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.
Zauvek ću pamtiti kada sam prvi put srela devojku u plavoj uniformi. Tada sam imala osam godina, živela sam u selu sa svojom bakom, koja je odgajala mene i drugu decu. Glad je pogodila moju zemlju Zimbabve i mi prosto nismo imali dovoljno hrane. Bili smo gladni. Tada je devojka u plavoj uniformi došla u moje selo sa Ujedinjenim nacijama da bi nahranila decu.
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.
Dok mi je pružala moju kašu, pitala sam je zašto je tu i bez oklevanja rekla je: „Kao Afrikanci, moramo podići ceo afrički narod.” Nisam je uopšte razumela.
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But her words stuck with me.
Ipak, zapamtila sam njene reči.
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.
Dve godine kasnije glad je pogodila moju zemlju po drugi put. Moja baka nije imala drugog izbora osim da me pošalje u grad da živim sa tetkom koju pre toga nikad nisam srela. Tako sam se sa deset godina našla u školi po prvi put i tamo, u gradskoj školi, iskusiću šta znači ne biti jednak. Vidite, u selu smo svi bili jednaki. Međutim, u očima i glavi druge dece ja nisam bila jednaka njima. Nisam znala engleski i zaostajala sam dosta u čitanju i pisanju. Ovo osećanje nejednakosti postaće čak još složenije. Svaki školski raspust proveden u selu sa mojom bakom učinio me je svesnijom nejednakosti koju je ova neverovatna prilika stvorila unutar moje porodice. Odjednom sam imala mnogo više od ostatka mog sela i u njihovim očima više nisam bila jednaka njima.
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.
Osećala sam krivicu. Međutim, razmišljala sam o devojci u plavoj uniformi i sećam se da sam mislila: „To je neko ko želim da budem - neko kao ona, neko ko podiže ostale ljude.” Ovo iskustvo iz detinjstva dovelo me je do Ujedinjenih nacija i moje trenutne uloge u UN ženama, gde se bavimo jednom od najvećih nejednakosti koja pogađa više od polovine svetske populacije - žene i devojke.
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 sa vama da podelim jednostavnu ideju koja teži da nas sve podigne. Pre osam meseci pod vizionarskim vođstvom Pumzile Mlambo-Ngkuke, predsedavajuće UN žena, pokrenuli smo revolucionarnu inicijativu nazvanu „On za nju”, pozivajući muškarce i dečake iz celog sveta da se solidarišu jedni sa drugima i sa ženama da bi stvorili zajedničku viziju rodne jednakosti. Ovo je poziv za one koji veruju u jednakost žena i muškaraca i za one koji još uvek ne znaju da veruju.
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.
Inicijativa je zasnovana na jednostavnoj ideji: da je ono što delimo mnogo moćnije od onoga što nas deli. Svi mi osećamo iste stvari. Svi mi želimo iste stvari, čak i kada te stvari ponekad ostanu neizgovorene. U inicijativi „On za nju” radi se o podizanju svih nas, žena i muškaraca zajedno. To nas pomera ka prekretničkoj tački jednakosti.
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 stranu sa horizontalnom linijom koja je deli napola. Sad zamislite da su žene predstavljene ovde, a muškarci su predstavljeni ovde. U našoj sadašnjoj populaciji „On za nju” želi da pomeri 3,2 milijarde muškaraca, jednog po jednog muškarca, preko te linije tako da na kraju muškarci mogu da stoje pored žena i budu na pravoj strani istorije, čineći rodnu jednakost stvarnošću u 21. veku.
However, engaging men in the movement would prove quite controversial. Why invite men? They are the problem.
Ipak, uključivanje muškaraca u pokret ispostaviće se kao prilično kontroverzno. Zašto pozvati muškarce? Oni su problem.
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In fact, men don't care, we were told.
Zapravo, rečeno nam je 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."
Međutim, nešto neverovatno se desilo kada smo pokrenuli „On za nju”. U samo tri dana više od 100 000 muškaraca se prijavilo i obavezalo da budu nosioci promene za jednakost. U prvoj nedelji najmanje jedan muškarac u svakoj zemlji u svetu ustao je da bude uračunat i u toj istoj nedelji „On za nju” je imala više od 1,2 milijarde diskusija na socijalnim mrežama i tada su mejlovi počeli da nadiru, ponekad čak hiljadu dnevno. Javio nam se čovek iz Zimbabvea koji je, nakon što je čuo za „On za nju”, napravio „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.
