A political party for women's equality | Sandi Toksvig

譯者: Yishan Yue 審譯者: nr chan

I am so excited to be here.

來到這裡讓我覺得很興奮。

Everything in America is so much bigger than in Europe.

美國的每一樣東西都比歐洲大得多。

Look at me -- I am huge!

你看，我非常大！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

It's fantastic!

這十分神奇！

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

然後說到 TED Talks ──

TED Talks 是一個 大家都有很棒想法的地方。

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

所以，問題是： 這些很棒的想法從哪兒來？

Well, it's a little bit of debate,

嗯，這需要一些討論，

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

但是一般估計平常人──

就是說我──

that's me --

每天都有五萬個想法。

has about 50,000 thoughts a day.

Which is a lot,

多麼多呀！

直到你發現 95% 的想法

until you realize that 95 percent of them

are the same ones you had the day before.

都和你之前的想法一模一樣。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And a lot of mine are really boring, OK?

我的想法有一堆都超無聊的，好嗎？

I think things like,

我思考的事情像是：

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

「喔！我知道── 我必須要清地板了。

Oh! I forgot to walk the dog."

喔！我忘記遛狗了。」

My most popular:

我最常想到的想法：

"Don't eat that cookie."

「不要吃掉那塊餅乾。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, 95 percent repetition.

這樣，有 95% 重複。

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

這讓我們每天只有 5% 的機會

to actually think something new.

能夠真正思考新的東西。

And some of my new thoughts are useless.

而我的一些新想法完全沒有用處。

The other day I was watching some sports on television,

某一天，我在電視上看比賽的時候，

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

我試圖了解為什麼 我就是不能參與其中？

其中一些想法我覺得很異常。

Some of it I find curious.

This is odd.

有點古怪。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Do you think it would be worth being that flexible

你覺得能夠擁有那樣的柔軟度

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

只為了能用不一樣的角度 看到你的腳踝，值得嗎？

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

And here's the thing:

重點是：

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

我永遠都不可能涉及到那些，

因為我永遠都做不到那些，好嗎？

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

Well, not twice, anyway.

嗯……至少不能做到兩次以上。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

但是我會告訴你真相。

But I'll tell you the truth.

真相是：我對任何一樣 運動都不在行，好嗎？

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

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

我已經到了那個美妙的年紀， 我所有的朋友都說：

「噢！我真希望我像 18 歲的時候一樣苗條。」

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

And I always feel rather smug then.

每當我聽到這句話， 我會有點沾沾自喜。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

我非常確定我和當年一樣……

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

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

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

我當時跑不快。 我現在當然更是不行。

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

所以我有了一個新想法：

So then I had my new idea:

Why not engage people like me in sport?

何不鼓勵像我這樣的人運動？

I think what the world needs now

我覺得這個世界現在需要的

is the Olympics for people with zero athletic ability.

是一個給零運動能力人 參加的奧林匹克。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Oh, it would be so much more fun.

噢，這會非常有趣。

We'd have three basic rules, OK?

我們只要訂下 三個基本的規則，好嗎？

顯然是：禁止嗑藥、 禁止賄賂、沒有任何技能。

Obviously no drugs; no corruption, no skills.

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

It would be --

這將會是──

No, it's a terrible idea.

不行，這是一個可怕的點子。

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

而且我也知道為什麼我看轉播， 但是不參加那些運動。

那是因為大概 97% 的轉播 都是關於，男人跑步、

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

and men kicking things,

男人踢東西、

men trying to look neatly packaged in Lycra.

男人試著整齊地穿著萊卡纖維衣物。

這……

There is --

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Not always successfully.

並不總是那麼成功就是了。

There is --

事實上……

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

There is so little female sport on television,

電視上的女性運動節目太少了，

一個在看電視的年輕女性可能會想，

that a young woman watching might be forgiven for thinking,

我怎麼說比較好呢？

and how can I put this nicely,

that the male member is the very lever you need

男性是那個你最需要的槓桿，

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

把你從沙發上跩起來去運動場。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

The inequalities in sport are breathtaking.

