My Long Walk Across India for Women's Freedom | Srishti Bakshi | TED

譯者: Lily Cheng 審譯者: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

After days of negotiation, for the very first time,

在好幾天的討價還價之後， 人生中第一次

my parents allowed me to step out unescorted

我父母允許我獨自出門

for a movie with my friends.

和朋友去看電影

I was 14 and beyond excited

我當時 14 歲，興奮到不行

with this new freedom I had.

總算有了自由

With a big smile on my face, I ended up at the back of the theater.

帶著大大的微笑， 我走到放映廳的後排

And just ten steps from my seat,

再幾步就到我的座位了

I felt these heavy hands grab both my breasts.

突然我感覺到一雙手， 重重抓住了我的胸部

And before I knew it, these hands disappeared.

然後在我反應過來以前， 它們就放開了

I screamed and ran outside.

我尖叫著跑了出去

And I still remember those dirty handprints

我仍然記得 在我的白色雹襯衫上

on my white, crisp cotton shirt,

留下的髒手印

announcing to the world what had just happened.

任何人一看就知道發生了什麼

I returned home devastated,

我崩潰地回到家

kept the lights on all through the night and the outdoors terrified me.

一個晚上都開著燈，害怕著外面

I didn't want to go out at all.

再也不想出門

It is not news that women face rampant violence inside homes as well

婦女在家同樣面對猖獗的家庭暴力

across the world.

這在全世界都不是新鮮事

So if it's unsafe outside and inside, where do we go?

如果出外在家都不安全， 那我們能去哪呢？

Women in India are over 600 million strong.

印度有超過 6 億的青壯年女性

That's a lot of people.

非常的多

But this is what my country looks like.

但這是我們國家的樣子：

The outdoors.

外面街上

You can count the number of women in these pictures.

你可以算算婦女的數量

And there aren't any, or just one or two.

根本小貓兩三隻

And this is by the day.

這還是白天

But this number significantly drops at night.

這個數字在晚上會大幅下降

You don't see many women walking alone at night

晚上沒什麼女性會在街上獨自行走

because they're simply not safe.

因為明顯就是不安全

400,000, that's 45 women every hour,

40 萬婦女，每小時 45 名女性，

face varying degrees of violence,

面對著不同程度的暴力

ranging from domestic violence to rape in India.

從家暴，到強暴，就在印度

A 13-year-old girl and her mother were gang-raped on a highway

一名 13 歲女孩和她的母親 在公路上遭到輪姦

just 45 minutes from where my parents live.

離我父母家只有 45 分鐘的距離

When I heard this,

當我聽說這件事

I just recalled the same incident that happened to me.

我就回想起我身上發生過的事

I was devastated.

我非常崩潰

I found myself in the same hysterical state

又回到當初在電影院外

I was outside of that theater.

那種歇斯底里的狀態

For everybody around me, life moved on.

我周圍的人，生活都在向前走

We are hardwired to think that this is just how the world is.

我們被塑造出的世界觀 以為這就是正常

Instead of asking the fundamental question

卻不去好好思考根本問題：

of how wrong this is.

這本來就是大錯特錯

I'm here and I'm fighting for safer spaces for women

我在這裡，為婦女的安全空間而奮鬥

by increasing their mobility,

透過提高婦女們的流動性

by movement of the body and mind to take control over their lives.

透過身體與心靈的活動 來掌控自己的生活

So how I did that.

我怎麼做的？

I wanted to prove to the world that I can face my demons.

我想證明，我可以面對內心的夢魘

And not just for one, but 230 continuous days.

且不只一天，而是連續 230 天

So I decided to walk across the length of India

我決定徒步穿過印度大陸

from the very south to the north,

從南端到北端

a distance of 2,300 miles.

整整 2300 英里的距離

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2,300 miles. How much is that?

2300 英里，這到底有多遠？

If you started from LA, you would reach New York.

從洛杉磯出發，你能到達紐約

If you started from Stockholm, you would reach Cairo.

從斯德哥爾摩出發，你能到達開羅

That's the distance that I walked.

