Deepa Narayan: 7 beliefs that can silence women -- and how to unlearn them
迪帕·納拉揚: 七種堵女人嘴的信念與忘記之道
Deepa Narayan is an international advisor on poverty, gender and development with more than 25 years of experience working at the World Bank, the UN and NGOs. Full bio
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should be seen, not heard."
應該被看到,不被聽到。」
to silence girls right from childhood,
常被用來使女孩靜默無聲,
a true champion of the female voice,
真正擁護女性的發言權,
聯合國與非政府組織的
in India and the world over.
renowned social scientist and author
著名的社會科學家和作家
of every loving parent
and crush their girls.
and authority over the world.
世上的權力和權威。
gender equality and women's empowerment.
性別平等和婦女賦權。
in a moving bus in Delhi,
公車輪姦案之後,
the roots of abuse.
a very simple question:
to be a good woman or a good man today?
對您意味著什麼?
that young people gave,
and it took over my life.
接管了我的生活。
to over 600 women, men and children,
600 多名受過教育的
to make sense of it.
women like many of you in this room,
are extremely misleading,
we have not changed.
to talk about poor people.
the middle and upper classes,
over and over again
anything that's good and moral?
有益和符合道德的東西?
is to make her body disappear,
是讓她的身體消失,
spoke about the body, never."
從未談論過。」
get sexually molested,
saying that they dislike their bodies.
宣稱不喜歡自己的身體。
她不穩定的基礎。
my mother used to scold me and say,
and never answer back.
永遠不要回嘴。
and they withdraw.
who always smiles,
I don't feel good.'"
讓我覺得不舒服。』」
than your happiness.
to make everyone happy all the time,
我都辦得到。」
with a population of over 1.3 billion,
對性並不陌生。
more people now acknowledge
have a right to sexual desire.
been allowed to own her body,
that this doesn't happen,
at Delhi University, said,
They're jealous and they backbite."
"We don't have time for gossip."
「我們沒時間聊八卦。」
to demolish a woman who is alone.
of a good girl, and she's only 15.
對好女孩的定義很詳細:
respects elders,
and is good to others and fulfills duty."
善待他人,並能履行職責。」
is left is also lost.
have nothing left to say
What will you eat?" --
call them "boring."
說她們「索然無趣」。
collectively crush women,
on men for her survival,
of male power to continue.
好的、道德的習慣
that we thought were good and moral
is extremely important.
to be a good woman and a good man,
和好男人的定義,
of every society.
we need elastic definitions,
反倒需要彈性的定義。
cannot happen without men's involvement.
這巨大的社會革新就不會發生。
coming together, with the support of men,
for conversation, for change,
to just listen to each other
that we have with women,
my daughter sometimes,
accha lagta hai varna bura lagta hai".
aur accha nahi bhi lagta hai
tumhare ko lagta hai, right?
unfulfilled stories, desires,
we think these girls are better off?
and that's why I couldn't stop,
為什麼我不能停下來,
and no plans to write a book.
也沒有寫書的計劃。
and I thought, "I'm done,"
我原本以為:「我都做完了。」
you well know from Delhi,
to them to be a woman and man
but like my mother's generation.
而像我母親那一代。
and another college.
and hides her behavior,
with what Deepa is saying?
You say this to me."
We are not adjusting anymore, OK?
Have a good evening. Thank you.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Deepa Narayan - Social psychologistDeepa Narayan is an international advisor on poverty, gender and development with more than 25 years of experience working at the World Bank, the UN and NGOs.
Why you should listen
Deepa Narayan is a social scientist and author of Chup: Breaking the Silence About India’s Women. Until 2008, she served as Senior Advisor in the vice president's office of the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank.
While at the World Bank, Narayan advanced program development and evaluation and conducted two studies that resulted in key policy changes: "The Voices of the Poor," which examined the experiences of 60,000 women and men from 60 countries around the world; and "Moving Out of Poverty: Understanding Freedom, Democracy and Growth from the Bottom Up," which studied people from 15 countries to understand how some people climb out of poverty while others remain stuck. Both studies highlight how policy mindsets and unexamined assumptions about impoverished people distort policy decisions.
Narayan's current interests include shared and sustainable living, reducing inequality, making corporate social responsibility a reality, ethical development and economic policies that create wealth for poor people. She holds a PhD in psychology and anthropology and has authored or coauthored more than 15 books.
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