Sandi Toksvig: A political party for women's equality
ساندي توكسفيج: الحزب السياسي لتحقيق المساواة للنساء
Long revered in the UK for her wit and candor, Sandi Toksvig is now lending her familiar voice to a greater cause -- equality for women. Full bio
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is so much bigger than in Europe.
عما هو في أوروبا.
are where everybody has great ideas.
حيث لدى أي شخص أفكار رائعة.
those great ideas come from?
من أين تأتي هذه الأفكار الرائعة؟
that the average person --
في اليوم السابق.
window of opportunity each day
من الفرص المواتية كل يوم.
some sports on television,
في التلفاز،
why I just don't engage with it.
لا أشارك فيها.
worth being that flexible
يكون أحدنا مرنًا
your heel at that angle?
عند هذه الزاوية؟
إليكم الشيء:
to relate to that,
لأكون هكذا،
to be able to do it, OK?
حسناً.
any good at sport, OK?
من الألعاب الرياضية، حسنًا؟
when all my friends say,
عندما كان يقول كل أصدقائي،
as I was when I was 18."
عندما كنت في عمر 18."
not going to do it now.
لن أقوم بذلك الآن.
في الألعاب الرياضية؟
with zero athletic ability.
لديهم أية قدرة رياضية.
no corruption, no skills.
ولا للفساد، ولا للمهارات.
with sport when I watch it on television.
بالرياضة عندما كنتُ أشاهدُ التلفاز.
is about men running
يركضون
neatly packaged in Lycra.
بالملابس الرياضية "ليكرا".
female sport on television,
على شاشة التلفاز،
might be forgiven for thinking,
عن تفكير مراقبة الفتاة الشابة،
is the very lever you need
التي تحتاجونها
and onto a sports ground.
are breathtaking.
in the whole of history,
في التاريخ بأكمله،
where women have equality with men.
يتمعن بالمساواة مع الرجال.
in the whole of evolution.
to evolve quite so brilliantly.
بهذه البراعة الشديدة.
I should do something about it.
القيام بشيء حيالها.
I've got an elderly mom.
I could have 15 minutes to myself,
يكون لديّ 15 دقيقة لنفسي،
at changing the world.
تجربة في تغيير العالم.
what I call an "activation button."
pressed when you think,
عندما يفكر أحدكم،
an injustice of some kind,
were the least bit surprised.
ولو قليلًا.
that I looked like Clint Eastwood.
أنني أبدو مثل "كلنت إيستوود".
was pressed when I had my kids --
عندما كان لدي أطفالي--
born to my then-partner.
I work on television in Britain.
أعملُ للتلفاز في بريطانيا.
أستضيفُ عروضي الخاصة
I was already hosting my own shows
to grow up with a secret.
in British public life.
في الحياة العامة البريطانية.
that I would never work again,
على الأطلاق،
absolutely worth the risk.
يستحق المخاطرة تمامًا.
section of the right-wing press,
في الصحافة اليمينية،
the less stable elements of society,
في المجتمع،
that I had to take the kids into hiding,
many moments in the still of the night
في سكون الليل
I carried on working,
to be absolutely fantastic.
he had a friend over to play.
كان لديه صديقه ليلعب معه.
I could hear them chatting.
دردشتهما.
"كيف يبدو الأمر ولديك والدتين؟"
"What's it like having two mums?"
لأسمع وقال إبني،
so I leant in to hear and my son said,
لأنه إذا مرضت إحداهما،
because if one of them's sick,
to cook for you."
for gay equality was pressed,
الذي يخصُ مساواة مثلي الجنس،
الأخرى،
the person that I love.
بمن أحب.
that the law was changed,
تغير فيه القانون،
who I love very much, indeed.
أقمنا الحفلة على المسرح
we did it on the stage
thousand people.
then I let it be known to the public:
ثم جعلتها لعامة الناس:
الرجاء الحضور والإنضمام إلينا.
please come and join us.
who wanted to come.
nuns, married people,
وأشخاص متزوجين،
of humanity was there.
on that stage thinking, "How fantastic.
وأفكر "كم هو رائع!
my activation days were over, OK?
قد انتهت، حسنًا؟
International Women's Day.
