Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse
Jimmy Carter: Varför jag hävdar att övergreppen mot kvinnor är det värsta brottet mot de mänskliga rättigheterna
The president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, Jimmy Carter has used his post-presidency years to work for peace, teach, write and engage in global activism. Full bio
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efter det att jag lämnade Vita Huset,
since I left the White House,
är en skämtserie i The New Yorker
in The New Yorker a couple of years ago.
at his father,
vill jag bli före detta president."
I want to be a former president."
as a former president,
som före detta president,
någonsin har fått,
in the world have ever had
around this whole universe.
runtom i hela världen.
with the 50 states in the United States,
more than 145 countries in the world,
mer än 145 länder i världen,
programs in 80 nations on Earth.
fulltidsprojekt i 80 nationer runt jorden.
when we go into a country,
eller presidenten,
the king or the president,
in the most remote areas of Africa.
från de mest avlägsna områden i Afrika.
at the Carter Center
I can tell you without any equivocation
kan jag utan tvekan säga
of human rights on Earth
mot de mänskliga rättigheterna
är övergreppen mot kvinnor och flickor.
is the abuse of women and girls.
som jag vill börja med att nämna.
that I'll mention to begin with.
of religious scriptures, holy scriptures,
av religiösa skrifter, heliga skrifter,
Nya Testamentet, Koranen och så vidare.
New Testament, Quran and so forth,
who are now in the ascendant positions
som nu befinner sig i ledande positioner
and in the mosques.
to make sure that women
för att säkerställa att kvinnor
to a secondary position
till underordnade positioner
Vi talar sällan om det.
It's ordinarily not addressed.
Southern Baptist Church, i 70 år.
a Southern Baptist for 70 years --
Sunday school every Sunday;
i söndagsskolan varje söndag,
in the year 2000 decided
år 2000 bestämde
a secondary position,
pastors, deacons in the church,
pastorer, diakoner i kyrkan,
om det finns en pojke i rummet,
inte bör undervisa en man.
teach a man, and so forth.
är att skrifterna feltolkas
are misinterpreted
for instance, wants to cheat women,
eller en arbetsgivare vill lura kvinnor,
are not equal in the eyes of God,
inte är jämlika inför Gud,
for doing the same kind of work?
lika lön för lika arbete?
is the excessive resort to violence,
är det överdrivna bruket av våld,
tremendously around the world.
runtom i världen.
for instance, we have had
in abuse of poor people,
på fattiga människor,
by putting them in prison.
as governor of Georgia,
were in prison.
per 1,000 are in prison.
in the number of women
ökat med 800 procent.
[one of the only countries] on Earth
that is a developed country.
the countries that are most abusive
av de mänskliga rättigheterna
in encouraging the death penalty.
och jag räknade häromdagen ut
and I figured out the other day
four billion dollars
fyra miljarder dollar
for the death penalty.
dollars it costs California
som det kostar Kalifornien
abolishing the death penalty,
så att dödsstraff slopas,
of poor people and helpless people
mot fattiga och hjälplösa människor
in abuse of women.
till ökningen av övergrepp mot kvinnor.
abuses of women that concern me most,
mot kvinnor som oroar mig mest,
a limited amount of time, as you know.
för jag har en begränsad tid som ni vet.
and not known by American women,
och inte känt bland amerikanska kvinnor,
very soon in her life,
efter att ett flickebarn fötts
by a so-called cutter
in a non-sterilized way,
tar bort de yttre kvinnliga könsorganen.
of a woman's genitalia.
but not very rare cases,
men inte speciellt sällsynta fall,
can just urinate or menstruate.
kan kissa eller menstruera.
the same cutter goes in
så är det samma skärare
så att hon kan ha sex.
so she can have sex.
it's against the law in most countries.
fast det är olagligt i de flesta länder.
that live in Egypt today
it's more than 98 percent
before they reach maturity.
innan de når mogen ålder.
som bor i dessa länder.
is honor killings,
är hedersmord,
feltolkning av en helig skrift -
again, of a holy scripture --
that mandates this --
som kräver detta -
som hennes far inte godkänner,
that her father does not approve,
wears inappropriate clothing.
för att hon har på sig olämplig klädsel.
of her own family,
hennes egna familjemedlemmar.
so-called disgrace to the family.
not so long ago by the United Nations
för inte allt för länge sedan
av dessa mord på flickor
of these murders of a girl
en farbror/morbror eller bror,
the uncle or the brother,
are conducted by women.
particularly is slavery,
som det heter nu för tiden.
sold from Africa into slavery
som såldes från Afrika som slavar
the 19th century and the 18th century.
now living in slavery.
som lever i slaveri.
now has a mandate from Congress
på order från Kongressen,
that 800,000 people are sold
över landsgränser varje år som slavar,
every year into slavery,
av dem som säljs är kvinnor,
of those sold are women,
in human bondage, or slavery.
the Carter Center is located
där Cartercentret ligger,
vid Emory University,
som slavar varje månad.
people sold into slavery every month.
i landet på grund av detta.
in the nation because of that.
