Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: Una invitació pels homes que volen un món millor per les dones.
Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, as well as head of UN Women's blockbuster HeForShe initiative. Full bio
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in the blue uniform.
la noia de l'uniforme blau.
Zimbabwe.
in the blue uniform
la noia de l'uniforme blau
all the people of Africa."
totes les persones d'Àfrica."
del que volia dir.
em van marcar.
per segon cop.
but to send me to the city
que enviar-me a la ciutat
I had never met before.
que mai havia vist abans.
for the very first time.
per primer cop a la meva vida.
what it was to be unequal.
of the other kids,
in terms of reading and writing.
en lectura i escriptura.
would get even more complex.
encara es tornaria més complicat.
with my grandmother
this incredible opportunity
aquella increïble oportunitat,
than the rest of my village.
la resta de gent del poble.
I was no longer their equal.
ja no era la seva igual.
in the blue uniform,
la noia de l'uniforme blau,
led me to the United Nations,
em va portar fins a les Nacions Unides,
one of the greatest inequalities
de les majors desigualtats,
of the world's population --
la meitat de la població,
all of us together.
inspirar-nos a tots plegats.
of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
de Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
from around the world
with each other and with women,
amb ells mateixos i amb les dones,
for gender equality.
de la igualtat de gènere.
for those who believe in equality
per aquella que creuen en la igualtat
that they believe.
sometimes remain unspoken.
mai s'arriba a dir.
an inflection point for gender equality.
per la igualtat de gènere.
splitting it in half.
que el parteix per la meitat.
are represented here,
les dones es representen aquí,
the 3.2 billion men,
els 3,2 bilions d'homes,
men can stand alongside women
puguin estar juntament amb les dones
in the 21st century.
una realitat del segle XXI.
would prove quite controversial.
podria resultar ser una mica polèmic.
Ells són la causa del problema."
- És el que se'ns va dir.
when we launched HeForShe.
quan vam llençar HeForShe,
to be agents of change for equality.
per ser agents del canvi per la igualtat.
in every single country in the world
de tots i cadascun dels països del món
1.2 billion conversations on social media.
de converses als mitjans socials.
started pouring in,
van començar a ploure de tot arreu,
de HeForShe,
that were abusive to their partners,
que maltractaven a les seves parelles,
into better husbands and fathers.
en millors marits i pares.
organized an innovative bicycle rally,
va organitzar un ral·li de bicicletes;
within their own community.
dins la seva pròpia comunitat.
una nota molt personal
in his own community.
en la seva comunitat.
who continuously beats up his wife.
que contínuament està picant la seva dona.
called the HeForShe,
anomenada HeForShe,
que els homes hi col·laboressin.
the woman cry again next door,
vaig sentir la veïna que plorava,
and I confronted the husband.
i em vaig enfrontar amb el seu marit.
com aquestes
into something within men,
alguna cosa de dins els homes
where women and men are equal
on els homes i les dones siguin iguals
of bringing men to the cause.
els homes a la causa.
structural change that can equalize
concret i sistemàtic que pugui igualar
and social realities for women and men.
i econòmiques dels homes i les dones.
to make concrete actions,
que facin accions concretes,
at a personal level,
a nivell personal,
businesses, universities,
empreses i universitats
siguin també models de conducta
within their own institutions.
dins les seves pròpies institucions.
and leaders have stepped up
i líders ja s'han pronunciat
HeForShe commitments.
dels objectius de HeForShe.
hospitality company, Accord,
la diferència salarial de gènere
both the employment and the pay gap
les discriminacions salarials i d'ocupació
within the current electoral term.
durant la seva legislatura.
their HeForShe commitments,
dels objectius de HeForShe,
leading gender-research centers.
de recerca de gènere de Japó.
from every single walk of life,
de totes les classes socials,
s'afegeixen al moviment.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
and the EU Council,
de l'OTAN i del consell de la UE.
all the male EU Commissioners
tots els comissaris homes de la UE
of the Swedish and Iceland governments
del govern de Suècia i Islàndia
has joined the movement.
s'ha unit al moviment.
goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,
ambaixadora de bona voluntat, Emma Watson,
five billion media impressions,
de referències als mitjans de comunicació,
of students around the world
de tot el món es mobilitzin
HeForShe student associations.
associacions d'estudiants.
of the vision that HeForShe has
de la visió de HeForShe
is a kind of prison for us ...
és com una presó per nosaltres...
to free ourselves from this prison
la d'alliberar-nos d'aquesta presó
are part of a greater whole,
són part d'un tot més gran,
can help free us to realize
ens ajudi a adonar-nos
el que ens defineix,
into women's and men's dreams,
els somnis dels homes i les dones,
for our families, our children,
les nostres famílies, els nostres fills,
all of us together.
a tots, junts.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Nyamayaro - Political scientistElizabeth Nyamayaro is the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, as well as head of UN Women's blockbuster HeForShe initiative.
Why you should listen
Political scientist Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the senior advisor to the Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She has worked at the forefront of Africa’s development agenda for more than a decade in both the public and private sector, and has held positions with UNAIDS, the World Health Organization and the World Bank.
Nyamayaro is founder of Africa IQ, an innovative social impact organisation with a mission to promote Africa’s sustainable economic growth and development. She is also the driving force behind the @HeForShe campaign, which mobilized more than 100,000 men in every country around the globe. The campaign created 1.2 billion Twitter impressions in just one week, rallying men as advocates and change agents in ending the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally.
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