Conferencia de Juliana Awada y
Michelle Obama, en el Centro Metropolitano, Barracas, Argentina.
Locutora: Please
welcome YouTube stars Diana Hernández and Megan Nicole.
Locutora; Por favor démosle la bienvenida a las estrellas de YouTube
Diana Hernández y Megan Nicole.
Diana Hernández: Bienvenidos.
Megan Nicole: And welcome
to the Metropolitan Design Center, here in Barracas.
Diana Hernández: Hola y bienvenidos al Centro Metropolitano de Diseño en
Barracas. Yo soy Diana Hernández.
Megan Nicole: y yo soy Megan Nicole. We are today to know
two extraordinary women, who care deeply about future generations of women and
girls, in Argentina, The Us and around the world.
Diana Hernández: estamos aquí para presentar, a dos mujeres
extraordinarias, que se preocupan por las futuras generaciones de mujeres y
niñas, de Argentina, Estados Unidos y de todo el mundo. Pero no solo eso, sino
que también ambas, han adoptado las
tecnologías, las redes sociales y diferentes medios de conectarse directamente
con su audiencia.
Megan Nicole: But the both
of them, have adopted technology, social media and new ways to connect with
their audience directly.
Diana Hernández: quien lo hubiera pensado, dos estrellas de YouTube,
para presentar a las primeras damas de Argentina y Estados Unidos de América.
Megan Nicole: Who had
ever thought, that two stars of Youtube, being here to introduce, the first
ladies of Argentina and United States of America, to welcome our guest, of
honor, Mrs. Michelle Obama please welcome Juliana Awada, the first lady
of Argentina.
Diana Hernández: para darle la bienvenida a nuestra invitada de honor
Michelle Obama, por favor sea bienvenida Juliana Awada, la primera dama de
Argentina.
Juliana Awada hablando a los estudiantes de Barracas
Juliana Awada: Buenos días a todas y muchas gracias por estar aca. Es un
orgullo poder recibir en la Argentina, a la primera dama de los Estados Unidos,
Michelle Obama. Su experiencia y liderazgo, han sido una inspiración para mi,
en estos primeros días, como primera dama. Cuando uno quiere curar enfermos,
estudia medicina. Cuando uno quiere construir una casa, estudia arquitectura,
no?. Pero cuando uno elige acompañar a su marido, en una tarea con tanta
responsabilidad. como es ser presidente, una no estudia para ser, primera Dama.
Por eso valoro mucho la charla, que tuvimos justo antes de venir acá, con
Michelle, en donde ella me compartió su historia, me dio algunos consejos y les
digo algo, me inspiro.
Y ahora les toca a Uds. escucharlas, así que escúchenla. Ustedes son las
que el día de mañana, van a ser las protagonistas de la Argentina, y porque no
del mundo también. Es una lindísima oportunidad, poder escuchar a una persona
que viene hablando con chicas como ustedes. en todas partes del mundo como Cambodia, Japón, Qatar.
Ustedes están en la escuela, porque están aprendiendo y todo lo que van a
lograr depende mucho de lo que hagan hoy. Ser científicas y hacer
descubrimientos. Médicas y salvar vidas. Abogadas, ingenieras y hacer puentes o
ser Presidentas.
Y la historia de Michelle Obama, que van a escuchar en breve, es un gran
ejemplo, en este sentido. Un ejemplo de trabajo, de esfuerzo y dedicación, con
la mirada puesta en el futuro, con su historia de vida Michelle Simboliza, una
frase que a Mauricio y a mi nos gusta mucho, que es el se puede, se puede salir
adelante, se puede lograr lo que nos propongamos, ese mensaje chicas, es para
todas ustedes. Por eso le agradezco a Michelle. Esta iniciativa de venir a
hablar con Ustedes, a contarles, que muchas chicas, en la Argentina y en el
mundo no logran terminar la escuela y que ustedes pueden y deben terminarla. En
Argentina cada año, cerca de 180.000 mujeres adolescentes entre 14 y 18 años,
abandonan la secundaria. Eso quiere decir que hay más de la mitad de las
mujeres no terminan la secundaria a los 18 años. Estoy segura de que Michelle,
va a coincidir conmigo, que esos números nos duelen y mucho, Porque detrás de
cada cifra, hay una mujer que no puede cumplir su sueños. Detrás de cada cifra,
hay un adolescente que renuncia a lo que siempre quiso, que dice: “Hasta acá,
llegue”. Y ese no es el futuro que queremos y hoy podemos cambiar esta
realidad. Por eso la invito a Michelle, a subir a este escenario y compartir
con todas Ustedes su historia con nosotros, démosle la bienvenida con un fuerte
aplauso:
Michelle Obama: Hello,
everyone. Hola.