airport in the world,
flygplatsen i världen,
that come from the Southern Hemisphere.
från det södra halvklotet.
that has brown or black skin,
som har brunt eller svart skinn
several times more than that,
flera gånger mer än det.
and in the United States now
i Atlanta och i USA idag
the total drug trade in Atlanta, Georgia.
den totala droghandeln i Atlanta, Georgia.
and the basic problem is prostitution,
och grundproblemet är prostitution,
a whorehouse in America
of police or the mayor and so forth.
eller borgmästaren och så vidare.
of the worst problems,
ett av de värsta problemen,
increasingly and put into sexual slavery
i allt större utsträckning
i alla länder i världen.
decided to change the law,
för att ändra på lagen,
and the male customers are prosecuted,
och de manliga kunderna åklagas, och...
prostitution has gone down.
just the opposite position.
for illegal sex trade,
för illegal sexhandel,
in the United States of America.
jag har redan nämnt Sverige,
towards this so-called Swedish model.
den så kallade svenska modellen.
in this country that all of us admire:
i landet som vi alla beundrar:
university system.
how many sexual assaults take place.
hur många sexuella övergrepp som sker.
there were 26,000 sexual assaults
var det 26 000 sexuella övergrepp
än en procent, leder till åtal,
are actually prosecuted,
i varje organisation,
officer of any organization --
eller en bataljon i armén,
or a battalion in the Army
has the right under law to decide
rätten att bestämma
is for anybody to know
att någon ska få reda på
sexual assaults are taking place,
sker sexuella övergrepp,
som börjar på amerikanska universitet
who enter American universities
innan hon tar examen.
before she graduates,
a lot of publicity,
but other things,
men även av andra skäl.
are now condemned
under Title IX
are not taking care of the women
inte tar hand om sina kvinnor
that more than half of the rapes
på collegeområden
take place by serial rapists,
utanför universiteten, så blir de åtalade,
they'll be prosecuted,
they can rape with impunity.
kan de våldta utan risk för straff.
that go on in our society.
about the abuse of women and girls
övergrepp mot kvinnor och flickor
but for full-time employment,
men bland heltidsanställda
23 procent mindre än en man.
gets 23 percent less than a man.
var skillnaden 39 procent.
the difference was 39 percent.
partially because I was president
delvis för att jag var president...
there's been no progress made,
har det inte gått framåt.
or 24 percent difference
på 23 eller 24 procents skillnad
mest framgångsrika företagen,
krigiska nationen på jorden.
nation on Earth.
with about 25 different countries
on the ground fighting.
som slåss på marken.
we've been flying overhead
som attackerar människor.
drones that attack people and so forth.
with 25 different countries
I won't say which ones,
we didn't launch a missile,
eller avfyrade en enda raket,
av saker, att vi tar till våld
the resort to violence
of the holy scriptures
of abuse of women and girls.
är de grundläggande orsakerna till,
that I need not mention,
som jag inte behöver nämna,
men don't give a damn.
That's true.
I'm against the abuse of women and girls
på kvinnor och flickor",
position that we occupy,
to what I knew when I was a child,
had existed for 100 years,
hade existerat i 100 år.
mellan staterna, inbördeskriget,
Between the States, the Civil War,
there were many white people
racial discrimination was okay,
att rasdiskriminering var ok,
of better jobs,
that exists today,
really doesn't care.
bryr sig helt enkelt inte.
discrimination against girls and women,"
av flickor och kvinnor",
att få dem att bry sig;
the majority of men
som kontrollerar universiteten,
som kontrollerar militären,
the military system,
som styr regeringarna i världen,
the governments of the world,
the great religions.
som kontrollerar de stora religionerna.
that we need to do today?
som vi kan göra idag?
that we could do today
vi kan göra idag är
Europa och så vidare,
and who have freedom to speak and to act,
och friheten att tala och agera,
on yourselves
mot flickor och kvinnor
against girls and women
about her daughters
to detail about that.
will get your husbands to realize
kan få sina män att inse
and the military and so forth
och i militären och så vidare,
and your granddaughters.
sina döttrar och sina barns döttrar.
four children, and 10 great-grandchildren,
och 10 barnbarnsbarn,
will face in America,
som de står inför i USA,
or a foreign country,
eller ett annat land,
att ni alla förenar er med mig
and girls around the world
och flickor runtom i världen
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jimmy Carter - Peace activistThe president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, Jimmy Carter has used his post-presidency years to work for peace, teach, write and engage in global activism.
Why you should listen
While in office, Jimmy Carter brokered historic peace deals and treaties. Since the 1980s, he has worked tirelessly for conflict resolution around the globe through The Carter Center, where he has engaged in mediation in Ethiopia, Eritrea, North Korea, Liberia, Haiti, Bosnia, Venezuela, Nepal and the Middle East, among many other countries and regions. Under his leadership, The Carter Center has sent 96 election observation missions to the Americas, Africa and Asia. They're also leading the fight against Guinea worm, on track to be the second human disease in history to be eradicated.
In 2002, Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." He's a member of the Elders, a group of independent global leaders working for peace and human rights.
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