Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: Poziv za muškarce koji žele bolji svijet za žene
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.
djevojkom u plavoj uniformi.
in the blue uniform
all the people of Africa."
sve ljude u Africi."
but to send me to the city
i poslala me u grad
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.
postat će još složeniji.
with my grandmother
this incredible opportunity
nastale u mojoj obitelji
koja mi se pružila.
than the rest of my village.
od cijelog sela.
I was no longer their equal.
više nismo bili jednaki.
in the blue uniform,
u plavoj uniformi,
led me to the United Nations,
dovelo me do Ujedinjenih naroda,
kod Žena UN-a
one of the greatest inequalities
jednu od najvećih neravnopravnosti,
of the world's population --
svjetske populacije --
all of us together.
of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
from around the world
iz cijelog svijeta
with each other and with women,
for gender equality.
rodnoj ravnopravnosti.
for those who believe in equality
that they believe.
na jednostavnoj ideji:
sometimes remain unspoken.
nadahnuti,
an inflection point for gender equality.
nagle promjene za rodnu ravnopravnost.
splitting it in half.
are represented here,
predstavljene ovdje,
the 3.2 billion men,
3.2 milijarde muškaraca,
men can stand alongside women
in the 21st century.
u 21. stoljeću.
would prove quite controversial.
moglo bi se pokazati kontroverznim.
nije briga.
when we launched HeForShe.
kad smo pokrenuli HeForShe.
to be agents of change for equality.
promjene za ravnopravnost.
in every single country in the world
muškarac iz svake države na svijetu
1.2 billion conversations on social media.
started pouring in,
that were abusive to their partners,
su zlostavljali žene,
postanu bolji muževi i očevi.
into better husbands and fathers.
organized an innovative bicycle rally,
svi znali za HeForShe.
within their own community.
u njegovoj zajednici.
in his own community.
who continuously beats up his wife.
tukao svoju ženu.
što se zove HeForShe,
called the HeForShe,
učiniti pravu stvar.
the woman cry again next door,
čuo sam opet kako plače,
and I confronted the husband.
into something within men,
nešto kod muškaraca,
žene i muškarci jednaki,
where women and men are equal
of bringing men to the cause.
muškarce tom cilju.
promjenu koja će unijeti ravnopravnost
structural change that can equalize
and social realities for women and men.
ekonomskoj i društvenoj razini.
to make concrete actions,
at a personal level,
businesses, universities,
u svojim institucijama.
within their own institutions.
ljudi i vođa angažirao
and leaders have stepped up
HeForShe commitments.
hospitality company, Accord,
tvrtka Accor,
do 2020. godine.
i uvesti jednake plaće
both the employment and the pay gap
within the current electoral term.
svog mandata.
their HeForShe commitments,
za rodna istraživanja.
leading gender-research centers.
mogućih zanimanja,
from every single walk of life,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
and the EU Council,
all the male EU Commissioners
of the Swedish and Iceland governments
vlade u Parlamentu
pridružio se pokretu.
has joined the movement.
goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,
ambasadorice dobre volje, Emme Watson,
five billion media impressions,
milijardi medijskih reakcija,
iz cijelog svijeta
of students around the world
HeForShe student associations.
studentskih udruga.
of the vision that HeForShe has
is a kind of prison for us ...
to free ourselves from this prison
tog zatvora
are part of a greater whole,
pomoći da shvatimo
can help free us to realize
into women's and men's dreams,
for our families, our children,
djecu,
all of us together.
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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