It's time for women to run for office | Halla Tómasdóttir

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Mile Živković

I feel incredibly lucky

Osećam se izuzetno srećno

to be from a country

jer dolazim iz zemlje

that's generally considered to be the best place in the world

koja se generalno smatra najboljim mestom na svetu

to be a woman.

za žene.

In 1975, when I was seven years old,

Godine 1975, kad mi je bilo sedam godina,

women in Iceland went on a strike.

Islanđanke su stupile u štrajk.

They did no work that day,

Tog dana nisu radile,

whether they held professional jobs

bilo da su imale profesionalne poslove

or had the work of the home.

ili su bile domaćice.

They marched into the center of Reykjavík --

Umarširale su u centar Rejkjavika -

90 percent of women participated --

90 procenata žena je učestvovalo -

and peacefully and in solidarity

i mirno i u solidarnosti

asked for equality.

su tražile jednakost.

Nothing worked in Iceland that day,

Tog dana ništa na Islandu nije radilo

because nothing works when women are not at work.

jer ništa ne radi kad žene ne rade.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Five years later, Icelanders had the courage

Pet godina kasnije, Islanđani su imali hrabrosti

to be the first country in the world

da budu prva država na svetu

to democratically elect a woman as their president.

koja je demokratski izabrala ženu za predsednika.

I will never forget this day,

Nikad neću zaboraviti taj dan

that President Vigdís, as we know her by her first name,

kad je predsednica Vigdis, kod nas je poznata po imenu,

stepped out on the balcony of her own home,

izašla na balkon svog doma,

a single mom with her daughter by her side as she had won.

samohrana majka sa kćerkom pored sebe, kada je pobedila.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

This woman was an incredible role model

Ova žena je bila neverovatan uzor

for me and everyone growing up at that time,

za mene i svakoga ko je tada odrastao,

including boys.

uključujući dečake.

She frequently shares the story of how a young boy approached her

Često deli priču o tome kako joj je prišao dečačić,

after a couple of terms in office

nakon nekoliko predsedničkih mandata,

and asked, "Can boys really grow up to be president?"

i upitao: "Mogu li dečaci zaista da budu predsednici kad odrastu?"

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Role models really matter,

Uzori su uistinu važni,

but even with such strong role models

no čak i uz tako snažne uzore,

who I am so grateful for,

na kojima sam zahvalna,

when I was encouraged to run for president,

kad su me ohrabrivali da se kandidujem za predsednika,

my first reaction was, "Who am I to run for president?

moja prva reakcija je bila: "Ko sam ja da se kandidujem za predsednika?

Who am I to be president?"

Ko sam ja da bih bila predsednik?"

It turns out that women

Ispostavlja se da žene

are less likely to consider running than men.

ređe razmišljaju o kandidovanju od muškaraca.

So a study done in the US in 2011

Urađeno je istraživanje u SAD-u 2011.

showed that 62 percent of men had considered running for office,

koje je pokazalo da 62 procenta muškaraca je razmišljalo da se kandiduje,

but 45 percent of women.

a 45 procenata žena.

That's gap of 16 percentage points,

To je razlika od 16 procentnih poena

and it's the same gap that existed a decade earlier.

i ta ista razlika je postojala deceniju ranije.

And it really is a shame,

I zaista je šteta

because I am so convinced that the world is in real need for women leaders

jer sam ubeđena da su svetu zaista potrebne žene vođe

and more principle-based leadership

i više vođstva zasnovanog na principima

in general.

uopšte.

So my decision to run

Pa se moja odluka da se kandidujem

ultimately came down to the fact

na kraju svodila na činjenicu

that I felt

da sam osećala

that I had to do my bit,

kako moram da odradim svoj deo,

even if I had no political experience,

čak iako nemam političkog iskustva,

to step up and try to be part of creating the world

da iskoračim i pokušam da učestvujem u stvaranju sveta

that will make sense and be sustainable

koji bi imao smisla i bio održiviji

for our kids,

za našu decu,

and a world where we truly allow both our boys and girls

i sveta u kom zaista omogućujemo i našim dečacima i devojkama

to be all they can be.

da budu sve što mogu da budu.

