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

翻译人员: Xinze Jiang 校对人员: Wei Wu

I will always remember

我会一直记得

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

和那个穿蓝色制服的女孩的第一次相遇

I was eight at the time,

那时我八岁

living in the village with my grandmother,

和祖母一起住在一个小村庄

who was raising me and other children.

当时祖母正养育我和其他的孩子

Famine had hit my country of Zimbabwe,

饥荒席卷津巴布韦

and we just didn't have enough to eat.

我们没有足够的食物

We were hungry.

我们非常饥饿

And that's when the girl in the blue uniform

这个穿蓝制服的女孩

came to my village with the United Nations

和联合国一起来到我们村里

to feed the children.

给孩子们提供食物

As she handed me my porridge,

当她递给我一碗粥

I asked her why she was there,

我问她为什么要来这里

and without hesitation, she said,

她毫不迟疑地说

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

”作为非洲人，我们必须帮助非洲的所有人“

I had absolutely no idea what she meant.

我完全听不懂她什么意思

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But her words stuck with me.

但她说的话时时萦绕我耳边

Two years later,

两年后

famine hit my country for the second time.

饥荒再次席卷我的国家

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

祖母毫无选择，只得把我送到城市

to live with an aunt I had never met before.

和一个未曾谋面的阿姨一起生活

So at the age of 10,

所以在10岁那年

I found myself in school for the very first time.

我第一次来到学校

And there, at the city school,

在这里，在一个城市的学校

I would experience what it was to be unequal.

我体会到了不平等是什么感觉

You see, in the village,

在村里

we were all equal.

我们都是平等的

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

但这里，在其他小朋友的眼里和心里

I was not their equal.

我和他们不一样

I couldn't speak English,

我不会说英语

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

在读写能力上远远落后

But this feeling of inequality would get even more complex.

但这种不平等的感觉变得更加复杂

Every school holiday

每当学校放假

spent back in the village with my grandmother

我就会回村里和祖母一起

made me consciously aware

使得我更加清醒的意识到

of the inequalities this incredible opportunity

在不平等之中，

had created within my own family.

我自己的家庭却有这样难得的机会

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

突然间，我比村里的其他人拥有更多

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

在他们眼里，我与他们不再平等

I felt guilty.

我感到罪恶

But I thought about the girl in the blue uniform,

但我想到那个穿蓝制服的女孩

and I remember thinking,

我记得当时在想

"That's who I want to be --

这就是我想成为的

someone like her,

像她那样的人

someone who uplifts other people."

那样帮助其他人

This childhood experience led me to the United Nations,

童年的经历指引我来到联合国

and to my current role with UN Women,

使我成为联合国妇女属的一员

where we are addressing one of the greatest inequalities

在这里我们关注着最严重的不平等现象之一

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

它影响着世界一半的人口

women and girls.

妇女和女孩

Today, I want to share with you

今天我想和你们分享

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

一个致力于振奋我们所有人的简单想法

Eight months ago,

八个月前

under the visionary leadership of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,

在普姆齐莱・姆兰博-恩格库卡（联合国妇女领袖）

head of UN Women,

的有远见卓识的引导下

we launched a groundbreaking initiative

我们启动了一个极具开创性的计划

called HeForShe,

叫做‘HeForShe’

inviting men and boys from around the world

邀请全世界的男人和男孩

to stand in solidarity with each other and with women,

坚定的和彼此、和妇女站在一起

to create a shared vision for gender equality.

来创造一种性别平等的共同视角

This is an invitation for those who believe in equality

这是一个邀请

for women and men,

对相信男女平等的人士

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

和那些不知道其实自己相信男女平等的人

The initiative is based on a simple idea:

这项活动的发起基于一个简单的想法

that what we share is much more powerful

我们之间的共性

than what divides us.

远远比我们之间的差异更有力

We all feel the same things.

我们有相同的感觉

We all want the same things,

我们有相同的需要

even when those things sometimes remain unspoken.

即便有些时候我们并没有说出来

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us,

HeForShe是一个激励我们所有人的活动

women and men together.

男性和女性都包括在内

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

它把我们推向性别平等的转折点

Imagine a blank page

想象一张白纸

with one horizontal line splitting it in half.

上面有一条水平线把它分成两半

Now imagine that women are represented here,

现在想象这里代表女人

and men are represented here.

这里代表男人

In our current population,

在我们现在的人口中

HeForShe is about moving the 3.2 billion men,

HeForShe将推动32亿的男人

one man at a time,

每次一个人

across that line,

跨过这条线

so that ultimately, men can stand alongside women

最终，男人会和女人站在一起

and be on the right side of history,

站在历史的正确一边

making gender equality a reality in the 21st century.

使得21世纪的时候性别平等成为现实

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

然而，让男人投身这项运动遭到了很多争议

Why invite men? They are the problem.

为什么要邀请男性？他们才是问题所在

(Laughter)

（笑声）

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

事实上，他们告诉我们，男性并不在乎

But something incredible happened when we launched HeForShe.

但自从开展HeForShe以来发生了一些难以置信的现象

In just three days, more than 100,000 men

仅仅三天时间里，超过十万男性

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

注册并参与进为平等而变的事务中

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

在第一周，世界上每一个国家的至少一个男性

stood up to be counted,

进入了这一行列

and within that same week,

在同一周

HeForShe created more than 1.2 billion conversations on social media.

HeForShe在社交媒体上引起了超过12亿的讨论

And that's when the emails started pouring in,

正是那时电邮涌进来

sometimes as many as a thousand a day.