Bukvalno je išao po svom selu, svojeručno birajući sve muškarce koji su zlostavljali svoje partnerke i obavezao se da ih pretvori u bolje muževe i očeve. U Puneu u Indiji advokat za mlade organizovao je inovativnu biciklističku trku, mobilišući 700 biciklista da podele „On za nju” poruku sa svojom zajednicom.
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 drugoj značajnoj priči muškarac je poslao veoma ličnu poruku o nečemu što se desilo u njegovoj zajednici. Napisao je: „Draga gospođo, ceo život sam živeo pored čoveka koji konstantno tuče svoju ženu. Pre dve nedelje slušao sam radio i vaš glas se pojavio, i pričali ste o nečemu što se zove „On za nju” i potrebi da muškarci odigraju svoju ulogu. Kroz nekoliko sati čuo sam ženu pored kako plače ponovo, ali po prvi put nisam samo sedeo. Osećao sam da moram nešto da uradim, te sam otišao tamo i suprotstavio se mužu. Gospođo, prošle su dve nedelje, a žena od tada nije plakala. Hvala vam 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.
Lične priče sa uticajem kao ove pokazuju da dodirujemo nešto u muškarcima, ali da bi se došlo do sveta u kome su žene i muškarci jednaki nije dovoljno samo da muškarci počnu da rade za cilj. Mi želimo konkretnu, sistemsku, strukturnu promenu koja može da izjednači političke, ekonomske i socijalne stvarnosti žena i muškaraca. Tražimo od muškaraca da preuzmu konkretne akcije, pozivajući ih da intervenišu na ličnom nivou, da promene svoje ponašanje. Pozivamo vlade, kompanije, univerzitete da promene svoju politiku. Želimo da muški lideri postanu uzori i nosioci promene 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 je ustalo nekoliko uticajnih muškaraca i vođa i konkretno su se obavezali prema „On za nju”. U nekoliko ranih uspešnih priča vodeća francuska bolnička kompanija, Akor, obavezala se da će ukinuti razliku u platama za svih svojih 180 000 zaposlenih 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.
Švedska vlada predvođena svojom feminističkom vladom, obavezala se da ukine razliku u zapošljavanju i plaćanju za sve svoje građane tokom svog mandata. U Japanu Univerzitet Nagoje gradi, kao deo svojih „On za nju” obaveza, ono što će postati jedan od vodećih japanskih 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.
Sad, osam meseci kasnije, pokret raste. Vidimo da se prijavljuju muškarci iz svake oblasti života i iz svakog dela sveta, od generalnog sekretara Ujedinjenih nacija Ban Ki Muna, do generalnih sekretara NATO-a i EU skupštine, od premijera Butana do predsednika Sijera Leonea.
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.
Samo u Evropi, svi muškarci EU komesari i članovi parlamenta švedske i islandske vlade prijavili su se da budu „On za nju”. Zapravo, jedan od 20 muškaraca u Islandu pridružio se pokretu. Poziv naše strastvene ambasadorke dobre volje, Eme Votson, skupio je više od pet milijardi medijskih utisaka, mobilišući stotine i hiljade studenata širom sveta da naprave više od sto „On za nju” studentskih asocijacija.
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."
Sad, ovo je početak vizije koju „On za nju” ima za svet koji želimo da vidimo. Ajnštajn je jednom rekao: „Ljudsko biće je deo celine.... ali doživljava sebe, svoje misli i osećanja, kao nešto odvojeno od ostatka... Ova varka je jedna vrsta zatvora za nas... Naš zadatak mora biti da se oslobodimo iz ovog zatvora šireći opseg naše saosećajnosti."
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 deo veće celine, kao što je Ajnštajn predložio, moja je nada da nam „On za nju” može pomoći da se oslobodimo da shvatimo da nije rod ono što nas definiše, već na kraju naša zajednička ljudskost. „On za nju” čini boljima snove muškaraca i žena, snove koje imamo za sebe i snove koje imamo za naše porodice, našu decu, prijatelje, zajednice.
So that's what it is about. HeForShe is about uplifting all of us together.
Dakle, o tome se radi. „On za nju” je o podizanju svih nas zajedno.
Thank you.
Hvala vam.
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