體育運動中的不平等真的非常驚人。

So this is what happens to me:

所以對我來說是這樣的：

I have a brand new idea,

我有一個全新的想法

and immediately I come back to an old one.

然後又立刻回到了一個舊的。

The fact is, there is not now,

事實是，現在沒有，

nor has there ever been in the whole of history,

在整個歷史上也從未有過，

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

在任何一個國家 真正存在過男女平等。

Not one.

一個都沒有。

196 個國家，

196 countries,

it hasn't happened in the whole of evolution.

在整個進化過程中，從沒有過。

So, here is a picture of evolution.

這裡是一張進化的示意圖。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We women are not even in it!

我們女性根本不在裡面好嘛！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

男性可以進化得 這麼聰明真是個奇蹟。

So --

所以──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

這個問題讓我困擾， 我知道我應該為它做些什麼。

But I'm busy, OK?

可是我很忙。

I have a full-on career,

我有一份全職的工作，

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

我有三個孩子還有一個年邁的母親。

In fact, if I'm honest with you,

事實上，說實話，

one of the reasons I came out here

我來到這裡的原因之一，

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

是因為TED Talks說 我可以有 15 分鐘屬於自己的時間，

and I never have that much time --

而我從來沒有過那麼多──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

So I'm busy.

所以我真的是很忙。

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

但是不管怎麼樣， 我已經嘗試過去改變世界。

Here's the thing, OK?

是這個樣子的，

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

每個人內在都有一個， 我稱它為「激活按鈕。」

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

它會被按下，當你想到：

"I must do something about this."

「我一定要為這個做點什麼。」

It gets pressed for all sorts of reasons.

它可以因為各種不同的原因被按下。

也許你面對某種不公平，

Maybe you face some kind of inequality,

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

或者妳偶然遇到某種不公正，

sometimes an illness strikes,

有時因為疾病，

or you're born in some way disadvantaged,

或者因為你天生的劣勢，

or perhaps underprivileged.

或者生活的窮困。

我的話，我生來是同性戀。

So I was born gay, OK?

我一直都知道，

I've always known,

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

而且我的家人 一點都不為此感到驚訝。

Here is a picture of me aged four.

這是我四歲時的照片。

I look cute,

我看起來很可愛，

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

可是我發自內心地覺得 我看起來像克林·伊斯威特。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

我的激活按鈕被按下， 是當我有了孩子時──

three wonderful kids, born to my then-partner.

和我當時的丈夫 生的三個很棒的孩子。

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

我在英國電視業工作，

他們出生的時候 我已經在主持自己的節目，

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

在大眾眼皮底下工作。

and working in the public eye.

我喜歡我的工作，

I love what I do,

但是我更愛我的孩子們。

but I love my kids more.

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

我不希望他們帶著秘密長大。

1994, when my son, my youngest was born,

1993 年，我的兒子， 最小的一個孩子出生。

there was not, as far as I was aware,

當時沒有，至少我不知道，

a single out, gay woman in British public life.

任何一個在英國出櫃的 同性戀公眾女性。

I don't think secrets are a good thing.

我不覺得有祕密是件好事情。

I think they are a cancer of the soul.

我覺得秘密是靈魂的毒瘤。

So I decided to come out.

所以我決定出櫃。

每個人都警告我， 這樣做的話我再也沒法繼續工作，

Everybody warned me that I would never work again,

but I decided it was absolutely worth the risk.

但是我還是覺得， 這是值得去冒險一試的。

Well, it was hell.

好吧，當時狀況真的是非常糟糕。

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

在英國，我們右翼媒體中 有一個特別邪惡的部門，

他們當時要瘋了。

and they went nuts.

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

他們的憎恨挑動起了 社會中一些不安定元素，

and we got death threats --

然後我們受到了死亡威脅──

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

威脅多到我不得不帶著 孩子們躲起來。

and we had to have police protection.

並且需要警方的保護。

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

說真的，在寂靜深夜中，有很多時刻

我為我自己做的事情而感到害怕。

when I was terrified by what I had done.

