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

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I will always remember

Nikad neću zaboraviti

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

svoj prvi susret s djevojkom u plavoj uniformi.

I was eight at the time,

Imala sam osam godina,

living in the village with my grandmother,

živjela sam u selu s bakom,

who was raising me and other children.

koja me odgajala skupa s drugom djecom.

Famine had hit my country of Zimbabwe,

Glad je pogodila Zimbabve

and we just didn't have enough to eat.

i 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

stigla u moje selo s Ujedinjenim narodima

to feed the children.

kako bi nahranili djecu.

As she handed me my porridge,

Kada mi je dala zobenu kašu,

I asked her why she was there,

pitala sam je zašto je došla,

and without hesitation, she said,

i ne oklijevajući, rekla mi je,

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

"Mi, kao Afrikanci, moramo nadahnuti sve ljude u Africi."

I had absolutely no idea what she meant.

Nisam imala pojma o čemu priča.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But her words stuck with me.

Ali nisam zaboravila što je rekla.

Two years later,

Dvije godine kasnije,

famine hit my country for the second time.

moju zemlju je opet pogodila glad.

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

Moja baka nije imala izbora i poslala me u grad

to live with an aunt I had never met before.

kod tete koju nisam nikad upoznala.

So at the age of 10,

S deset godina

I found myself in school for the very first time.

krenula sam prvi put u školu.

And there, at the city school,

I u toj gradskoj školi,

I would experience what it was to be unequal.

iskusila sam neravnopravnost.

You see, in the village,

Znate, u selu,

we were all equal.

svi smo bili jednaki.

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

Ali u očima i mislima druge djece,

I was not their equal.

nismo bili jednaki.

I couldn't speak English,

Nisam znala engleski jezik,

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

i zaostajala sam u čitanju i pisanju.

But this feeling of inequality would get even more complex.

Ali ovaj osjećaj neravnopravnosti postat će 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

otvorio mi je oči

of the inequalities this incredible opportunity

na sve neravnopravnosti nastale u mojoj obitelji

had created within my own family.

zbog jedinstvene prilike koja mi se pružila.

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

Odjednom sam imala mnogo više od cijelog sela.

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

I u njihovim očima više nismo bili jednaki.

I felt guilty.

Osjećala sam se krivom.

But I thought about the girl in the blue uniform,

Ali, razmišljajući o djevojci u plavoj uniformi,

and I remember thinking,

sjetila sam se,

"That's who I want to be --

"Želim biti ta osoba --

someone like her,

osoba poput nje,

someone who uplifts other people."

osoba koja inspirira druge ljude."

This childhood experience led me to the United Nations,

Ovo iskustvo iz djetinjstva dovelo me do Ujedinjenih naroda,

and to my current role with UN Women,

i do mog trenutnog položaja kod Žena UN-a

where we are addressing one of the greatest inequalities

gdje skrećemo pozornost na jednu od najvećih neravnopravnosti,

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

koja utječe na više od pola svjetske populacije --

women and girls.

žene i djevojke.

Today, I want to share with you

Danas želim podijeliti s vama

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

ideju koja bi nas svih trebala nadahnuti.

Eight months ago,

Prije osam mjeseci,

under the visionary leadership of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

pod vodstvom legendarne vizionarke Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

head of UN Women,

čelnice Žena UN-a,

we launched a groundbreaking initiative

pokrenuli smo revolucionarni pokret

called HeForShe,

pod imenom HeForShe (OnZaNju),

inviting men and boys from around the world

gdje pozivamo muškarce i dječake iz cijelog svijeta

to stand in solidarity with each other and with women,

da zajedno i sa ženama pokažu složnost

to create a shared vision for gender equality.

u stvaranju zajedničke vizije o rodnoj ravnopravnosti.

This is an invitation for those who believe in equality

Pozivamo sve koji vjeruju u ravnopravnost

for women and men,

žena i muškaraca,

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

i one koji još ne znaju da vjeruju.

The initiative is based on a simple idea:

Ovaj pokret temelji se na jednostavnoj ideji:

that what we share is much more powerful

ono što dijelimo je mnogo snažnije

than what divides us.

od onog što nas razdvaja.

We all feel the same things.