And it was the journey of my life.

I bio je to poduhvat mog života.

It was amazing.

Bilo je divno.

The journey started with potentially as many as 20 candidates.

Poduhvat je započeo sa skoro 20 potencijalnih kandidata.

It boiled down to nine candidates qualifying,

Svedeno je na devet kandidata koji su se kvalifikovali

and ultimately the race came down to four of us,

i na kraju je trka svedena na nas četvoro,

three men and me.

tri muškarca i mene.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

But that's not all the drama yet.

No tu i dalje nije kraj drami.

You may think you have drama in the US,

Mislite da je kod vas u SAD-u drama,

but I can --

ali mogu -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I can assure you we had our own drama in Iceland.

uveravam vas da smo imali sopstvenu dramu na Islandu.

So our sitting president of 20 years

Naš predsednik, koji je to već 20 godina,

announced initially that he was not going to run,

je prethodno najavio da se neće kandidovati,

which is probably what gave rise

što je verovatno uzrokovalo pojavu

to so many candidates considering running.

tolikog broja kandidata koji su razmatrali kandidovanje.

Then later he changed his mind

Kasnije se predomislio

when our prime minister resigned

kada je naš premijer dao ostavku

following the infamous Panama Papers

nakon zloglasnih Panamskih papira

that implicated him and his family.

koji su upleli njega i njegovu porodicu.

And there was a popular protest in Iceland,

I imali smo narodni protest na Islandu,

so the sitting president thought they needed a trusted leader.

pa je dotadašnji predsednik mislio kako nam treba vođa od poverenja.

A few days later, relations to his wife and her family's companies

Nekoliko dana kasnije, povezanost njegove supruge i firmi njene porodice

were also discovered in the Panama Papers,

su takođe otkriveni u Panamskim papirima,

and so he withdrew from the race again.

te se on ponovo povukao iz trke.

Before doing so, he said he was doing that

Pre nego što je to uradio, rekao je kako tako postupa

because now there were two qualified men

jer smo tad imali dva kvalifikovana muškarca

who he felt could fill his shoes running for office.

za koje je on smatrao da mogu da popune njegovu poziciju.

So on May 9, 45 days before election day,

Stoga, 9. maja, 45 dana pre dana izbora,

it was not looking too good for me.

moji izgledi i nisu bili sjajni.

I did not even make the graph in the newspaper.

Nisam čak ni upala na grafikon u novinama.

The polls had me at 1 percent,

Ankete su pokazivale da imam jedan procenat,

but that was still the highest

ali to je i dalje bilo najviše

that any woman announcing her candidacy had earned.

što je ijedna žena dobila najavivši svoju kandidaturu.

So it would be an understatement to say that I had to work extremely hard

Pa bi malo bilo reći da sam morala veoma da se trudim

to get my seat at the table

da dobijem mesto za stolom

and access to television,

i pristup televiziji

because the network decided that they would only include

jer je mreža odlučila da će jedino uključiti

those with 2.5 percent or more in the polls

one sa 2,5 procenata i više na anketama

in the first TV debate.

u prvu televizijsku debatu.

I found out on the afternoon of the first TV debate

Saznala sam tog popodneva kad je bila prva TV debata

that I would participate along with the three men,

da ću učestvovati zajedo sa tri muškarca,

and I found out on live TV

a to sam saznala u živom prenosu na TV-u

that I came in at exactly 2.5 percent on the day of the first TV debate.

da sam imala tačno 2,5 posto podrške na dan prve TV debate.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So, challenges.

Dakle, izazovi.

The foremost challenges I had to face and overcome on this journey

Najveći izazovi sa kojim sam se suočila i prevazišla na ovom putovanju

had to do with media, muscle and money.

su se ticali medija, moći i novca.