這就是我走過的距離

And mile after mile, as I walked,

一里又一里，在我的徒步之旅中，

it became very apparent that women's lack of mobility

答案呼之欲出，婦女因為缺少流動性

hinders their freedom to earn an income and exert any form of independence.

所以阻礙了她們賺取收入 以及自我獨立的機會

On my long walk,

在我的遠行中，

I wanted to understand what made India

我想了解印度成為

one of the most unsafe countries in the world.

世界上最危險國家之一的原因

I was determined to meet the women

我下定決心

who are facing challenges around their safety.

要去認識那些面對安全挑戰的婦女們

And above all, I wanted to understand if the situation is beyond repair.

而其中最主要的目標則是，想知道 這個問題是否已無藥可救

So I walked through 170 cities, small towns and villages,

所以我走遍 170 個城市、小鎮與鄉村

and I met over 85,000 women,

我見過了超過八萬五千名婦女

in small huddles to, like, large crowds.

從小群體到大社群

This is a workshop.

這是一場工作坊

This is with women of an organization in small huddles inside their homes.

這是在一個小群體組織的婦女家中

And that's when I realized that mobility plays a very, very big role

這時我明白了，流動性 在這其中實在太重要

in their freedom to pursue anything outside of their homes.

才能使她們在家以外的地方 追求任何東西

When I was walking across the country,

當我走過這個國家

in my conversations with these women,

與女性們開啟對話

I was talking to them about different topics.

我與她們聊到不同的話題

And this ranged from being financially independent

從經濟獨立

to taking defensive positions in times of physical assault.

到遭遇身體侵犯時的反抗姿勢

This is an activity we did where we want to anchor ourselves and find our ground,

這是我們做的活動，為了維持重心 還有找到立足點

and if somebody comes, you push.

有人來時，立刻用力推

Or just feel stronger.

或讓自己感覺更強大

What it feels in your body to be stronger.

讓身體有一種強大的感覺

And most of the times our discussions were around finding your voice.

而大部分的討論都是關於 為自我發聲

(Video) (Speaking Hindi)

（影片）（印度語）

(Together) Aaah!

（所有人）啊～

I wanted women to move with their bodies and to shift their minds.

我想讓婦女們透過身體律動 的同時轉變心態

The media amplified our cause

媒體幫助我們增加觸及

and reported with new energy on a demand for a safer country for women.

也投入新能量來報導， 女性需要一個更加安全的國家

On my long walk, I met so many people.

我在徒步之旅中遇到許多的人

And most of the times, I noticed that marriage in India

我發現，印度主流的婚姻概念

is treated a little differently from the rest of the world.

和世界其他地方有些不一樣

You see, marriage means

在這裡，婚姻就是

a woman becomes the property of her husband and his family.

女人成為丈夫及夫家財產的過程

And not being able to step outside to pursue an education, a job,

不允許離開去追求學業、職涯、

or create a community of her own,

或是創造自己的小團體

that's lack of mobility, both social and physical,

這就是缺乏流動性， 不管社交或身體上

that is what reflects the state of gender inequality in our society.

我們的社會如此映射出 性別不平等的模樣

On my long walk, I bore witness

在我長途跋涉時，我見證了許多

to chilling, violent, incomprehensible human behavior.

冷酷、暴力、無法理解的人類行為

But at the same time, I met brave women, survivors of atrocious crimes

但與此同時，也遇到從暴行中 破繭而出的勇敢女性

who lit my path with their unbelievable strength to carry on.

用她們無與倫比的力量 照亮了我前行的道路

And then something miraculous happened.

然後奇蹟發生了

I met this woman named Jai Bharathi.

我遇到了潔伊·芭拉蒂

On her motorcycle, she arrived in the same village I was in,

她騎著摩托車，與我來到同一個小鎮

and she was there at a training camp, teaching other women how to ride scooters.

她來這裡教一個訓練營的婦女們 如何騎摩托車

I had never seen anything like this before.

我從沒見過這樣的事

She donned the narrative of being fierce, the odd one out,

她整個人都傳達著：兇悍、與眾不同

smashing patriarchy every single time she rode her motorcycle.