Students: Hola
Michelle Obama: Do you
have your earphone on? Right.
Students: si
Michelle: But It´s such
a pleasure and an honour to be here with all of you, at this amazing place,
which is the scener, for so much creativity, and innovation, and I want to start
by thinking, your beautiful and fabulous first lady, for that very kind,
introduction, and for taking the time to be here with me today, I know that she
shares my passion for inspiring and empowering are young people. And I´m so excited
to get to know her and her family doing are time together here in Argentina. I also want to think your Minister dedication
Esteban Bulrich, for being with us
today, and of course I want to thank all of you, so many smarts, talented,
wonderful, young women from here in Barracas.
I up so throw to join
my husband and our daughters for this visits as our nations come together and
deeper are friendship and promote a new spirit, of collaboration around so many
important nations and i have to said that I will I might be far away from my
country today being here with all of you in Barracas, I truly feel like at home
because I actually grow up in a neighborhood, just like this one. It was on the
south side of Chicago, a place where people, Works hard, to support their
family, and the family was closed, and loving, and strong values. I was very fortunate
to be raced by hard working and devoted parents, neither of them all had a
university degree and they didn´t make a lot of money. My father Works a pump
operator at the city water plant and my mom stayed at home to take care of me
and my older brother. Before I was lived in a very small department in the
city. It was so small, that my brother and I shared a bedroom, that was divided
in half with a wooden partition to create to even a smaller room. My room was so small that when I held up my
arms I could almost touch both walls at the same time. So we didn´t have a lot of space, but we filled our Little home with a whole
love of love. Most of my grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins live nearby
and we were always visiting, each other houses where we would spends hours talking
and laughing and sometimes driving each other crazy, but always enjoying, each
other’s company it was sort of you like asado here in Argentina, so my family
wasn´t rich. We were always at least we always felt rich because we had each
other, my mother upbringing however, did not prevent me from having very big
dreams, for myself , my parents thought us them, that we could achieve anything
through hard work and a good education I dreamed of attending the best
universities and becoming a lawyer and getting an important job right to be a
leader in my community and help families like mine have a better life by the
time I started school. I began encoutering people outside of my home who had
less faith in my ability to reach my goals. Teachers who didn´t think that I
was smart enough and would hold on the boys instead of the girls even thougs
the girls had better grades. People who thought a girl shouldn´t have ambition
and they would ask my brother what he career plan the half but when asked me
what kind of man I wanted to marry as I got older. I found that men would whistle
at me or make comments about how I look as I walk down the streets as if my
body with their property if I were an object to be commented on it´s doublé full
human being, with thoughts and feelings of my own I began to realize that the
hopes I had for myself or in conflicts with the messages I was receiving from
people, around me messages that said as a girl my voice was somehow less
important, that how my body looks was more important than how my mind works
that being strong and powerful and outspoken just wasn´t appropiate or
attractive for girl and soon enough I started to question myself would like to
allow to much like to watch, like too bossy, too big and for years, I would like to awake
at night, and those doubts will eat away at my heart but eventually I just got
tired about worrying about whatever so I decided not to listen to the voices of
those who doubted or dissmissed me instead I decided to listen to my own voice
and to rely on the support of the people in my life who believe in my ability
to achieve my own dreams and to do that I listen to my parents and devoted all
my energy to do doing well in school I woud wake up 4:00 every morning and
study, because was the only time that my little appartment was ever really
quiet and then I would come home and study until late at night I made sure I
was one the most well prepared students in my classes.