Eventually the dust settled.

最終，事情都平息了。

Against all expectation I carried on working,

和所有的預期相悖， 我開始繼續工作，

and my kids were and continue to be absolutely fantastic.

並且孩子們的表現 一如既往，非常了不起。

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

我記得當我兒子六歲的時候， 他有個朋友來家裡玩。

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

他們在隔壁屋玩， 我可以聽到他們聊天。

他的朋友問他： 「有兩個媽媽是什麼樣子？」

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

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

我當時有點擔憂， 於是湊近聽到我兒子說：

「特別棒！因為如果一個生病了，

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

你還有另外一個可以給你做飯。」

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

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

So my activation button for gay equality was pressed,

所以我的同性戀平權 激活按鈕被按下，

and along with many, many others,

同時還有很有很多很多其他的，

I campaigned for years for gay rights,

我參加了多年同性權益活動，

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

特別是，為了爭取 與我愛的人結為夫妻的權益。

最終我們成功了。

In the end, we succeeded.

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

在 2014 年，法律條文變更的當天，

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

我和我深愛的妻子結婚。

（掌聲）

(Applause)

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

我們一點都不低調──

我們的婚禮是在 倫敦皇家節日音樂廳的舞台上。

at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

It was a great event.

那是件特別棒的事情。

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

禮堂可以容納 2500 人。

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

我們邀請了 150 位家人朋友， 然後告知公眾：

我們歡迎任何想要來 一起慶祝的人加入我們。

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

It would be free to anybody who wanted to come.

對任何想參加的人都是免費的。

真的有 2500 人來了。

Two-and-half thousand people turned up.

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Every kind of person you can imagine:

各種各樣你能想像到的人：

同性戀、異性戀、猶太拉比、 修女、已婚的、黑人、白人──

gays, straights, rabbis, nuns, married people,

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

整個人類群體都在那裡了。

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

我記得自己站在那個舞台上想：

「多棒啊。任務完成。

Job done.

Love triumphs.

愛，勝利。

Law changed."

法律改變。」

And I --

然後我──

(Applause)

（掌聲）

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

然後我真的認為 我被激活的日子結束了。

So every year in that same hall,

所以每一年在那同一個禮堂，

我都會辦一個音樂會 以慶祝國際婦女節。

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

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

我們組織了世界上唯一的 女性管弦樂隊，

我們演奏那些被遺忘或忽略、 由女性譜寫的美麗樂章，

we play fantastic music by forgotten or overlooked women composers,

we have amazing conductors --

我們有特別厲害的指揮家──

it's Marin Alsop there from Baltimore conducting,

指揮是來自巴爾的摩的 馬林‧阿爾索普，

Petula Clark singing --

由佩圖拉·克拉克演唱──

and I give a lecture on women's history.

而我則做一個關於女性歷史的演講。

我樂於收集過去 那些鼓舞人心的故事，

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

並將它們傳遞下去。

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

我常常覺得，歷史是， 我稱之為美國總統山模式。

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

它看起來很壯麗， 但是女性不在裡面。

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

我在 2015 年做過一個關於 婦女參政運動者的演講──

你們一定聽說過這些偉大的女性，

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

為了女性在英國的 選舉權而努力抗爭。

for the right for women in Britain to vote.

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

她們的口號是： 「行動，而非言語。」

And boy, they succeeded,

她們成功了。

because women did indeed get the vote in 1928.

在 1928 年， 女性確實獲得了投票權。

So I'm giving this talk about this,

所以我就做了關於這個的演講，

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

在我演講的時候，我意識到：

this was not a history lecture I was giving;

我不是在進行一個關於歷史的演說；

this was not something where the job was done.

這不是一件已經徹底完成的事情。

這件事還有太多需要被完成。

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

Nowhere in the world, for example,

比如，世界上沒有一個地方，

do women have equal representation in positions of power.

女性表現出擁有平等的權利地位。

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

讓我們快速地看一下

2016 年倫敦證交所的 100 強公司。

in the London Stock Exchange in 2016.