Let's start with media.

Počećemo s medijima.

There are those who say gender doesn't matter

Neki tvrde da rod nije bitan

when it comes to media and politics.

kad se radi o medijima i politici.

I can't say that I agree.

Ne mogu reći da se slažem.

It proved harder for me to both get access and airtime in media.

Ispostavilo se da je teže za mene i da dobijem pristup i prostor u medijima.

As a matter of fact, the leading candidate appeared in broadcast media

Štaviše, vodeći kandidat se pojavio na medijskim emitovanjima

87 times in the months leading up to the elections,

87 puta tokom meseci koji su prethodili izborima,

whereas I appeared 31 times.

dok sam se ja pojavila 31 put.

And I am not saying media is doing this consciously.

I ne kažem da mediji ovo rade svesno.

I think largely this has to do with unconscious bias,

Mislim da ovo ima veze sa podsvesnom pristrasnošću

because in media, much like everywhere else,

jer u medijima, kao i svuda,

we have both conscious and unconscious bias,

imamo i svesne i podsvesne predrasude,

and we need to have the courage to talk about it if we want to change it.

i moramo da imamo hrabrosti da govorimo o tome, ako želimo to da promenimo.

When I finally got access to TV,

Kad sam konačno dobila pristup TV-u,

the first question I got was, "Are you going to quit?"

prvo pitanje koje sam dobila je bilo: "Da li ćeš da odustaneš?"

And that was a hard one.

I to je bilo surovo.

But of course, with 1 percent to 2.5 percent in the polls,

Ali naravno, sa 1 do 2,5 procenata na anketama

maybe it's understandable.

možda je razumljivo.

But media really matters, and every time I appeared on TV,

Ali mediji su zaista važni, i svaki put kad bih se pojavila na TV-u,

we saw and experienced a rise in the polls,

videli bismo i doživeli rast na anketama,

so I know firsthand how much this matters

stoga znam iz prve ruke koliko je ovo važno

and why we have to talk about it.

i zašto moramo da govorimo o tome.

I was the only one out of the final four candidates

Bila sam jedina od četiri finalna kandidata

that never got a front page interview.

koja nije imala intervju na naslovnoj strani.

I was sometimes left out of the questions asked of all other candidates

Ponekad su me izostavljali kod pitanja koje su pitali druge kandidate

and out of coverage about the elections.

i iz prenosa vesti o izborima.

So I did face this,

Pa, s ovim sam se suočila,

but I will say this to compliment the Icelandic media.

ali reći ću sledeće, kao kompliment islandskim medijima.

I got few if any comments about my hair and pantsuit.

Skoro da uopšte nisu komentarisali moju kosu i odela.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So kudos to them.

Sva pohvala za njih.

But there is another experience that's very important.

Ali tu je još jedno veoma važno iskustvo.

I ran as an independent candidate,

Učestvovala sam kao nezavisan kandidat,

not with any political party or muscle behind me.

bez bilo koje političke partije ili moći iza mene.

That lack of experience

To neiskustvo

and lack of access to resources

i nedostupnost resursa

probably came at a cost to our campaign,

su verovatno koštali našu kampanju,

but it also allowed us to innovate and do politics differently.

ali su nam takođe omogućili da inoviramo i bavimo se politikom drugačije.

We ran a positive campaign,

Vodili smo pozitivnu kampanju

and we probably changed the tone of the election for others by doing that.

i verovatno smo time promenili ton izbora za druge.

It may be the reason why I had less airtime on TV,

Možda je to razlog što sam imala manje prostora na TV-u

because I wanted to show other contenders respect.

jer sam prema drugim kandidatima želela da pokažem poštovanje.

When access to media proved to be so difficult,

Kada se pristup medijima pokazao komplikovanim,

we ran our own media.

vodili smo sopstvene medije.

I ran live Facebook sessions

Vodila sam uživo sesije na Fejsbuku,

where I took questions from voters on anything and responded on the spot.

gde sam primala pitanja od glasača o bilo čemu i odgovarala na mestu.

