【51Talk-联合国演讲稿】安妮·海瑟薇2017年国际妇女节在联合国的演讲(中英)

2021年1月21日发(作者：崛起美洲1620)
安妮·海瑟薇
2017
年国际妇女节在联合国的演讲

安妮·海瑟薇，作为联合国妇女亲善大使

(UN Women goodwill ambassador)
，亮相
联合国三·八妇女节活动，为女性发声，身为人母的海瑟薇呼吁 美国给予女性带薪产假，同
时也给男性放产假的机会。

President of the General Assembly, United Nations, UN Deputy Secretary-General,
Executive Director, UN Women, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,
尊敬的 联合国大会主席、
联合国副秘书长、
联合国妇女署执行理事、
尊敬的女士们、
先生们
:
When I was a very young person, I began my career as an actress. Whenever my
mother wasn't free to drive me into Manhattan for auditions, I would take the train
from suburban New Jersey and meet my father
–
who would have left his desk at
the law office where he worked
–
and we would meet under the Upper Platform
Arrival(s) and Departure(s) sign in Penn Station. We would then get on the subway
together and when we surfaced, he would ask me,
very good at finding north in the beginning, but I auditioned fair amount and so
my Dad kept asking me,
当我很小的时候，我开始了我的演员生涯。 每当我母亲没有时间开车送我去曼哈顿试镜时，
我会从新泽西郊区坐火车去见我父亲——他会离开他工作 的法律事务所的办公桌——我们
会在宾夕法尼亚车站高台下“出发到达”
的标志下见面。
然后我们一起上地铁，当我们走出
地铁站时，他会问我，
“哪边是北？”一开始我不太擅长寻 找北方，但是我试了很多次，所
以我爸爸一直问我，
“哪边是北方？”随着时间的推移，我的有 了很好的方向感。

I was struck by that memory yesterday while boarding the plane to come here
–
not
just by how far my life has come since then, but by how meaningful that seemingly
small lesson has been. When I was still a child, my father developed my sense of
direction and now, as an adult, I trust my ability to navigate space. My father helped
give me the confidence to guide myself through the world.
昨天上飞机来到这里时，我突然想起这段记忆，感触良多——不仅是因为从那以 后我的人
生开始转变，
还因为这堂看似微不足道的课其实意义非凡。
当我还是个孩子的 时候，
我的父
亲培养了我的方向感，现在，作为一个成年人，我坚信自己进行探索的能力。我父 亲帮助我
树立了信心，引导我探索这个世界。

In late March, last year, 2016, I became a parent for the first time. I remember the
indescribable
–
and as I understand it pretty universal
–
experience of holding my
week-old
son
and
feeling
my
priorities
change
on
a
cellular
level.
I
remember
I
experienced a shift in consciousness that gave me the ability to maintain my love of
career and also cherish something else, someone else, so much, much more. Like so
many parents, I wondered how I was going to balance my work with my new role as
a parent, and in that moment, I remember that the statistic for the US's policy on
maternity leave flashed in my mind.
2016
年
3
月末 ，我初为人母。我记得那种难以形容的感觉，我知道这是相当普遍的，当抱
着我一周大的儿子，
感觉我的所有头等大事从根本上发生了改变，
我记得我经历了意识上的
转变。
这使我能 够保持我对事业的爱，并同时更加地珍惜其他的东西，
其他的人。
像很多父
母那样，< br>我考虑着该如何在工作和为人父母方面寻得平衡。
有关美国产假的现状政策，
在我
脑海中一闪而过。

American women are currently entitled to 12 weeks unpaid leave. American men
are entitled to nothing. That information landed differently for me when one week
after my son's birth, I could barely walk. That information landed differently when I
was getting to know a human who was completely dependent on my husband and
I for everything, when I was dependent on my husband for most things, and when
we
were
relearning
everything
we
thought
we
knew
about
our
family
and
our
relationship. It landed differently.
目前，美国 女性享有
12
周无薪产假的权利，而美国男性在这方面却什么都没有。当我儿子
出生一 周后，
我几乎不能走路时，
我开始逐渐了解这个小小的新生命必须完完全全依赖于我
和 我丈夫，
而我呢，
我在大多数事情上也得依靠我丈夫，
我们本以为对家庭和夫妻关系非 常
了解，如今却有了新的认识。折让我们的感受完全不同。

Somehow, we and every American parent were expected to be
under
three
months.
Without
income?
I
remember
thinking
to
myself,

the
practical reality of pregnancy is another mouth to feed in your home, and America
is
a
country
where
most
people
are
living
paycheck
to
paycheck,
how
does
12
weeks unpaid leave economically work? < br>不知何故，我们和每一位美国家长都被期望在三个月内“恢复正常”
。没有收入？我扪心自
问，
“如果怀孕面临的现实就是家里多了一张嘴要喂养，而美国这个国度，几乎人人都是月
光 族，那么这
12
周无薪假如何能让人在经济上维系下去？