Top 100 companies: How many women running them?

100 家公司中， 有多少家是女性經營的？

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

7 家。我覺得還行吧。

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

可是你會發現，有 17 家 由名為約翰的男性經營。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

有更多名為約翰的男性經營 富時 100 指數公司──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

than there are women.

比女性多多了。

There are 14 run by men called "Dave."

有14家由名為大維的男性經營。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

我確信大維和約翰都做得特別好。

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

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

那麼，這有什麼影響呢？

OK. Why does it matter?

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

這反映了討厭的性別待遇的差距。

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

世界上沒有一個地方是， 女性與男性同等薪資的。

並且這種狀況不會改變，

And that is never going to change

除非有更多的女性成為領導者。

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

We have plenty of laws;

我們有很多的法律支持；

英國同等薪資法案在 1975 年通過，

the Equal Pay Act in Britain was passed in 1975.

Nevertheless, there are still many, many women

然而，仍然有很多女性

從 11 月初到年底，

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

by comparison to their male colleagues,

和她們的男性同事相比，

are effectively working for free.

實際上是在免費工作的。

In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates

實際上，世界經濟論壇預測

女性會最終……

that women will finally get equal pay in ...

2133!

於 2133 年得到同等薪資！

Yay!

耶！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

That's a terrible figure.

這是個糟糕的數字。

And here's the thing:

事實上：

the day before I came out to give my talk,

在我出發來演講的前一天，

世界經濟論壇修改了這個數字。

the World Economic Forum revised it.

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

很不錯，因為 2133 確實太糟糕了。

Do you know what they revised it to?

你們知道他們改成多少了嘛？

2186.

2186。

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

Yeah, another 53 years, OK?

真的，再多 53 年。

We are not going to get equal pay

我們不可能得到同等薪資，

in my grandchildren's grandchildren's lives

即使我外孫的外孫也不能，

under the current system.

如果按照目前制度的話。

And I have waited long enough.

而我等了太久了。

I've waited long enough in my own business.

就我自己的事業而言，也等了太久。

在 2016 年我成為了英國首位

In 2016 I became the very first woman on British television

to host a prime-time panel show.

黃金時段電視討論節目的女主持人。

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

是不是很棒？是的，我特別高興。

但是──

But --

(Applause)

（掌聲）

But 2016! The first!

直到 2016！首位！

Television's been around for 80 years!

電視都已經普及了近 80 年了！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

It may be television's not so important,

也許是因為電視並沒有那麼重要，

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

但還是有一定代表性的，不是麼？

2016, the UN were looking for a brand new ambassador

2016 年，聯合國想找一個新的大使

to represent women's empowerment and gender equality,

來代表女性權利和性別平等。

and who did they choose?

可是他們選擇了誰？

Wonder Woman.

神力女超人。

Yes, they chose a cartoon, OK?

是的，他們選擇了一個卡通人物。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Because no woman was up to the job.

因為沒有一位女性 可以勝任那份工作。

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

女性權利地位的表現驚人得低。

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

在國會是這樣的， 在英國議會上更是這樣。

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

僅 2015 年，被選舉 進入議會的男性人數

was greater than the total number of women

就超過了

歷年女性議員的總和。

who have ever been members of Parliament.

And why does it matter?

這說明什麼呢？

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

如果她們不出現在那張桌子上──

在英國，真的，不在那張桌子上 參與法律的制定 ──

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

do not be surprised if the female perspective is overlooked.

如果女性觀點被無視，也無須驚訝。

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

對於年輕人來說，

一位真正掌權的女性 會是一個很好的榜樣。

In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister;

在 2016 年，英國有了第二位女首相；

Theresa May came to power.

德蕾莎·梅伊當政。

The day she came to power she was challenged:

她當政的第一天，被要求：

just do one thing.

就做一件事情。

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

在第一個 100 天，做一件事情，

試著去提高英國女性的生活。

to try and improve lives for women in Britain.

And what did she do? Nothing.