And we put all the questions I got and all the answers on an open Facebook

I postavljali smo sva pitanja i sve odgovore javno na Fejsbuk

because we thought transparency is important

jer smo smatrali da je transparentnost važna,

if you want to establish trust.

ako želite da učvrstite poverenje.

And when reaching young voters proved to be challenging,

A kad se pristup mladim glasačima pokazao komplikovanim,

I became a Snapchatter.

aktivirala sam se na Snepčetu.

I got young people to teach me how to do that,

Imala sam mlade ljude koji su me naučili tome

and I used every filter on Snapchat during the last part of the campaign.

i koristila sam sve filtere na Snepčetu tokom poslednjeg dela kampanje.

And I actually had to use a lot of humor and humility, as I was very bad at it.

I zapravo sam morala mnogo da se šalim i da budem skromna jer mi je loše išlo.

But we grew the following amongst young people by doing that.

Ali nam je time rasla podrška među mladima.

So it's possible to run a different type of campaign.

Dakle, moguće je voditi različit vid kampanje.

But unfortunately, one cannot talk about politics without mentioning money.

Ali, nažalost, ne možete govoriti o politici, a da ne pomenete novac.

I am sad that it is that way, but it's true,

Žao mi je što je tako, ali je istina,

and we had less financial resources than the other candidates.

a mi smo imali manje finansijskih resursa od drugih kandidata.

This probably was partly due to the fact

Ovo je verovatno delimično bilo zbog toga

that I think I had a harder time asking for financial support.

što je meni bilo teže da tražim finansijsku podršku.

And maybe I also had the ambition to do more with less.

A možda sam imala i ambiciju da odradim što više sa što manje.

Some would call that very womanly of me.

Neki bi to nazvali mojom ženstvenošću.

But even with one third the media, one third the financial resources,

No čak i uz trećinu medija, trećinu finansijskih resursa

and only an entrepreneurial team, but an amazing team,

i jedino sa ekipom preduzetnika, ali izuzetnom ekipom,

we managed to surprise everyone on election night,

uspeli smo sve da iznenadimo u izbornoj noći,

when the first numbers came in.

kada su stigle prve cifre.

I surprised myself, as you may see in that photo.

Iznenadila sam se, kao što vidite na toj slici.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So the first numbers,

Dakle, prve cifre,

I came in neck to neck to the leading candidate.

bila sam rame uz rame sa vodećim kandidatom.

(Cheers)

(Klicanje)

Well, too early, because I didn't quite pull that,

Pa, trčite pred rudu jer nisam uspela u tome,

but I came in second,

ali bila sam druga

and we went a long way from the one percent,

i prešli smo dug put od jednog procenta,

with nearly a third of the vote,

do skoro trećine glasova

and we beat the polls by an unprecedented margin,

i porazili smo ankete jedinstvenom maržom

or 10 percentage points above what the last poll came in at.

ili 10 procenata iznad onoga što su poslednje ankete pokazivale.

Some people call me the real winner of the election because of this,

Neki me zbog ovoga zovu istinskom pobednicom izbora

and there are many people who encouraged me to run again.

i mnogi ljudi me podstiču da se ponovo kandidujem.

But what really makes me proud

Ali ono na šta sam zaista ponosna

is to know that I earned

je saznanje da sam dobila

proportionately higher percentage support from the young people,

proporcionalno veći procenat podrške mladih

and a lot of people encouraged my daughter to run in 2040.

i mnogi ljudi ohrabruju moju kćerku da se kandiduje 2040.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

She is 13,

Ona ima 13 godina

and she had never been on TV before.

i nikad pre nije bila na televiziji.

And on election day, I observed her on TV repeatedly,

A na dan izbora sam je često posmatrala na TV-u,

and she was smart, she was self-confident,

bila je pametna, samopouzdana,

she was sincere, and she was supportive of her mother.

iskrena i podržavala je svoju majku.

