I will always remember the first time I met the girl in the blue uniform. I was eight at the time, living in the village with my grandmother, who was raising me and other children. Famine had hit my country of Zimbabwe, and we just didn't have enough to eat. We were hungry. And that's when the girl in the blue uniform came to my village with the United Nations to feed the children.
Nikad neću zaboraviti svoj prvi susret s djevojkom u plavoj uniformi. Imala sam osam godina, živjela sam u selu s bakom, koja me odgajala skupa s drugom djecom. Glad je pogodila Zimbabve i nismo imali dovoljno hrane. Bili smo gladni. Tada je djevojka u plavoj uniformi stigla u moje selo s Ujedinjenim narodima kako bi nahranili djecu.
As she handed me my porridge, I asked her why she was there, and without hesitation, she said, "As Africans, we must uplift all the people of Africa." I had absolutely no idea what she meant.
Kada mi je dala zobenu kašu, pitala sam je zašto je došla, i ne oklijevajući, rekla mi je, "Mi, kao Afrikanci, moramo nadahnuti sve ljude u Africi." Nisam imala pojma o čemu priča.
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But her words stuck with me.
Ali nisam zaboravila što je rekla.
Two years later, famine hit my country for the second time. My grandmother had no choice but to send me to the city to live with an aunt I had never met before. So at the age of 10, I found myself in school for the very first time. And there, at the city school, I would experience what it was to be unequal. You see, in the village, we were all equal. But in the eyes and the minds of the other kids, I was not their equal. I couldn't speak English, and I was way behind in terms of reading and writing. But this feeling of inequality would get even more complex. Every school holiday spent back in the village with my grandmother made me consciously aware of the inequalities this incredible opportunity had created within my own family. Suddenly, I had much more than the rest of my village. And in their eyes, I was no longer their equal.
Dvije godine kasnije, moju zemlju je opet pogodila glad. Moja baka nije imala izbora i poslala me u grad kod tete koju nisam nikad upoznala. S deset godina krenula sam prvi put u školu. I u toj gradskoj školi, iskusila sam neravnopravnost. Znate, u selu, svi smo bili jednaki. Ali u očima i mislima druge djece, nismo bili jednaki. Nisam znala engleski jezik, i zaostajala sam u čitanju i pisanju. Ali ovaj osjećaj neravnopravnosti postat će još složeniji. Svaki školski praznik, proveden u selu s mojom bakom, otvorio mi je oči na sve neravnopravnosti nastale u mojoj obitelji zbog jedinstvene prilike koja mi se pružila. Odjednom sam imala mnogo više od cijelog sela. I u njihovim očima više nismo bili jednaki.
I felt guilty. But I thought about the girl in the blue uniform, and I remember thinking, "That's who I want to be -- someone like her, someone who uplifts other people." This childhood experience led me to the United Nations, and to my current role with UN Women, where we are addressing one of the greatest inequalities that affects more than half of the world's population -- women and girls.
Osjećala sam se krivom. Ali, razmišljajući o djevojci u plavoj uniformi, sjetila sam se, "Želim biti ta osoba -- osoba poput nje, osoba koja inspirira druge ljude." Ovo iskustvo iz djetinjstva dovelo me do Ujedinjenih naroda, i do mog trenutnog položaja kod Žena UN-a gdje skrećemo pozornost na jednu od najvećih neravnopravnosti, koja utječe na više od pola svjetske populacije -- žene i djevojke.
Today, I want to share with you a simple idea that seeks to uplift all of us together. Eight months ago, under the visionary leadership of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, head of UN Women, we launched a groundbreaking initiative called HeForShe, inviting men and boys from around the world to stand in solidarity with each other and with women, to create a shared vision for gender equality. This is an invitation for those who believe in equality for women and men, and those who don't yet know that they believe.
Danas želim podijeliti s vama ideju koja bi nas svih trebala nadahnuti. Prije osam mjeseci, pod vodstvom legendarne vizionarke Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, čelnice Žena UN-a, pokrenuli smo revolucionarni pokret pod imenom HeForShe (OnZaNju), gdje pozivamo muškarce i dječake iz cijelog svijeta da zajedno i sa ženama pokažu složnost u stvaranju zajedničke vizije o rodnoj ravnopravnosti. Pozivamo sve koji vjeruju u ravnopravnost žena i muškaraca, i one koji još ne znaju da vjeruju.
The initiative is based on a simple idea: that what we share is much more powerful than what divides us. We all feel the same things. We all want the same things, even when those things sometimes remain unspoken. HeForShe is about uplifting all of us, women and men together. It's moving us towards an inflection point for gender equality.
