Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: Um convite aos homens que querem um mundo melhor para as mulheres
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.
a rapariga de uniforme azul.
in the blue uniform
all the people of Africa."
todos os povos de África".
do que é que ela estava a falar.
pela segunda vez.
but to send me to the city
senão enviar-me para a cidade
I had never met before.
que eu nunca tinha visto.
for the very first time.
what it was to be unequal.
of the other kids,
dos outros miúdos
in terms of reading and writing.
em termos de ler e escrever.
would get even more complex.
tornar-se-ia ainda mais complexo.
with my grandmother
this incredible opportunity
que esta oportunidade incrível
than the rest of my village.
do que toda a minha aldeia.
I was no longer their equal.
in the blue uniform,
na rapariga de uniforme azul,
led me to the United Nations,
levou-me às Nações Unidas
one of the greatest inequalities
uma das maiores desigualdades
of the world's population --
da população mundial,
all of us together.
promover-nos a todos, sem exceção.
of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
de Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
from around the world
de todo o mundo
with each other and with women,
e com as mulheres,
for gender equality.
para a igualdade dos sexos.
for those who believe in equality
that they believe.
em que acreditam.
é muito mais poderoso
sometimes remain unspoken.
por vezes, ficam por dizer.
an inflection point for gender equality.
para a igualdade dos sexos.
splitting it in half.
que a divide ao meio.
are represented here,
estão representadas aqui
the 3.2 billion men,
os 3,2 mil milhões de homens,
men can stand alongside women
possam ficar ao lado das mulheres
in the 21st century.
entre os sexos no século XXI.
would prove quite controversial.
no movimento pode vir a ser muito polémico.
Eles é que são o problema.
que os homens não se ralam.
when we launched HeForShe.
quando lançámos o HeForShe.
mais de 100 000 homens
to be agents of change for equality.
para a igualdade.
in every single country in the world
um homem em cada país do mundo
1.2 billion conversations on social media.
de conversas nas redes sociais.
started pouring in,
that were abusive to their partners,
que eram abusadores das suas companheiras
into better husbands and fathers.
em melhores maridos e pais.
organized an innovative bicycle rally,
organizou um encontro inovador em bicicleta
within their own community.
de HeForShe na sua comunidade.
in his own community.
na sua comunidade.
who continuously beats up his wife.
que passava a vida a bater na mulher.
called the HeForShe,
desempenharem o seu papel,
the woman cry again next door,
a gritar na porta ao lado.
and I confronted the husband.
e confrontei o marido dela.
a partir daí.
into something within men,
a sensibilizar os homens.
where women and men are equal
as mulheres e os homens sejam iguais
of bringing men to the cause.
os homens para a causa.
structural change that can equalize
concreta e sistemática
políticas, económicas e sociais
and social realities for women and men.
to make concrete actions,
que façam ações concretas,
at a personal level,
a nível pessoal,
businesses, universities,
às empresas, às universidades,
se tornem em modelos
within their own institutions.
dentro das suas instituições.
and leaders have stepped up
e líderes proeminentes
HeForShe commitments.
concretamente com a HeForShe.
hospitality company, Accord,
hoteleira francesa, a Accor,
o fosso de pagamento
empregados, até 2020.
both the employment and the pay gap
com o fosso de emprego e de salários
within the current electoral term.
no prazo do seu mandato eleitoral.
their HeForShe commitments,
do seu compromisso com a HeForShe,
leading gender-research centers.
um dos principais centros do Japão
from every single walk of life,
de todos os horizontes
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
das Nações Unidas,
and the EU Council,
e do Conselho da União Europeia,
all the male EU Commissioners
da União Europeia
of the Swedish and Iceland governments
dos governos da Suécia e da Islândia
has joined the movement.
na Islândia aderiu ao movimento.
goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,
apaixonada embaixadora, Emma Watson,
five billion media impressions,
de referências dos "media",
of students around the world
de estudantes em todo o mundo
HeForShe student associations.
HeForShe de estudantes.
of the vision that HeForShe has
e sentimentos,
is a kind of prison for us ...
de prisão para nós...
to free ourselves from this prison
libertarmo-nos desta prisão
de solidariedade"
are part of a greater whole,
fazem parte dum todo maior,
can help free us to realize
pode ajudar-nos a libertarmo-nos
o nosso sexo que nos define
a nossa humanidade partilhada,
into women's and men's dreams,
os sonhos de mulheres e homens,
for our families, our children,
para as nossas famílias, os nossos filhos,
all of us together.
promover-nos a todos juntos.
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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