Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: 致所有想要為女性創造光明未來的男性
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.
in the blue uniform
all the people of Africa."
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.
遠遠的落後
would get even more complex.
將會變得更複雜。
with my grandmother
this incredible opportunity
在我家裡
than the rest of my village.
I was no longer their equal.
in the blue uniform,
led me to the United Nations,
把我帶到聯合國
one of the greatest inequalities
影響超過全球一半人口
of the world's population --
all of us together.
簡單觀念
of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
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.
大家都不明講
在於提升我們每一個人,
an inflection point for gender equality.
splitting it in half.
are represented here,
the 3.2 billion men,
men can stand alongside women
in the 21st century.
would prove quite controversial.
他們就是問題的來源!
when we launched HeForShe.
讓人難以置信的事情發生了,
to be agents of change for equality.
這項性別平等活動
in every single country in the world
1.2 billion conversations on social media.
已經掀起了1.2憶的對話
started pouring in,
that were abusive to their partners,
into better husbands and fathers.
organized an innovative bicycle rally,
帶動了700位騎自行車人士
within their own community.
in his own community.
who continuously beats up his wife.
終日虐打他妻子的男人隔壁
called the HeForShe,
the woman cry again next door,
我又聽到隔壁的女人哭嚎
and I confronted the husband.
into something within men,
男性心靈裡的某些東西
where women and men are equal
of bringing men to the cause.
structural change that can equalize
足以讓
and social realities for women and men.
to make concrete actions,
at a personal level,
businesses, universities,
within their own institutions.
and leaders have stepped up
站了出來
HeForShe commitments.
hospitality company, Accord,
醫學公司, Accord
18萬員工
both the employment and the pay gap
會拉近所有人民之間的
within the current electoral term.
their HeForShe commitments,
正在修建
leading gender-research centers.
前瞻性的性別研究中心
from every single walk of life,
他們來自各行各業
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
and the EU Council,
all the male EU Commissioners
of the Swedish and Iceland governments
has joined the movement.
每20個男性就有一個加入了這個活動
goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson,
艾瑪 沃特森的號召
five billion media impressions,
of students around the world
HeForShe student associations.
of the vision that HeForShe has
為我們想要看到的未來
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
共通的人性才能定義我們
into women's and men's dreams,
for our families, our children,
all of us together.
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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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