Ovaj pokret temelji se na jednostavnoj ideji: ono što dijelimo je mnogo snažnije od onog što nas razdvaja. Svi osjećamo iste stvari. Svi želimo iste stvari, čak i kad ostanu neizrečene. HeForShe (On za nju) nastoji sve nadahnuti, i žene i muškarce. Pokreće nas prema trenutku nagle promjene za rodnu ravnopravnost.
Imagine a blank page with one horizontal line splitting it in half. Now imagine that women are represented here, and men are represented here. In our current population, HeForShe is about moving the 3.2 billion men, one man at a time, across that line, so that ultimately, men can stand alongside women and be on the right side of history, making gender equality a reality in the 21st century.
Zamislite praznu stranicu podijeljenu na pola. Sad zamislite da su žene predstavljene ovdje, a muškarci ovdje. U našoj trenutnoj populaciji, HeForShe želi pomaknuti 3.2 milijarde muškaraca, jednog po jednog, preko te linije, kako bi muškarci konačno stajali uz žene i bili na pravoj strani povijesti, ostvarujući rodnu ravnopravnost u 21. stoljeću.
However, engaging men in the movement would prove quite controversial. Why invite men? They are the problem.
Međutim, uključivanje muškaraca u pokret moglo bi se pokazati kontroverznim. Zašto pozvati muškarce? Oni su problem.
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In fact, men don't care, we were told.
Govorili su nam da muškarce nije briga.
But something incredible happened when we launched HeForShe. In just three days, more than 100,000 men had signed up and committed to be agents of change for equality. Within that first week, at least one man in every single country in the world stood up to be counted, and within that same week, HeForShe created more than 1.2 billion conversations on social media. And that's when the emails started pouring in, sometimes as many as a thousand a day. We heard from a man out of Zimbabwe, who, after hearing about HeForShe, created a "husband school."
Ali dogodilo se nešto nevjerojatno kad smo pokrenuli HeForShe. U samo tri dana, više od 100 000 muškaraca prijavilo se kako bi se zalagali za nove promjene za ravnopravnost. U prvom tjednu, najmanje jedan muškarac iz svake države na svijetu iskazao je podršku, a u tom istom tjednu, pričalo se o HeForShe u više od 1.2 milijarde razgovora na društvenim medijima. Tada su počeli stizati e-mailovi, ponekad i do tisuće dnevno. Javio nam se muškarac iz Zimbabvea, koji, nakon što je čuo za HeForShe, pokrenuo je "školu za muževe".
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He literally went around his village, hand-picking all of the men that were abusive to their partners, and committed to turn them into better husbands and fathers. In Pune, India, a youth advocate organized an innovative bicycle rally, mobilizing 700 cyclists to share the HeForShe messages within their own community.
Doslovno je šetao po selu i birao muškarce koji su zlostavljali žene, i posvetio se tome da postanu bolji muževi i očevi. U Pune, Indiji, mladi zagovornik organizirao je biciklističko okupljanje mobilizirajući 700 biciklista kako bi u svojoj zajednici svi znali za HeForShe.
In another impact story, a man sent a very personal note of something that had happened in his own community. He wrote, "Dear Madam, I have lived all of my life next door to a man who continuously beats up his wife. Two weeks ago, I was listening to my radio, and your voice came on, and you spoke about something called the HeForShe, and the need for men to play their role. Within a few hours, I heard the woman cry again next door, but for the first time, I didn't just sit there. I felt compelled to do something, so I went over and I confronted the husband. Madam, it has been two weeks, and the woman has not cried since. Thank you for giving me a voice."
U idućoj potresnoj priči, muškarac nam je poslao veoma osobnu poruku o tome što se dogodilo u njegovoj zajednici. Napisao je, "Poštovana, živio sam cijeli život do čovjeka koji je neprestano tukao svoju ženu. Prije dva tjedna, slušao sam radio i čuo vaš glas, pričali ste o nečemu što se zove HeForShe, I kako muškarci trebaju učiniti pravu stvar. Nakon nekoliko sati, čuo sam opet kako plače, ali ovaj put, nisam ostao sjediti. Morao sam nešto učiniti, otišao sam tamo i suočio se s mužem. Gospođo, prošla su dva tjedna, a žena nije zaplakala. Hvala što ste mi dali glas."
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Personal impact stories such as these show that we are tapping into something within men, but getting to a world where women and men are equal is not just a matter of bringing men to the cause. We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize the political, economic and social realities for women and men. We are asking men to make concrete actions, calling them to intervene at a personal level, to change their behavior. We are calling upon governments, businesses, universities, to change their policies. We want male leaders to become role models and change agents within their own institutions.
