emailei erantzuten saiatzen.

We were all busy.

Oso lanpeturik ginen.

Many of us had careers, many of us had children,

Gutako askok karrerak genituen, askok seme-alabak,

but we did what women do, and we shared the work.

baina emakumeek egiten duten egin genuen, lana partekatu.

And almost instantly, we agreed on certain fundamental things.

Eta ia bat-batean, adostu genituen funtsezko zenbait gai.

First thing: we want to be the only political party in the world

Lehena: munduko lehen alderdia izan nahi dugu

whose main aim was to no longer need to exist.

helburu nagusia existitu beharrik ez izatea duena.

That's a fantastic idea.

Ideia zoragarria da.

We wanted to be the only political party with no particular political leaning.

Joera politikorik ez duen lehen alderdi politikoa izan nahi dugu.

We wanted people from the left, from the right, from the middle,

Ezkertiarrak, eskuindarrak, erdikoa nahi ditugu,

every age group.

adin-talde guztietakoak.

Because the whole point was to work with a simple agenda:

Funtsa agenda soil batekin lan egitea zelako:

let's get equality in every aspect of our lives,

eraman dezagun berdintasuna bizitzako arlo guztiera,

and when we're finished,

eta amaitzen dugunean,

let's go home and get the other chores done.

goazen etxera eta amaitu ditzagun etxeko lanak.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

And we wanted to change how politics is conducted.

Eta politika egiteko modua aldatu nahi dugu.

I don't know if you have this,

Ez dakit zuen herrietan hau gertatzen den, baina

but in Britain we have two major political parties.

Britainian, bi alderdi nagusi ditugu.

They're the dinosaurs of politics.

Politikako dinosauroak dira.

And how they speak to each other is shameful and poisonous.

Eta elkarri hitz egiteko modua lotsagarria eta pozointsua da.

I'm sure you've never had that kind of name-calling --

Ziur naiz ez duzuela inoiz halako irainik izan zuenean --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

And lying here.

Edo gezurrik.

Wouldn't it be great if just one politician said,

Ez al litzateke bikaina izango politikari batek

"Do you know, my opponent has a point.

"Badakizu, nire aurkariak arrazoi du.

Let's see if we can't work together and get the job done."

Ikus dezagun elkarrekin lan eginez lortzen dugun." esango balu.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

And let's get more women into politics, OK?

Eta onar ditzagun emakume gehiago politikan, ados?

Let's immediately get more women into politics

Goazen emakume gehiago politikan sartzera

by being the only political party to offer free childcare to our candidates,

hautagaiei doako haur-zaintza eskaintzen dien alderdi bakarra izanda,

so they can get out of the house and start campaigning.

etxetik irten eta kanpaina egiteko aukera izan dezaten.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

Within 10 months,

10 hilabetetan,

we had more than 70 branches of our party across the UK.

70 sukurtsal baino gehiago genituen EBan zehar.

We stood candidates for election in London, Scotland and Wales

Londreseko, Eskoziako eta Galesko hauteskundeetan aurkeztu ginen

in May 2016.

2016ko maiatzan.

One in 20 people voted for our candidate for London Mayor.

20tik batek gure hautagaiari eman zion bozka Londresko alkatetzarako.

And when the men in the race saw how many votes we were attracting,

Eta norgehiagokako gizonek jasotzen ari ginen bozka-kopurua ikusirik,

wonder of wonders,

ene-ene,

they began to talk about the need to tackle gender equality.

generoen arteko berdintasuna lortzeko beharrari buruz hitz egiten hasi ziren.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

You know, I've been promised change since I was a child.

Haurra nintzenetik agindu didate aldaketa.

It was always coming:

Beti iristear zegoen:

women were going to stand shoulder to shoulder with men.

emakumeak eta gizonak parez pare egongo ziren.

All I got were empty promises and disappointment --

Jaso dudan bakarra hitz hutsak eta etsipenak izan dira --

enough disappointment to found a political party.

alderdi politiko bat sortzeko adina etsipen.

But here is my new idea for today -- this is my five percent, OK?

Baina, hona nire gaurko ideia -- nire gaurko % 5a, ados?

And this one is really good.

Eta hau benetan ona da.

The fact is, this is not enough.

Gauza da, hori ez dela nahikoa.

It is not enough to found one political party for equality in a single country.

Ez da nahikoa berdintasunaren alderdi politiko bat herrialde bakarrean sortu izana.

What we need is a seismic change in the global political landscape.

Behar duguna paisaia politikoaren aldaketa sismiko bat da.

And the wonderful thing about the model we have created

Eta sortu dugun modeloaren alderik onena

is that it would work anywhere.

edonon balio dezakeela da.

It would work in America,

Ameriketarako balio dezake,

it would work in Australia, it would work in India.

Australiarako balio dezake, Indiarako balio dezake.

It's like we've made the perfect recipe: anybody can cook it,

Errezeta perfektua egin bagenu bezala da: edonork egin dezake,

and it's good for everybody.

eta denentzak ona da.

And we want to give it away.

Eta doan zabaldu nahi dugu.

If you want to know what we did, we're giving it away.

Zer egin dugun jakin nahi baduzu, doan emango dizugu.

Can you imagine if we could mobilize millions of women across the world

Pentsa dezakezue mundu osoko milioika emakume mugiaraziko bagenitu

to say, "That's enough!" to the traditional battles of politics?

esatera "Nahikoa da!" politikako borroka tradizionalekin.

To say, "Stop the bickering, let's get the work done."

Esatera "Utzi mokoka egiteari, egin dezagun lana elkarrekin."

We could literally change the world.

Benetan mundua alda genezake.

And I want that.

Eta hori nahi dut.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

I want ...

Hori nahi dut ...

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

I want that for our daughters,

Hori nahi dut gure alabentzat,

and I want it for our sons.

eta gure semeentzat.

Because the fact is: equality is better for everyone.

Zeren, berdintasuna denentzat da ona.

Come on people, let's activate! Let's change the world!

Goazen denak, aktibatu gaitezen! Gaozen mundua aldatzera!

I know we can do it, and it wants doing!

Badakit egin dezakegula, eta egin behar dugu!

(Applause)

(Txaloak)