The truth is: for too many people, it doesn't. One in four American women go back
to work two weeks after giving birth because they can't afford to take any more
time
off
than
that.
That
is
25
per
cent
of
American
women.
Equally
disturbing,
women who can afford to take the full 12 weeks often don't, because it will mean
incurring
a

penalty
–

meaning
they
will
be
perceived
as
less
dedicated
to
their
job
and
will
be
passed
over
for
promotions
and
other
career
advancement.
真相是：
对于多数人而言，这是无法负担的。
4
个美国女性中就有
1
个在产后
2
周 内回归工
作岗位，因为她们承担不起更长时间的产假。这可占了美国女性总数的
25%
。同样令人不
安的是，那些可以休满
12
周产假的女性却通常选择不这么做。因为休产 假会招致“为人母
的惩罚”
，意味着她们会被认为事业心不强，从而错失升职机会和其他职场晋 升。

In my own household, my mother had to choose between a career and raising three
children
–
a choice that left her unpaid and underappreciated as a homemaker
–

because there just wasn't support for both paths. The memory of being in the city
with my Dad is a particularly meaningful one since he was the sole breadwinner in
our house, and my brothers' and my time with him was always limited by how much
he had to work. And we were an incredibly privileged family
–
our hardships were
the stuff of other family's dreams.
在我自己的家里，我母亲不得不在事业和抚养三个孩子之间做出选择——既没有报酬， 也
没有赞赏——因为她得不到政策支持去兼顾这二者。
和爸爸在城里的记忆，
意义非常 深刻，
因为他是我们家唯一的养家糊口的人，
而我的兄弟们和我和他在一起的时间总是受到他必 须
工作多少的限制。而我们已经算是富足的家庭了——我们的富足，对许多家庭而言都是一
种奢 侈。

The
deeper
into
the
issue
of
paid
parental
leave
I
go,
the
clearer
I
see
the
connection between persisting barriers to women's full equality and empowerment,
and the need to redefine and in some cases, destigmatize men's role as caregivers.
In other words…thank you. In other words, in order to liberate women, we need to
liberate men.
对 带薪产假的思考越深入，
我就越清楚地意识到无薪产假，
是阻碍女性平权和她们赋权道路
上的顽固障碍。而且，必须重新定义男性角色，并消除人们对于男性承担育儿责任的偏见。
换言之，想 要解放女性，我们先得解放男性。

The assumption and common practice that women and girls look after the home
and the family is a stubborn and very real stereotype that not only discriminates
against women, but limits men's participation and connection within the family and
society. These limitations have broad-ranging and significant effects for them and
for the children. We know this. So why do we continue to undervalue fathers and
overburden mothers?
由妇女和女孩照顾家庭是普遍现象，
这也被视为理所当然，
其实这是根深蒂固的偏见，
这不
仅是对女性的歧视，
更是对男性参与并融入家庭和社会的限制。
这些限制会对男 性及他们的
后代，
产生广泛深刻的影响。我们深谙此道。
那为何还要继续看轻父亲的角 色，并让母亲承
担过重的负担？

Paid
parental
leave
is
not
about
taking
days
off
work;
it's
about
creating
the
freedom
to
define
roles,
to
choose
how
to
invest
time,
and
to
establish
new,
positive
cycles
of
behavior.
Companies
that
have
offered
paid
parental
leave
for
employees have reported improved employee retention, reduced absenteeism and
on-training costs, and boosted productivity and morale. Far from not being able to
afford to have paid parental leave, it seems we can't afford not to.
带薪休产假不是休假这么简单，
更重要的是，
创造一 种界定角色的自由，
去选择怎样分配时
间，养成新的、积极的行为模式。为员工提供带薪育儿假 的公司，有报告表明，他们的员工
稳定性提高、
缺勤率和在职培训成本有所降低，
生产 率和士气也有所提高。
决不是我们负担
不起带薪产假，反倒是我们负担不起不这样做。

In fact, a study in Sweden showed that per every month fathers took paternity leave,
the mothers' income increased by 6.7 per cent. That's 6.7 per cent more economic
freedom for the whole family. Data from the International Men and Gender Equality
Survey shows that most fathers report that they would work less if it meant that
they could spend more time with their children. And picking up on the threat the
prime minister mentioned, I'd like to ask: How many of us here today saw our Dads
enough growing up? How many of you Dads here see your kids enough now?
事实上，瑞典的一项研究显示，父亲陪妻子休产假的每个月，母亲 收入都会增加
6.7%
，折
让全家的经济自由度提高了
6.7%
。另 外，国际男性和性别平等调查研究显示，大多数父亲
表示，
他们愿意缩短工作时间，
只 要能够和自己的孩子更多时间相处。
根据刚刚大会主席提
及的一个思路，
我想问下在座 的各位，
在成长过程中，
我们中有多少人有足够的时间与父亲