Osobne, dirljive priče poput ovih ukazuju da smo dotakli nešto kod muškaraca, ali doći do svijeta gdje su žene i muškarci jednaki, ne znači približiti samo muškarce tom cilju. Želimo konkretnu, sustavnu i strukturnu promjenu koja će unijeti ravnopravnost između žena i muškaraca na političkoj, ekonomskoj i društvenoj razini. Tražimo od muškaraca da budu konkretni, da krenu od sebe i promijene svoje ponašanje. Pozivamo vlade, tvrtke i sveučilišta da promijene svoju politiku. Želimo da čelnici postanu uzori koji donose pozitivne promjene u svojim institucijama.
Already, a number of prominent men and leaders have stepped up and made some concrete HeForShe commitments. In a few early success stories, a leading French hospitality company, Accor, has committed to eliminate the pay gap for all of its 180,000 employees by 2020.
Već se određen broj uglednih ljudi i vođa angažirao pokazujući predanost HeForShe pokretu. U prijašnjim pričama o uspjehu, vodeća francuska hotelijerska tvrtka Accor, obećala je jednake plaće za svih 180,000 zaposlenika do 2020. godine.
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The government of Sweden, under its current feminist government, has committed to close both the employment and the pay gap for all of its citizens within the current electoral term. In Japan, the University of Nagoya is building, as part of their HeForShe commitments, what will become one of Japan's leading gender-research centers.
Vlada Švedske, s feminističkom vladom na čelu, obećala je rješiti rupe u zapošljavanju i uvesti jednake plaće za sve građane sve do isteka svog mandata. Sveučilište u Nagoyi, u Japanu, u dogovoru s HeForShe, gradi jedan od vodećih centara za rodna istraživanja.
Now, eight months later, a movement is building. We are seeing men sign up from every single walk of life, and from every single corner in the world, from the United Nations' own Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Secretary-Generals of NATO and the EU Council, from the prime minister of Bhutan to the president of Sierra Leone.
Sada, osam mjeseci poslije, stvara se pokret. Priključuju nam se muškarci svih mogućih zanimanja, i iz svakog dijela svijeta, od glavnog tajnika UN-a Ban Ki-moona, do glavnih tajnika NATO-a i Vijeća EU, od premijera Kraljevine Butan do predsjednika Sierra Leone.
In Europe alone, all the male EU Commissioners and the members of Parliament of the Swedish and Iceland governments have signed up to be HeForShe. In fact, one in 20 men in Iceland has joined the movement. The rallying call of our passionate goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson, has garnered more than five billion media impressions, mobilizing hundreds and thousands of students around the world to create more than a hundred HeForShe student associations.
Svi članovi Europske komisije i članovi švedske i islandske vlade u Parlamentu pridružili su se HeForShe pokretu. Svaki dvadeseti muškarac u Islandu pridružio se pokretu. Poziv na okupljanje naše strastvene ambasadorice dobre volje, Emme Watson, stvorio je više od pet milijardi medijskih reakcija, pokrenuo stotine i tisuće studenata iz cijelog svijeta da osnuju više od stotinu HeForShe studentskih udruga.
Now this is the beginning of the vision that HeForShe has for the world that we want to see. Einstein once said, "A human being is part of the whole ... but he experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest ... This delusion is a kind of prison for us ... Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion."
Ovo je početak vizije koju HeForShe ima za svijet kakav želimo vidjeti. Einstein je rekao, "Čovjek je dio cjeline ... ali doživljava sebe, svoje misli i osjećaje, kao nešto odvojeno od ostatka ... Ova zabluda je vrsta zatvora za nas ... Naš zadatak je da se oslobodimo tog zatvora tako da proširimo naš krug suosjećanja."
If women and men are part of a greater whole, as Einstein suggests, it is my hope that HeForShe can help free us to realize that it is not our gender that defines us, but ultimately, our shared humanity. HeForShe is tapping into women's and men's dreams, the dreams that we have for ourselves, and the dreams that we have for our families, our children, friends, communities.
Ako su žene i muškarci dio veće cjeline, prema Einsteinu, nadam se da će nam HeForShe pomoći da shvatimo kako nas ne definira rod nego naša ljudskost. HeForShe prodire u snove žena i muškaraca, snove koje čuvamo za sebe, i snove koje imamo za svoje obitelji, djecu, prijatelje i zajednice.
So that's what it is about. HeForShe is about uplifting all of us together.
O tome se radi. HeForShe želi nas svih nadahnuti.
Thank you.
Hvala.
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