بيوم المرأة العالمي.
all-female orchestra,
في العالم،
or overlooked women composers,
نسيهن أو غفل عنهن التاريخ،
from Baltimore conducting,
from the past and pass them on.
the Mount Rushmore model.
ما أسميه نموذج "جبل راشمور".
have been entirely left out of it.
منه بالكامل.
about the suffragettes --
حول المطالبات بحق إقتراع المرأة --
women who fought so hard
الرائعات اللواتي ناضلن بكل قوة
in Britain to vote.
get the vote in 1928.
في عام 1928.
الموضوع،
lecture I was giving;
كنتُ أقدمها،
where the job was done.
there was so much left to do.
للقيام به.
in positions of power.
في مراكز السلطة.
at the top 100 companies
على أفضل 100 شركة،
في عام 2016.
How many women running them?
كم عدد النساء اللواتي يشغلن الشركات؟
That's all right, I suppose.
are run by men called "John."
من قبل رجال يدعون "جون".
running FTSE 100 companies --
يشغلون شركات فوتسي 100--
من قبل رجال يدعون "ديف".
are doing a bang-up job.
بعمل ممتاز.
of the gender pay gap.
للفجوة في الأجور بين الجنسين.
do women earn the same as men.
كما الرجال.
at the top in the boardroom.
في اعلى مجالس الإدارة.
was passed in 1975.
في بريطانيا لعام 1975.
many, many women
من النساء
until the end of the year,
حتى نهاية هذا العام
Forum estimates
المنتدى الإقتصادي العالمي
get equal pay in ...
that's a terrible -- 2133.
grandchildren's lives
in my own business.
first woman on British television
في التلفاز البريطاني.
for a brand new ambassador
تبحثُ عن سفيرة جديدة
and gender equality,
in positions of power is shockingly low.
منخفض بصورة صادمة.
true in the British Parliament.
وهو بالتأكيد صحيح في البرلمان البريطاني.
elected to the Parliament that year
للبرلمان في ذلك العام
if they're not at the table --
إذا لم يكن هناك في القائمة --
helping to make the laws --
في سن القوانين --
perspective is overlooked.
عن رأي الإناث.
to see a woman in charge.
النساء في السطلة وفي المسؤولية.
female Prime Minister;
على ثاني إمرأة تتولى رئاسة الوزراء
she was challenged:
تم تحديها:
100 days that you're in office
لها في السلطة
lives for women in Britain.
cleaning up the mess the boys made.
التي صنعها الأولاد
issue of inequality.
لعدم المساواة.
like it matters. Does it?
لانها مهمة. أليس كذلك؟
at the STEM industries, OK?
صناعات "STEM"، حسنًا.
engineering and mathematics.
single aspect of our daily lives.
well-documented glass ceiling
بالنسبة إلى النساء بشكل موثق
scientist who fails to progress?
التي تفشلُ في التقدم؟
"بالأفعال، وليس الأقوال"
Catherine Mayer in Britain,
في بريطانيا،
a brand new political party.
are absolutely equal is at the ballot box.
الرجال والنساء هو صندوق الإقتراع.
it was to start a political party.
بحزب سياسي.
men have been doing it for years."
يقوم الرجال بذلك منذ سنوات."
"The Women's Equality Party."
I just thought we'd be clear."
أن نكون واضحات"
to be a secret, you know? I just --
سرًا، أتعلمون؟ أنا فقط --
It's much too feminist!"
إنه أنثوي جدًا!"
I've heard somebody say,
سمعتُ أحدهم يقول،
if there's a "but" in the sentence,
في الجملة.
the hilarious question,
made of flammable material.
من مادة قابلة للإشتعال.
في الستينيات
has improved since then.
to do in a broadcast interview,
في مقابلة مذاعة،
the emails started coming.
بدأت رسائل البريد اللإلكتروني تتدفق.
then thousands and thousands,
to women in their '90s,
إلى النساء في عمر التسعين،
"Please, can I help?
"هل يمكننا المساعدة؟"
at party headquarters?"
في مقر الحزب."
we didn't have a party!
ولم يكن لدينا حزب!
tight group of fabulous friends
من الصديقات الرائعات
pretty much 24-7 in our pajamas.
على مدار الساعة أسبوعيًا في ملابس النوم
many of us had children,
ولدى العديد منا أطفال،
and we shared the work.
وتقاسمنا العمل.
on certain fundamental things.