每當她騎上機車 都在粉碎父權的壓制

She was an inspiration for all women, young and old.

不論老少，她使所有女人懂得嚮往

And at the training camp,

在那個訓練營

I saw how revving a motorbike and holding a steering wheel

我發現駕馭摩托車與方向盤

didn’t [justt] give these women the ability to drive

不只給了女性交通能力

but that much needed control over their lives.

也教會了她們最重要的 掌控人生的感覺

And I knew instantly that having women take charge

我立刻明白， 由女性自己站出來

and create change for themselves

自己做出改變

is the only way to transform our broken systems.

才是轉化我們生病社會的唯一途徑

It got me thinking: What if we could get communities of women moving,

我忍不住想：我們能不能讓一整個 社區的婦女流動，

actually physically moving away from the house?

讓大家現實上離開屋內？

That would open a window where they could move psychologically,

這會為她們打開一扇窗， 實現心靈的交通，

where they could understand or realize that she could step out of bad situations

讓她們明白自己能跳脫不利的環境

and have the ability to do it.

她們有這樣的能力

This way we would have more women feel safe and confident.

更多的女性能感到安全與自信

So Jai Bharathi and I, we both decided

所以潔伊·芭拉蒂和我決定

that we are going to join forces and create a movement

我們要結盟，並發起一場運動

exclusively for women,

只為女性的運動

focused on mobility.

主題就是流動性

We have set up a system where a woman can train to drive for themselves

我們建立一套制度，在這裡婦女們 可以訓練如何自己開車

or for Ubers, taxis,

成為Uber或計程車司機

or just become delivery agents for Amazon and other big companies

成為亞馬遜或其他大公司的送貨員

or local businesses.

或為當地公司服務

That's money in the bank.

這是存錢的機會

And the freedom and the psychological, you know --

以及自由、心靈層面的認知：

know that I can step outside of my home.

我能離開家中活動

We are connecting these women drivers on a national network

我們以全國性的組織連接這些婦女

where they can reach out to each other for support

讓她們成為比次的支柱

and to share experiences.

互相分享經驗

And not just that.

不只如此

She can actually ping another driver in her vicinity

她們若有需要，可以發訊息給 附近的司機同伴

if she is feeling distressed, if she's in danger,

比如心情低落的時後， 或遇到危險的時候

or if she’s simply just waiting for her next ride or pickup

或只是在等下一單工作的空檔時

and doesn't want to wait alone.

不想獨自一人

For us, receiving our first paycheck might be very empowering.

對我們來說，收到第一筆薪水 就如同得到賦權

But for 59-year-old Nagamani

但對 59 歲的納格瑪尼來說

that moment arrived when she put her scooter on a center stand

這個時刻，隨著她支起機車，

and feeling physically strong,

她感受到實質上的強大

and proving to the society that she's beyond being just a sidekick.

同時向社會證明，她不是什麼小咖

We have trained 1,800 women who are road ready.

我們訓練了 1800 名女性 可以隨時騎車上路

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And raring.

大家都很熱切

Road ready and raring to go.

準備好且熱切著想要出發

And our decade-long mission is to bring one million women into mobility

我們的十年計畫 是讓一百萬名女性開始流動

and be the largest network of women drivers connected to each other.

成為互相連結的最大司機社團

By rethinking mobility for women,

重新思考婦女的流動性

giving them a safe transport and safety outside of home,

讓她們能在外有安全的交通方式 與人身安全的保障

it is our hope to transform our culture.

這是改變我們文化的希望

Apart from having a profound impact on the Indian economy,

除了對印度經濟有重大影響

this is about something much bigger.

還有其他更重要的意義

As you all know, when we move, we can be seen.

就是大家明白，移動能使人被看見

The more women see other women in public spaces,

越多女性發現其他人出現在公共空間

the more safe, independent and empowered each one of us will be.

每個女性在未來就能更加安全地行動 成為獨立自主的個體

So.

所以

If we can learn how to walk, certainly we can learn how to fly.

千里之行，始於足下

Thank you.

謝謝

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