然後她做了什麼呢？什麼都沒有。

什麼都沒有。

Nothing.

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

因為她忙著去處理 前面留下來的爛攤子。

Even having a female leader,

即使是有一位當政的女性領導者，

they always find something better to do

她們也總是去忙其他的事情，

than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

而不是去解決不平等的問題。

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

我一直在講平等有多麼重要， 但究竟是不是這樣子的呢？

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

那我們就來看看 STEM 行業。

So science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

也就是科學、技術、工程和數學行業。

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

差不多對於我們生活的每一方面， 都起著非常重要的作用。

在 STEM 行業中，存在著對於女性，

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

特別厚且人盡皆知的玻璃天花板。

in the STEM industries.

What if the cure for cancer

如果癌症的療法

or the answer the global warming

或者全球暖化的解答

注定由某位年輕的女性去攻克， 而她卻被阻礙向前？

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

So I thought all these things,

於是我想著這些事情，

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

我知道我需要做的是 「行動，而非言語。」

And I spoke to my wonderful friend,

於是我和一位特別棒的朋友，

brilliant journalist Catherine Mayer in Britain,

聰明的英國記者凱薩琳梅爾談這些，

and we rather foolishly --

然後我們非常愚蠢地──

and I suspect there was wine involved --

我懷疑酒精也起了點作用──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We decided to found a brand new political party.

我們決定成立一個全新的政治組織。

Because here's the critical thing:

因為重要的一點是：

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

在投票箱前男女是完全平等的。

We had no idea what we were doing,

我們完全不知道自己是在做什麼，

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

我們不知道創立一個 政治組織有多麼的困難。

我想說：「應該不會那麼難吧， 男性都做了那麼多年。」

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

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

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

於是我們首先給它 取了個名字「女性平權派。 」

然後馬上有人問我：

And straightaway people said to me,

"Why did you call it that?"

「為什麼起這個名字？」

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

我說： 「我不知道， 我以為這樣一叫大家都明白了。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

你知道的，我不希望 我們做的事情是秘密的。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

一些人跟我說：「你不能叫它這個！ 這太女權主義了！」

Ooh! Scary word! Ahh!

啊！世界太可怕啦！啊！

我聽到過非常多次，人們說：

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

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

「我不是個女權主義者，但是……」

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

我一直覺得， 一旦句子裡有一個「但是」，

it can't all be roses in the garden.

就不會是想像中那麼美好。

And then I started getting asked the hilarious question,

然後我開始被問一些很好笑的問題，

「你們要燒掉所有的內衣麼？」

"Are you all going to burn your bras?"

Yes! Because bras are famously made of flammable material.

是的！大家都知道 內衣是由易燃材料做的。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

那就是為什麼女性 在走路的時候都閃著光。

That's why all women spark when they walk.

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Here's quick history sidebar for you:

補充一點歷史知識：

60 年代根本沒有女性 燒掉自己的內衣，

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

It's a story made up by a journalist.

這只是一位記者杜撰出的故事。

Thank goodness journalism has improved since then.

幸好傳媒界的素質 在那之後得到了提高。

所以──

So --

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

我在一個廣播採訪中宣布了 我們即將要做的事情，

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

and straightaway, the emails started coming.

然後立刻，有人發郵件來。

一開始是幾百封，後來是成千上萬封。

First hundreds, then thousands and thousands,

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

各種年齡段：從非常年輕的 到 90 多歲的老人，

甚至很多傑出的男性們。

to hundreds of wonderful men.

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

人們寫信來問 「我有什麼可以幫忙的麼？」

「我能來妳們總部參觀麼？」

Please, can I visit you at party headquarters?"

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

我們沒有總部，我們沒有黨派！

We didn't have anything.

我們什麼都沒有。

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

我們只是一個 由好朋友組成的小組織。

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

穿著睡衣全天去試著回覆郵件。

我們都非常忙。

We were all busy.

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

我們中很多人 有自己的事業、有孩子。

但是我們做的是女性應該做的， 我們共同承擔這份工作。

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

And almost instantly, we agreed on certain fundamental things.

