美國國務卿凱瑞(John Kerry)日前發表了對國際女童日的談話,請點閱美國國務院國際信息局於2013年10月製作的影片: http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/10/213624.htm
International Day of the Girl
John Kerry, Secretary of State, Washington, DC
October 11, 2013
When many of the world’s 850 million girls go to sleep tonight, they will dream about futures that sadly –tragically–are nearly impossible for them to achieve.
In too many countries, the promise of the next generation of girls is at risk. In too many communities, the contributions of girls are not valued, their well-being is not protected, and their aspirations are not taken seriously.
As the father of two daughters, I know that is unacceptable. Supporting the rights of girls is the moral and just thing to do. And as someone who sits today in the same chair where extraordinary women like Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Madeleine Albright sat before me, I know that it’s also the smart thing to do. Investing in girls is a critical part of our duty to promote prosperity, security, and peace around the world. Empowered girls grow up to be empowered women. They grow up to be empowered mothers, leaders, and innovators. They grow up to move their communities forward and make the world a better place.
I am proud of the accomplishments of my own daughters and my wife. I want all girls to have the same opportunities they had to get a good education, pursue their passions in a safe environment, and achieve their full potential.
Thanks to a number of global partnerships and programs led by the State Department, like TechGirls and NeXXt Scholars – and great USAID programs like Safe Schools – we have made important progress. Today, more and more girls are enrolling in school in Afghanistan, and fewer and fewer girls are victims of female genital mutilation in Africa. But our work is far from over.
Every year, the International Day of the Girl is a chance for us to reaffirm our commitment to girls’ rights, to celebrate their value to society, and to address the unique challenges they still face. It is a call to action for everyone to build on the progress we have made on global women’s rights. If we heed that call, if we keep faith with the enormous potential and promise of young women, the dreams of our daughters will one day be just as viable as the dreams of our sons.
今晚,當全世界8.5億女童中的許多人就寢時,她們夢想的未來令人憂慮,因為她們生活在思想極端或思維落後的國家,幾乎不可能實現自己的夢想。
在許多國家,女童的貢獻根本不受到重視,她們的安康得不到保障,她們的志向被視為無足輕重。作為兩個女兒的父親,我深知
這種情況不可接受。我從心底裡認為,支持女童的權利是合乎道德的正義之舉。
今天我擔任的這個職務曾由一些卓越非凡的女性出任,例如我的前任希拉里•羅德姆•克林頓,康多莉扎·賴斯和馬德琳•奧爾布賴特,我知道這也是明智之舉。培養女童是我們的職責之一,對於促進全世界的繁榮,安全與和平至關重要。常理告訴我們,獲得自主權的女童長大後會成為有自主權的婦女。她們成長為有自主權的母親,領袖和創新者。
她們長大後將使全世界成為更美好的地方。由於國務院主持了一系列全球夥伴關係和項目,例如“技術女童” , “下一代學者”和
美國國際開發署的“安全學校”等優秀項目,我們已經取得了重大進步。
今天,阿富汗有越來越多的女童註冊入學,作為切割女性生殖器受害者的非洲女童越來越少,但我們的工作遠沒有完成。每年的“國際女童日”為我們提供機會重申我們對女童權利的承諾,讚賞她們對社會的價值,克服她們仍然面臨的獨特挑戰。
它召喚每一個人採取行動,再接再厲推進我們為爭取全球婦女權利取得的進展,我們如果響應這個召喚,女兒們的夢想總有一天
會與兒子們的夢想一樣,同樣受到重視,同樣可以實現。
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