معينة أساسية.
the only political party in the world
في العالم
to no longer need to exist.
with no particular political leaning.
دون ميل سياسي معين.
from the right, from the middle,
was to work with a simple agenda:
مع جدول أعمال بسيط:
in every aspect of our lives,
في كل مناحي حياتنا،
the other chores done.
المهات الأخرى.
how politics is conducted.
two major political parties.
حزبين سياسيين أساسيين.
is shameful and poisonous.
هو مخجل وضار.
that kind of name-calling --
هذا النوع من التسمية --
if just one politician said,
and get the job done."
وجعنا ننجز المهمة."
into politics, OK?
في السياسية، حسنًا.
more women into politics
في السياسة فورًا
to offer free childcare to our candidates,
الرعاية المجانية لأطفال مرشحاتنا،
and start campaigning.
في الحملة الإنتخابية.
of our party across the UK.
في كل أنحاء بريطانيا.
in London, Scotland and Wales
وأسكوتلندا وويلز
for our candidate for London Mayor.
لمنصب عمدة لندن.
saw how many votes we were attracting,
جذبنا،
to tackle gender equality.
المساواة بين الجنسين.
change since I was a child.
منذ كنتُ طفلة.
shoulder to shoulder with men.
مع الرجال.
وخيبة أمل --
and disappointment --
to found a political party.
this is my five percent, OK?
هذه هي 5%، حسنًا؟
party for equality in a single country.
للمساواة في دولة واحدة.
in the global political landscape.
في المشهد السياسي العالمي.
about the model we have created
الذي أوجدناه
it would work in India.
وسيعمل في الهند.
anybody can cook it,
ويستطيع أي شخص تطبيقها.
we're giving it away.
نرغبُ في منحها.
millions of women across the world
في جميع أنحاء العالم
to the traditional battles of politics?
للمعارك السياسية التقليدية؟
let's get the work done."
ننجز المهمة."
equality is better for everyone.
المساواة هي الأفضل بالنسبة إلى كل شخص.
Let's change the world!
دعونا نغير العالم!
وسنقوم بذلك!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sandi Toksvig - Broadcast personality, politician, authorLong revered in the UK for her wit and candor, Sandi Toksvig is now lending her familiar voice to a greater cause -- equality for women.
Why you should listen
Sandi Toksvig OBE is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and performer. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark but grew up traveling the world with her family as they followed the work of her father, Claus Toksvig, Danish television's most famous foreign correspondent. Toksvig gave her own first television interview when she was six. After graduating with a first class degree from Cambridge University she began her acting career first at Nottingham Playhouse and then the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
Toksvig's first experience of live television was when she hosted and co-wrote the children's Saturday morning show "No 73," which she did for six years. Other TV followed including the improvisation show, "Whose Line is it Anyway?" and six years as team captain on "Call My Bluff." Toksvig is the new host of the BBC's entertainment show QI and is currently recording the eighth season hosting the game show "15-1" for Channel 4. She has also had recent acting cameos in "Call the Midwife" and "Up the Women." Toksvig is well known on BBC Radio 4 for her appearances on "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" as well as hosting "Excess Baggage" and the News Quiz.
Toksvig has also produced television. The current Playhouse Presents strand on Sky Arts was conceived by her and she produced and wrote much of the content for the first three years.
Toksvig has written over twenty books including fact and fiction for both children and adults. Her stage play, Bully Boy, was the opening production of London's newest theatre, the St James. The piece also had a successful run in Copenhagen. Her latest novel The End of the Sky, set on the Oregon Trail in 1847, will be published in 2017. It's a sequel to her last novel A Slice of the Moon about the Irish potato famine. Her new comedy play Silver Linings deals with society's attitudes to older women. It will open at the Rose Theatre in February 2017 before going on tour. Toksvig has written a column for Good Housekeeping magazine for twenty years.
In March 2015, along with journalist Catherine Mayer, Toksvig co-founded Britain's newest political party, The Women’s Equality Party (WEP), which in one year of existence now has over 70 branches across the UK. WEP stood candidates in the London, Welsh and Scottish elections of May 2016.
Toksvig has many honorary degrees. She is the President of the Women of the Year Lunch, Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth and in 2014 she was made an Officer of the British Empire by the Queen.
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