很快地，我們達成了一些基本共識。

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

第一：我們希望這是唯一的一個

whose main aim was to no longer need to exist.

致力於不被需要的組織。

這是個特別棒的想法。

That's a fantastic idea.

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

然後，我們希望成為唯一的一個 沒有任何政治傾向的組織。

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

我們希望需要任何左翼、右翼、中立，

every age group.

任何年齡層的人們。

因為我們要做的就是這麼一件事情：

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

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

將平等滲透到生活的各個方面中，

等我們把這件事情做完了，

and when we're finished,

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

再回家去把其他家事做了。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And we wanted to change how politics is conducted.

我們希望能改變 政治是如何被主導的。

不知道在你們國家是不是這樣，

I don't know if you have this,

but in Britain we have two major political parties.

但在英國我們有兩大政派，

政治巨頭。

They're the dinosaurs of politics.

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

然而他們之間的溝通方式充滿惡意。

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

我打賭在這裡你一定 沒有經歷過那樣的謾罵──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And lying here.

和欺騙。

如果哪怕只有一個政客說：

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

「其實，我的對手有一個有價值的觀點，

"Do you know, my opponent has a point.

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

讓我們合作把事情解決吧。」 難道不是很好嘛？

(Applause)

（掌聲）

讓更多的女性參與政治，好嗎？

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

Let's immediately get more women into politics

我們想馬上讓更多的女性參與政治，

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

成為唯一能給候選人的孩子 提供照顧的政治組織，

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

這樣子，她們能夠 從家庭中脫身然後開始競選。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Within 10 months,

10 個月內，

我們在整個英國發展了 70 個組織分支，

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

我們在倫敦、蘇格蘭、威爾斯 都分別有成員參與了

We stood candidates for election in London, Scotland and Wales

in May 2016.

2016 年五月的競選。

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

我們的倫敦市長參選人 獲得了 1/20 的投票。

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

而當競選中的男性 看到我們能獲得多少選票時，

wonder of wonders,

奇蹟中的奇蹟，

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

他們也開始談論如何實現性別平等。

（掌聲）

(Applause)

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

從我小時候起， 大家就在承諾著改變。

It was always coming:

總是說，馬上就會實現的：

女性一定能和男性平等並肩。

women were going to stand shoulder to shoulder with men.

但我真正得到的 都是空頭支票和失望──

All I got were empty promises and disappointment --

enough disappointment to found a political party.

太多失望了，所以我要成立 這樣一個政治組織。

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

但是今天我要說的是一個新的想法， 剛才那只是其中的 5%。

And this one is really good.

這個想法真的很棒。

The fact is, this is not enough.

因為，只有我們現在的組織還不夠。

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

只在一個國家成立一個 平權政治組織，是遠遠不夠的。

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

我們需要的是在 全球政治環境中的巨大變革。

而我們創造的這一模式，好處之一是

And the wonderful thing about the model we have created

is that it would work anywhere.

在任何地方都適用。

It would work in America,

在美國可以，

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

在澳大利亞，印度都可以。

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

就像是我們寫好了這個食譜， 任何人都可以照著做，

並且對任何人都會有好處。

and it's good for everybody.

And we want to give it away.

我們樂於分享。

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

如果你想知道我們是怎麼做的， 讓我們告訴你。

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

你能想像麼，如果我們 能動員全球成千上萬的女性

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

向傳統的政治競爭說「受夠了！」

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

說 「停止爭吵，解決問題。」

We could literally change the world.

我們真的可以改變這個世界。

And I want that.

而那是我想要的。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

I want ...

我希望……

（掌聲）

(Applause)

這是為了我們的女兒們，

I want that for our daughters,

and I want it for our sons.

也為我們的兒子們，

因為平等對每個人都是有利的。

Because the fact is: equality is better for everyone.

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

來吧大家！行動起來！ 讓我們改變這個世界！

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

我知道我們可以做到， 我們需要每個人的行動！

(Applause)

（掌聲）