英国FCO特使乔安娜·罗珀 | 促进英中两国性别平等讲话

Hello. My name is Joanna Roper, I’m the special envoy for gender equality and the foreign office in the United Kingdom. And I’m delighted to be back in China today to talk with government and officials, businesses about gender equality in China and how we work together.

你好，我是乔安娜·罗珀，英国外交部性别平等特使。我很高兴今天回到中国，同政府及官员、商业代表一起，共同讨论性别平等在中国的现状，以及中英两国如何更好的合作。

The UK government is committed to promoting global gender equality, because we know as understood that empowering women and girls will bring prosperity, peace, stability and reduces poverty. We want to support all women and girls, as well as men, to ensure that they reach their potential.

英国政府致力于在全球范围内推广性别平等，因为我们知道，赋予女性权利将为社会带来繁荣，提高和平与安定，并减少贫困。我们想支持每一个人，不论女性还是男性去发掘并实现他们的潜能。

In China, since 2016 the British embassy and its network has run more than 50 events in 20 cities around the country under our”Be Yourself” campaign. We’ve raised the visibility of male and female role models from the UK and China, successfully challenging gender stereotypes which we know are harmfully and holding back women and men, girls and boys.

自2016年起，英国驻华使馆已经在中国的20个城市发起了超过50场“做你自己”女性推广活动，让更多人看到来自中英两国成功挑战性别刻板印象的男性和女性榜样，而他们所挑战的这些刻板印象，正式限制人们发掘自身潜能的阻碍。

This year, the campaign has work with over 80 British and Chinese companies in China, who have pledged to create a more equal and an inclusive workplace. And that’s an incredible achievement.

今年我们的助力女性活动与超过80家英中企业合作，共同承诺促进职场汇总的性别平等，这是非常令人欣慰的成果。

This year, the theme for International Women’s Day was “Balance for Better”. And we know when we bring great balance within social, political and economic environments everybody benefits, and surely that’s a good thing. Please join with us in the conversation, and I hope we can work together. Thank you!

今年的国际妇女节主题是“越平等越美好”，当我们生活中的每个方面都更加性别平等，包括在社会、政治和经济领域，每个人都将从中获益匪浅。请加入我们，一起探讨性别议题，我希望双方都能在这方面共同努力。谢谢！