This was probably the highlight of my campaign.

Ovo je verovatno bila svetla tačka moje kampanje.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

But there was another one.

Ali ima tu još jedna.

These are preschool girls out on a walk,

Ovo su devojčice predškolskog uzrasta u šetnji

and they found a poster of me on a bus stop,

i videle su moj poster na autobuskom stajalištu

and they saw the need to kiss it.

i imale su potrebu da ga poljube.

Audience: Aw!

Publike: Aaaa!

This picture was really enough of a win for me.

Ova slika je za mene dovoljna pobeda.

What we see, we can be.

Ono što vidimo, možemo da postanemo.

So screw fear and challenges.

Zato, dovraga sa strahom i izazovima.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

It matters that women run,

Važno je da se žene kandiduju

and it's time for women to run for office,

i vreme je da se žene kandiduju za kancelariju,

be it the office of the CEO or the office of the president.

bilo kancelariju izvršnog direktora ili kancelariju predsednika.

I also managed to put an impression on your very own "New Yorker."

Takođe sam uspela da ostavim utisak baš na vaš "Njujorker".

I earned a new title, "A living emoji of sincerity."

Zaradila sam novu titulu: "Živi emotikon iskrenosti".

(Cheers)

(Klicanje)

It is possibly my proudest title yet,

Verovatno je to titula na koju sam najponosnija do sad,

and the reason is that women too often get penalized

a razlog je to što žene često kažnjavaju

for using what I call their emotional capital,

jer koriste ono što nazivam njihovim emocionalnim kapitalom,

but I know from experience that we become so good

ali znam iz iskustva da uspevamo

when we do just that.

kad baš tako postupamo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And we need more of that.

I potrebno je više toga.

We celebrated as if we had won on election night,

Slavili smo kao da smo pobedili u izbornoj noći

because that's how we felt.

jer smo se tako osećali.

So you don't necessarily have to reach that office.

Stoga ne morate nužno da stignete do te kancelarije.

You just have to go for it,

Prosto morate da posegnete za njom

and you, your family, your friends, everyone working with you,

i vi, vaša porodica, vaši prijatelji, svi koji rade sa vama,

if you do it well, you will grow beyond anything you will experience before.

ako budete dobro radili, rašćete mimo bilo čega što ste doživeli pre.

So we had a good time,

Dakle, dobro smo se zabavljali

and I learned a lot on this journey,

i mnogo sam naučila na ovom putovanju,

probably more lessons than I can share here

verovatno više lekcija nego što bih mogla ovde da podelim

in the time we have today.

u predviđenom vremenu.

But rest assured, it was hard work.

No budite sigurni, bio je to težak posao.

I lost a lot of sleep during those months.

Izgubila sam mnogo sna tokom tih meseci.

It took resilience and perseverance to not quit,

Potrebne su bile otpornost i istrajnost da ne odustanem,

but I learned something that I knew before on the one percent day,

ali sam nešto naučila, to sam saznala pre, onog dana sam imala jedan procenat,

and that is that you can only be good

a to je da jedino možete biti dobri

when you are truly, authentically listening to your own voice

kad uistinu, autentično slušate sopstveni glas

and working in alignment with that.

i delate u skladu s tim.

As a good sister of mine sometimes says,

Kao što jedna moja dobra sestra kaže:

you may cheat on your intuition,

možeš da varaš svoju intuiciju,

but your intuition never cheats on you.

ali tvoja intuicija nikad ne vara tebe.

I think it's also very important, and you all know this,

Mislim da je takođe veoma važno, i svi ovo znate,

that on any journey you go on,

da je na bilo kom vašem putovanju

it's the team you take along.

važna ekipa s kojom idete.

It's having people around you who share your values, your vision,

Važno je imati ljude oko vas koji dele vaše vrednosti, vašu viziju,

but are different in every other way.

ali su različiti na sve druge načine.