I would just keep
raising my hand and tell the teacher call on me and when the boys make fun of
me, I ignored them and while some people doubted that a girl like me could
attend a top university, I went ahead and I applied anyway and I got accepted
and eventually got a law degree from Harvard University and I want to tell you
that education was everything from me at university and learn how to think
critically about a right well how to present myself with confidence and
authorities so that people would listen to what I have to say and I used those skills
to get myself a job at a prestigious law firm and then as the director of a
nonprofit organization and a university Dean and eventually a vice president at
a hospital so because of my education I had opportunity ladies that my parents
never could have dreamed for themselves. I am standing here today because I
want the same thing for all of you and that´s why no matter what challenges are
obstacles you might face I wanna early age you to get the education and you
need to make your voice heard in the world and you need to do that not just for
yourselves before all of us because you are bring such an important perspective
to so many of the issues that we face not just here in Argentina buta round the
World you know what it´s like not to have every advantage, and to really work
to make ends meet as young women and you know it feels to be overlooked or
underestimated just because of who you are and we are desperately need your
help as we take on our most urgent challeges particularly the challenges that
we face as women both in your country and in mine you see the challenge that we
face as women both in your country and in mine.
You see women here in Argentina, and in the US based so many of the same
struggles, we struggle to be paid equally for work, we struggled to balance the
needs of our family with the demands of our jobs, we struggle to stop the
domestic violence and abuse, terrible crimes that have no place in any country
on this planet. So we need young women like all of you, to get your education
and to rise up as leaders at every level of your society, we need you to be
leaders, in your families raising your daughters, to believe in themselves and
raising your sons to honor and respect women. We need to be leaders in our
workplaces, ensuring that more women are hired and companies and we need to go
out there and start companies of your own, we need you to be leaders in our
laboratories, and universities, making new discoveries, and defining the myths
that science and math are only for men and we need you will be leaders, in the
National Congress, In ¨CASA ROSADA¨, working to help struggling families, and
protect women´s rights, and made no mistake about it we need you to be the
leaders, not just here in Argentina, but around the world, because your country
is an increasingly, important player on the world stage with more engagement in
the global economy, and a greater voice in global affairs so we need all of you
to step up and be part of that conversation we need you, to use the
opportunity, you have here in Argentina to become global change agents
especially, when it comes to the plights of young women just like you around
the world because right now women and girls worldwide are facing threats, and
challenges that most of us in Argentina and in The United States, can´t even
imagine for example today 662 million girls, across the globe are not in
school. Girls whose parents just, can´t afford the school fees, girls who lived
in tiny villages, where the nearest school is hours away with the school in
their villages doesn´t have adequate bathrooms for girls. Girls whose families just don´t think they´re worthy of
an education and its dead marry them off young, when they are barely even
teenagers now one shouldn´t just imagine
for a minute what it is like, to be one of those girls, think back to when you
were ten or twelve or fourteen years old, and you were bright and curious and
at all kinds of ideas, about what you want, to be when you grow up, imagine how
you would have to felt if one day, someone told you sorry, you are girl so,
your dreams stop here, you have to drop out school, you have to marry a men,
twenty years older than you who you never met and start having babies of your
own. It´s unthinkable none of us would want that fate for ourselves, so why we
would accept for any girl in the planet.