有时高达一天1000封

We heard from a man out of Zimbabwe,

我们收到了一个津巴布韦男性的来信

who, after hearing about HeForShe,

他听说了HeForShe以后

created a "husband school."

创建了“丈夫学校”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

He literally went around his village,

他走遍周边的村庄

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

亲自找出辱骂虐待自己伴侣的人

and committed to turn them into better husbands and fathers.

着手把他们变成好丈夫好父亲

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

印度 浦那 一个年轻支持者组织了别开生面的自行车比赛

mobilizing 700 cyclists

动员700名骑行者

to share the HeForShe messages within their own community.

在他们自己的社区宣传HeForShe的标语

In another impact story,

另外一个有影响力的故事里

a man sent a very personal note

一个男人发送了一条私人记录

of something that had happened in his own community.

关于他自己社区所发生的事情

He wrote,

他写道

"Dear Madam,

亲爱的女士

I have lived all of my life

我这一辈子

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

都住在一个虐待妻子的男人隔壁

Two weeks ago,

两周前

I was listening to my radio,

我正在收听电台

and your voice came on,

您的声音传来

and you spoke about something called the HeForShe,

您在作HeForShe的演讲

and the need for men to play their role.

和男人所需要参与的角色

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

几小时内，我就听到了隔壁的女人在哭

but for the first time,

但第一次

I didn't just sit there.

我不再选择坐在那里熟视无睹

I felt compelled to do something,

我觉得自己有责任做些什么

so I went over and I confronted the husband.

所以我走出门面对那个丈夫

Madam, it has been two weeks,

女士，这件事有两周了

and the woman has not cried since.

那女人再也没有哭过

Thank you for giving me a voice."

谢谢您给我发声的力量

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Personal impact stories such as these

像这样的个人影响的故事

show that we are tapping into something within men,

表明我们在男性中也产生了某些影响

but getting to a world where women and men are equal

但到达一个男女平等的世界

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

不仅仅要把男性带入这项运动

We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize

我们需要一个坚固的、系统的、有结构的改变

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

在政治、经济和社会现实上实现男女平等

We are asking men to make concrete actions,

我们正在要求男性采取实际的行动

calling them to intervene at a personal level,

号召他们在个人层面参与进来

to change their behavior.

改变他们的言行

We are calling upon governments, businesses, universities,

我们呼吁政府、公司、大学

to change their policies.

改变他们的政策

We want male leaders to become role models

我们希望男性领导成为表率

and change agents within their own institutions.

在他们机构内部做出改变

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

一些杰出的男性和领导者已经在行动

and made some concrete HeForShe commitments.

为HeForShe许下了坚定的承诺

In a few early success stories,

在早期的一些成功案例中

a leading French hospitality company, Accor,

法国的一个著名医疗公司，Accor

has committed to eliminate the pay gap

承若在2020年之前消除18万员工

for all of its 180,000 employees by 2020.

薪酬上的差别

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

The government of Sweden,

瑞典政府

under its current feminist government,

在当下的男女平等政府领导下

has committed to close both the employment and the pay gap

承诺消除所有市民就业和薪酬的差别

for all of its citizens within the current electoral term.

在在任的选期内

In Japan, the University of Nagoya

日本名古屋大学

is building, as part of their HeForShe commitments,

作为HeForShe 运动的一部分，正在建立

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

日本著名的性别研究中心

Now, eight months later,

现在，8个月之后的今天

a movement is building.

一场运动正在开展

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

我们见证着来自各行各业的男性加入

and from every single corner in the world,

他们来自世界的每个角落

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

从联合国自己的秘书长潘基文

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

到北大西洋公约组织秘书长，到欧盟委员

from the prime minister of Bhutan

从不丹首相

to the president of Sierra Leone.

到塞拉利昂总统

In Europe alone, all the male EU Commissioners

仅仅在欧洲 欧盟委员会的所有男成员

and the members of Parliament of the Swedish and Iceland governments

和瑞士和冰岛政府的国会成员

have signed up to be HeForShe.

都签名加入 HeForShe

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

事实上 冰岛男性的1/20都加入了这项运动

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

我们热情的亲善大使艾玛 沃特森号召

has garnered more than five billion media impressions,

获得了超过50亿媒体点击

mobilizing hundreds and thousands of students around the world

牵动了全球成千上万的学生

to create more than a hundred HeForShe student associations.

成立了100多个 HeForShe学生组织

Now this is the beginning of the vision that HeForShe has

现在正是 HeForShe所带来美好愿景的开始

for the world that we want to see.

正如大家希望看到的那样

Einstein once said,

爱因斯坦曾说过，

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

”一个人是全世界的一部分。。。

but he experiences himself,

但一个人践行着自己

his thoughts and feelings,

自己的想法，自己的感觉

as something separate from the rest ...

使他与其他人不同

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

这种幻象对我们来说是一个监狱

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison

我们的任务是把自己从牢狱中解放出来

by widening our circle of compassion."

通过拓宽我们对周围的慈悲心“

If women and men are part of a greater whole,

如果男人和女人是更大整体的一部分

as Einstein suggests,

如爱因斯坦所说

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

这也是我的希望，让 HeForShe来帮助解放我们

that it is not our gender that defines us,

是我们意识到决定我们的不是性别

but ultimately, our shared humanity.

而最终，我们共有人性。

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

HeForShe正启发男人和女人的梦想

the dreams that we have for ourselves,

我们为自己所拥有的梦想

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

我们为自己的家人、孩子

friends, communities.

朋友、社区所拥有的梦想

So that's what it is about.

这就是关于它的。

HeForShe is about uplifting all of us together.

HeForShe旨在激励我们所有人

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（鼓掌）