That's the formula for success for me,

Za mene je to formula uspeha

and I am blessed with an amazing husband,

i ja sam blagoslovena divnim mužem,

here today,

koji je ovde danas,

an incredible family --

fantastičnom porodicom -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

and great friends,

i sjajnim prijateljima,

and we came together as entrepreneurs in the political arena,

a okupili smo se kao preduzetnici u političkoj areni

and pulled something off that everyone said would be impossible.

i uspeli smo u nečemu za šta su nam svi rekli da je nemoguće.

As a matter of fact, the leading PR expert told me

Zapravo, vodeći PR ekspert mi je rekao,

before I made my decision

pre nego što sam donela odluku,

that I would do well to get seven percent.

da će osvojenih 7 procenata glasova za mene biti uspeh.

I appreciated his perspective, because he was probably right,

Cenila sam njegovu perspektivu jer je verovatno bio u pravu

and he was basing it on valuable experience.

i zasnivao je to na dragocenom iskustvu.

But on the one percent day,

Ali dana kad sam imala 1%,

I decided here to show him that he was wrong.

tad sam odlučila da mu pokažem da nije u pravu.

It's very important to mention this, because I did lose a lot of sleep,

Važno je da ovo pomenem jer sam izgubila mnogo sna

and I worked hard, and so did the people with me.

i vredno sam radila, kao i moji ljudi.

We can never go the distance if we forget to take care of ourselves.

Nikad nećemo stići daleko, ako zaboravimo da vodimo računa o sebi.

And it's two things that I think are very important in that,

I verujem da su dve stvari veoma važne za to:

in surrounding yourself with people and practices that nourish you,

okruživanje sebe ljudima i aktivnostima koje vas jačaju,

but it's equally important, maybe even more important,

ali je jednako važno, možda čak i važnije

to have the courage to get rid of people and practices

imati hrabrosti otarasiti se ljudi i aktivnosti

that take away your energy,

koje vam oduzimaju energiju,

including the wonderful bloggers and commentators.

uključujući divne blogere i komentatore.

I took a lot of support from others in doing this,

Imala sam podršku mnogih u ovome,

and I made the decision to go high when others went low,

i odlučila sam da se vinem visoko kad su drugi ponirali nisko,

and that's partly how I kept my energy going throughout all of this.

i delimično sam tako održavala svoju energiju prolazeći kroz sve ovo.

And when I lost my energy for a moment --

A kad bih za tren izgubila energiju -

and I did from time to time, it wasn't easy --

a jesam, s vremena na vreme, nije bilo lako -

I went back to why I decided to run,

prisetila bih se razloga zašto sam se kandidovala,

and how I had decided to run my own race.

i da sam odlučila da igram po mojim pravilima.

I called it a 4G campaign,

Nazvala sam to 4G kampanjom,

the G's representing the Icelandic words.

G slova predstavljaju islandske reči.

And the first one is called "Gagn."

A prvo stoji za "Gagn".

I ran to do good,

Kandidovala sam se da doprinesem,

to be of service,

da budem od koristi

and I wanted servant leadership

i želela sam da vođstvo uslužnosti

to be at the center of how I worked and everybody else in the campaign.

bude u centru mog delanja, kao i kod ostalih učesnika kampanje.

Second one is "Gleði," or joy.

Drugo je "Gleði" ili radost.

I decided to enjoy the journey.

Odlučila sam da uživam u putovanju.

There was a lot to be taken out of the journey,

Toliko toga je moglo da se nauči na njemu,

no matter if the destination was reached or not.

bez obzira na to da li stignemo do cilja ili ne.

And I tried my utmost to inspire others to do so as well.

I davala sam sve od sebe da inspirišem druge da rade to isto.

Third is "Gagnsæi."

Treće je "Gagnsæi".

I was open to any questions.

Bila sam otvorena za sva pitanja.

I kept no secrets,

Nisam imala tajne,

and it was all open, on Facebook and websites.

i sve je bilo javno na Fejsbuku i vebsajtovima.