Svi osjećamo iste stvari.

We all want the same things,

Svi želimo iste stvari,

even when those things sometimes remain unspoken.

čak i kad ostanu neizrečene.

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us,

HeForShe (On za nju) nastoji sve nadahnuti,

women and men together.

i žene i muškarce.

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

Pokreće nas prema trenutku nagle promjene za rodnu ravnopravnost.

Imagine a blank page

Zamislite praznu stranicu

with one horizontal line splitting it in half.

podijeljenu na pola.

Now imagine that women are represented here,

Sad zamislite da su žene predstavljene ovdje,

and men are represented here.

a muškarci ovdje.

In our current population,

U našoj trenutnoj populaciji,

HeForShe is about moving the 3.2 billion men,

HeForShe želi pomaknuti 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 muškarci konačno stajali uz žene

and be on the right side of history,

i bili na pravoj strani povijesti,

making gender equality a reality in the 21st century.

ostvarujući rodnu ravnopravnost u 21. stoljeću.

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

Međutim, uključivanje muškaraca u pokret moglo bi se pokazati kontroverznim.

Why invite men? They are the problem.

Zašto pozvati muškarce? Oni su problem.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Govorili su nam da muškarce nije briga.

But something incredible happened when we launched HeForShe.

Ali dogodilo se nešto nevjerojatno 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.

prijavilo se kako bi se zalagali za nove promjene za ravnopravnost.

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

U prvom tjednu, najmanje jedan muškarac iz svake države na svijetu

stood up to be counted,

iskazao je podršku,

and within that same week,

a u tom istom tjednu,

HeForShe created more than 1.2 billion conversations on social media.

pričalo se o HeForShe

u više od 1.2 milijarde razgovora

na društvenim medijima.

And that's when the emails started pouring in,

Tada su počeli stizati e-mailovi,

sometimes as many as a thousand a day.

ponekad i do tisuće dnevno.

We heard from a man out of Zimbabwe,

Javio nam se muškarac iz Zimbabvea,

who, after hearing about HeForShe,

koji, nakon što je čuo za HeForShe,

created a "husband school."

pokrenuo je "školu za muževe".

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

He literally went around his village,

Doslovno je šetao po selu i

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

birao muškarce koji su zlostavljali žene,

and committed to turn them into better husbands and fathers.

i posvetio se tome da postanu bolji muževi i očevi.

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

U Pune, Indiji, mladi zagovornik

organizirao je biciklističko okupljanje

mobilizing 700 cyclists

mobilizirajući 700 biciklista

to share the HeForShe messages within their own community.

kako bi u svojoj zajednici svi znali za HeForShe.

In another impact story,

U idućoj potresnoj priči,

a man sent a very personal note

muškarac nam je poslao veoma osobnu poruku

of something that had happened in his own community.

o tome što se dogodilo u njegovoj zajednici.

He wrote,

Napisao je,

"Dear Madam,

"Poštovana,

I have lived all of my life

živio sam cijeli život

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

do čovjeka koji je neprestano tukao svoju ženu.

Two weeks ago,

Prije dva tjedna,

I was listening to my radio,

slušao sam radio

and your voice came on,

i čuo vaš glas,

and you spoke about something called the HeForShe,

pričali ste o nečemu što se zove HeForShe,

and the need for men to play their role.

I kako muškarci trebaju učiniti pravu stvar.

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

Nakon nekoliko sati, čuo sam opet kako plače,

but for the first time,

ali ovaj put,

I didn't just sit there.

nisam ostao sjediti.

I felt compelled to do something,

Morao sam nešto učiniti,

so I went over and I confronted the husband.

otišao sam tamo i suočio se s mužem.

Madam, it has been two weeks,

Gospođo, prošla su dva tjedna,

and the woman has not cried since.

a žena nije zaplakala.

Thank you for giving me a voice."

Hvala što ste mi dali glas."

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Personal impact stories such as these

Osobne, dirljive priče poput ovih

show that we are tapping into something within men,

ukazuju da smo dotakli nešto kod muškaraca,

but getting to a world where women and men are equal

ali doći do svijeta gdje su žene i muškarci jednaki,

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

ne znači približiti samo muškarce tom cilju.

