Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
اليزابيث نيامايارو: دعوة للرجال الذين يريدون عالما أفضل للنساء
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.
الفتاة بالبدلة الزرقاء.
in the blue uniform
all the people of Africa."
النهوض بكل سكّان افريقيا "
but to send me to the city
I had never met before.
for the very first time.
what it was to be unequal.
of the other kids,
in terms of reading and writing.
would get even more complex.
يزاد تعقيدا مع الوقت.
with my grandmother
this incredible opportunity
than the rest of my village.
من متساكني القرية.
I was no longer their equal.
in the blue uniform,
led me to the United Nations,
من الإنضمام إلى الأمم المتحدة،
one of the greatest inequalities
of the world's population --
all of us together.
of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
from around the world
with each other and with women,
for gender equality.
for those who believe in equality
that they believe.
sometimes remain unspoken.
هي حول النهوض ببعضنا البعض
an inflection point for gender equality.
المساواة بين الجنسين.
splitting it in half.
are represented here,
the 3.2 billion men,
إلى حد الآن 3.2 بليون رجلا
men can stand alongside women
in the 21st century.
would prove quite controversial.
هذه الحركة سيكون محل نقاش.
هذا ما تم إخبارنا به.
when we launched HeForShe.
مبادرة "هو من أجلها هي".
to be agents of change for equality.
تحقيق التغيير من أجل المساواة.
in every single country in the world
رجل من كل بلد حول العالم
1.2 billion conversations on social media.
مناقشة على المواقع الإجتماعية.
started pouring in,
that were abusive to their partners,
يقومون بتعنيف زوجاتهم،
into better husbands and fathers.
organized an innovative bicycle rally,
قام شاب بتنظيم مسيرة للدراجات،
within their own community.
"هو من أجلها هي" لمجتمعاتهم.
in his own community.
who continuously beats up his wife.
called the HeForShe,
شيء يُدعى "هو من أجلها هي"،
the woman cry again next door,
سمعت المرأة تبكي مرة أخرى،
and I confronted the husband.
وواجهت زوجها.
into something within men,
where women and men are equal
الرجل والمرأة في العالم
of bringing men to the cause.
structural change that can equalize
يُمكّن من تحقيق المساواة
and social realities for women and men.
الإجتماعي بين الرجل والمرأة.
to make concrete actions,
at a personal level,
businesses, universities,
within their own institutions.
and leaders have stepped up
الرجال البارزين في العمل بذلك
HeForShe commitments.
لمبادرة "هو من أجلها هي".
hospitality company, Accord,
both the employment and the pay gap
within the current electoral term.
الدورة الإنتخابية الحالية.
their HeForShe commitments,
بمبادرة "هو من أجلها هي"
leading gender-research centers.
البحوث الرائدة بين الجنسين.
from every single walk of life,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
للأمم المتحدة بان كي مون
and the EU Council,
من الناتو ومجلس الإتحاد الأروبي
all the male EU Commissioners
الرجال للإتحاد الاروبي
of the Swedish and Iceland governments
للحكومات السويدية والإسلندية
has joined the movement.
بإسلندا التحق بالحركة.
goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,
لسفيرتنا المتحمّسة إيما واتسون،
five billion media impressions,
من قبل وسائل الإعلام،
of students around the world
من الطلاب حول العالم
HeForShe student associations.
of the vision that HeForShe has
"هو من أجلها هي"
is a kind of prison for us ...
to free ourselves from this prison
are part of a greater whole,
can help free us to realize
"هو من أجلها هي" في تحريرنا
into women's and men's dreams,
كل من الرجل والمرأة،
for our families, our children,
أجل عائلاتنا وأطفالنا،
all of us together.
هي من أجل النهوض معا.
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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