Because I think if you're choosing your president,

Jer smatram da ako birate svog predsenika,

you deserve answers to your questions.

zaslužujete odgovore na vaša pitanja.

Last but not least,

Poslednje, ali ne manje važno,

I don't need to explain that in this room,

ne moram to da obrazlažem u ovoj prostoriji,

we ran on the principle of Girlpower.

naša kandidatura je počivala na principu ženske snage.

(Cheers)

(Klicanje)

I am incredibly glad

Izuzetno mi je drago

that I had the courage to run,

da sam imala hrabrosti da se kandidujem,

to risk failure but receive success

da rizikujem neuspeh, ali da postignem uspeh

on so many levels.

na toliko nivoa.

I can't tell you that it was easy,

Ne mogu da vam kažem da je bilo lako,

but I can tell you,

ali vam mogu reći,

and I think my entire team will agree with me,

i mislim da će se moja čitava ekipa složiti sa mnom,

that it was worth it.

da je bilo vredno truda.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Pat Mitchell: I'm not letting you go yet.

Pat Mičel: Neću da te pustim još uvek.

Halla Tómasdóttir: What a great crowd.

Hala Tomasdotir: Kakva sjajna publika.

PM: I can't let you go without saying

PM: Ne mogu da te pustim, a da ne kažem

that probably everybody in the room is ready to move to Iceland

da su verovatno svi u prostoriji spremni da se presele na Island

and vote for you.

i da glasaju za tebe.

But of course we probably can't vote there,

Naravno da verovatno ne možemo da gasamo tamo,

but one thing we can get from Iceland

ali jedno možemo da dobijemo od Islanda

and have always gotten is inspiration.

i oduvek smo to dobijali - inspiraciju.

I mean, I'm old enough to remember 1975

Mislim, dovoljno sam stara da se sećam 1975,

when all the Icelandic women walked out,

kada su sve Islanđanke išetale,

and that really was a very big factor in launching the women's movement.

a to je zaista bio veoma značajan faktor za lansiranje pokreta žena.

You made a reference to it earlier. I'd love to bring the picture back up

Podsetila si nas na to ranije, volela bih da vratimo sliku

and just have us remember what it was like when a country came to a standstill.

i da se prosto prisetimo kako je izgledalo kada je država dovedena do zastoja.

And then what you may not know

I ono što možda ne znate

because our American media did not report it,

jer naši mediji u Americi nisu izveštavali o tome,

the Icelandic women walked out again on Monday. Right?

Islanđanke su ponovo išetale u ponedeljak [24. 10. 2016]. Je li tako?

HT: Yes, they did. PM: Can you tell us about that?

HT: Da, jesu. PM: Možeš li da nam govoriš o tome?

HT: Yes, so 41 years after the original strike,

HT: Da, dakle 41 godinu nakon prvobitnog štrajka,

we may be the best place in the world to be a woman,

možda jesmo najbolje mesto na svetu za žene,

but our work isn't done.

ali naš posao nije završen.

So at 2:38pm on Monday,

Pa su u ponedeljak u 14:38h

women in Iceland left work,

žene na Islandu napustile poslove

because that's when they had earned their day's salary.

jer su u tom momentu zaradile svoju dnevnicu.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

What's really cool about this

Ono što je sjajno kod ovoga

is that young women and men participated

je da su mlade žene i muškarci učestvovali

in greater numbers than before,

u većem broju nego ranije

because it is time that we close the pay gap.

jer je vreme da okončamo razliku u platama.

PM: So I'm not going to ask Halla to commit right now

PM: Neću tražiti od Hale da se sad obaveže

to what she's doing next,

o narednim postupcima,

but I will say that you'd have a very large volunteer army

ali ću da kažem da bi imala veoma veliku armiju volontera,

should you decide to do that again.

kad bi odlučila da se ponovo kandiduješ.

Thank you Halla.

Hvala ti, Hala.

HT: Thank you all.

HT: Hvala vam svima.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)