This girls are just as
smart and hardworking as we are and they are so hungry, to learn and that
travelled the world I have seen that they will do, girls who walked for hours
each day to get to school, risking kidnapping and assault and the rejection of
their families and communities I met girls who study a tricky
desks in concrete classrooms but they
are so eager to learn, they´re raising their hands so hard they´re almost
fallen out their chairs. I know that if you met these girls, you would see
yourselves in them just as I do. And these girls deserve the same kind of
chances that you and I have had to develop your mind and find their voices and
become leaders in their families and societies. And that´s why last year
President Obama and I started a new initiative we called “LET GIRLS LEARN”, to help adolescent girls worldwide, go to
school, Started with the US government coming gathering with other countries in
with NGOS and companies to start investing and girls education programs and
then we got celebrities involved people like Beyonce and Leonardo di Caprio and
Bono, started getting involved in their Kelly Clarkson in other amazing artist
even reported a song that they called this is for my girls and they´re donating
the proceeds to let girls learn and soon our campaign started to go viral, the
sixty-two million girls hashtags was number one in the US and number three
globally with people around the world trating their support for these girls,
young people have started raising money to symphonies girls just to let one schoolin
the US raised the equivalent of more than 20.000 pesos argentines, just by
selling chocolates and popsicles and we want young people across the globe to
join this movement including all of you here in Argentina because, every single
one of you have the power, and the responsibility to help these girls, you all
have the acces to the Internet and Social Media, I know you do, you are just
like my daughters and you can get all online today and start tweeting and
instagram and posting about these girls to raise awareness about their plight,
I want you to go to 62milliongirls.com and you will find everything you need to
share these girls stories and support efforts to help them a chance to fall
back rooms for girls, school leadership and mentorship programs and so much
more, and you can also support qrowth education right here in Argentina that,
every single one of you knows of girls in your school or your family who is
struggling a girl, who doesn´t feel good about yourself or is it taking her
education seriously are you can reach out to that girl and encourage her serve
as a role model and mentor for her every single one of you can be leader in
this movement to empower each other and inspire each other now of course as
you, this movement to empower each other and inspire each other now, of course
as you, take on big challenges like girls education you might hear those little
voices of doubt in your head that say who are you, to think that you can solve
national or global problem for you to think that you can be a leader but I want
to remind you that here in Argentina where your parliament, has one of the
highest percentages of women in the world and where you had a woman president and now you have a woman
vice president milestones, that my own country has yet to achieve, you have a
long history of women whose lives are a powerful answer to those questions,
take the example of Maria Vidal example of behavior, she had years of
experience in politics with jobs and Buenos Aires Province, some of her critics made sexist comments about her
said that, she was too young for such serious position in response she simply
said: “I know who I am”, and she just kept on campaigning and today she is
governor did all, the first woman governor of Buenos Aires Province and then
there´s did all the first woman governor of Buenos Aires Province and then
there´s the story of Margarita Barrientos, Margarita grow up in poverty, and at
the age of eleven her mother passed away and her father abandoned the family. She
came to Buenos Aires, all by yourself years laters when she and her husband had
10 children and we´re struggling to support their own family by recycling
trash, she discovered that kids support their own family, by recycling trash,
she discovered that kids in that neighborhood were going hungry and despite her
own family´s challenges, she immediately invited those kids into her home for a
meal as word of her generosity spread, more and more people came to her help
for help and today, she leads an organization, that feeds 1.800 people a day
and runs a library, a bakery, a kindergarten and a medical clinic for
struggling families she does these things because she believes in these are
hard words she said that no matter how little you have you can always give
something, and of course you don´t have to run your office or start your
organization, to make a difference in your country. Just think back to what
happened here last year when a journalist named Marcela Ojeda, became enraged
by the horrific them aside she was reporting on and she sent our a tweet
saying: “They are killing us, and asking are we going to raise our voice”,
within days over whether women journalists came forward to join her, they
started tweeting and posting on Facebook to organize a protest they thought
they might get just a few hundreds maybe, a few thousand people to join them.
But you don´t know on june third, of last years 200.000 people, women of all ages and plenty of men packed the
streets outside Congress to declare in one voice: “Ninguna menos” or “not one
less” within days the government responded pledging to collect on femicide,
and within months, the Congress passed a bill to provide free legal assistance
to survivors of gender- based violence, all of this happen because one brave
woman, decided to stand up and make her voice heard and I want to ask all
of you, what caused will you take up,
what injustice will you fix, how will you be a change agent for your country
and our world. and decades from now who will be standing, in front of a group
of young women talking about you. Telling
the story of your courage, and your daring, and the change you made, I know that all of you, have so much to
offer, and today I urge you to follow the example of the many strong women in
this country who have come before you I urge you to know who you are, to raise
your voice about issues, you care about and to built a better world, for
yourselves and for young women just like you, all across the globe I know you
can do this, and believe me I can´t wait to see everything, you will achieve in
the years ahead. Thank you all so much. Muchas Gracias.
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