We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize

Želimo konkretnu, sustavnu i strukturnu promjenu koja će unijeti ravnopravnost

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

između žena i muškaraca na političkoj, ekonomskoj i društvenoj razini.

We are asking men to make concrete actions,

Tražimo od muškaraca da budu konkretni,

calling them to intervene at a personal level,

da krenu od sebe

to change their behavior.

i promijene svoje ponašanje.

We are calling upon governments, businesses, universities,

Pozivamo vlade, tvrtke i sveučilišta

to change their policies.

da promijene svoju politiku.

We want male leaders to become role models

Želimo da čelnici postanu uzori

and change agents within their own institutions.

koji donose pozitivne promjene u svojim institucijama.

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

Već se određen broj uglednih ljudi i vođa angažirao

and made some concrete HeForShe commitments.

pokazujući predanost HeForShe pokretu.

In a few early success stories,

U prijašnjim pričama o uspjehu,

a leading French hospitality company, Accor,

vodeća francuska hotelijerska tvrtka Accor,

has committed to eliminate the pay gap

obećala je jednake plaće

for all of its 180,000 employees by 2020.

za svih 180,000 zaposlenika do 2020. godine.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

The government of Sweden,

Vlada Švedske,

under its current feminist government,

s feminističkom vladom na čelu,

has committed to close both the employment and the pay gap

obećala je rješiti rupe u zapošljavanju i uvesti jednake plaće

for all of its citizens within the current electoral term.

za sve građane sve do isteka svog mandata.

In Japan, the University of Nagoya

Sveučilište u Nagoyi, u Japanu,

is building, as part of their HeForShe commitments,

u dogovoru s HeForShe, gradi

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

jedan od vodećih centara za rodna istraživanja.

Now, eight months later,

Sada, osam mjeseci poslije,

a movement is building.

stvara se pokret.

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

Priključuju nam se muškarci svih mogućih zanimanja,

and from every single corner in the world,

i iz svakog dijela svijeta,

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

od glavnog tajnika UN-a Ban Ki-moona,

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

do glavnih tajnika NATO-a i Vijeća EU,

from the prime minister of Bhutan

od premijera Kraljevine Butan

to the president of Sierra Leone.

do predsjednika Sierra Leone.

In Europe alone, all the male EU Commissioners

Svi članovi Europske komisije

and the members of Parliament of the Swedish and Iceland governments

i članovi švedske i islandske vlade u Parlamentu

have signed up to be HeForShe.

pridružili su se HeForShe pokretu.

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

Svaki dvadeseti muškarac u Islandu pridružio se pokretu.

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

Poziv na okupljanje naše strastvene ambasadorice dobre volje, Emme Watson,

has garnered more than five billion media impressions,

stvorio je više od pet milijardi medijskih reakcija,

mobilizing hundreds and thousands of students around the world

pokrenuo stotine i tisuće studenata iz cijelog svijeta

to create more than a hundred HeForShe student associations.

da osnuju više od stotinu HeForShe studentskih udruga.

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 kakav želimo vidjeti.

Einstein once said,

Einstein je rekao,

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

"Čovjek je dio cjeline ...

but he experiences himself,

ali doživljava sebe,

his thoughts and feelings,

svoje misli i osjećaje,

as something separate from the rest ...

kao nešto odvojeno od ostatka ...

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

Ova zabluda je vrsta zatvora za nas ...

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison

Naš zadatak je da se oslobodimo tog zatvora

by widening our circle of compassion."

tako da proširimo naš krug suosjećanja."

If women and men are part of a greater whole,

Ako su žene i muškarci dio veće cjeline,

as Einstein suggests,

prema Einsteinu,

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

nadam se da će nam HeForShe pomoći da shvatimo

that it is not our gender that defines us,

kako nas ne definira rod

but ultimately, our shared humanity.

nego naša ljudskost.

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

HeForShe prodire u snove žena i muškaraca,

the dreams that we have for ourselves,

snove koje čuvamo za sebe,

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

i snove koje imamo za svoje obitelji, djecu,

friends, communities.

prijatelje i zajednice.

So that's what it is about.

O tome se radi.

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us together.

HeForShe želi nas svih nadahnuti.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)