Kuyesabeka. Engenabuntu. Okunengekayo. Kuyamahloni. Ukukhethwa kwezichasiso (ezijivazayo) ongazichaza ngazo akupheli ukusikwa kwabesifazane (FGM). Ngempela, ngobuningi, ngoba - ngeshwa - kukhona izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene, enye ideleleke kakhulu kunenye. I-FGM isemthethweni emazweni angama-27 ase-Afrika nasezingxenyeni ezithile zase-Asia naseMiddle East. Kepha ku Sudan, lapho - ngokusho kombiko weZizwe Ezihlangene - bayikho Abesifazane abasebasha abayi-9 kwabangu-10 ukubekwa ngaphansi kwayo, izinto zingashintsha, zibe ngcono. Uhulumeni omusha oholwa ngu U-Abdalla Hamdok yethulwe kulezi zinsuku isikweletu okungamaka i- Izinguquko ezinqumayo, enza izicubu zabesifazane ubugebengu ngazo zonke izindlela. Noma ngubani, empeleni, unecala laleli cala, kusukela ekuvunyelweni kohlelo olusha lokwahlulela, kungaba njalo ukujeziswa iminyaka emithathu ejele kanye nenhlawulo enkulu.
Ngabe kuzoba ukuphela ngempela?
Ma umthetho uzokwanela ukuqeda isiko elinomsuka walo emlandweni waleli zwe? Imikhuba yama-Archaic - nehlaselayo - enjengokungenisa igciwane yakhela abantu abathile amasiko okunzima ukuwaqeda. Kumayelana amasiko lelo phawu isigaba sokuguquka sisuka ebusaneni siye ekubeni umuntu omdala empilweni yowesifazane futhi, ngakho-ke, zenziwe abaphathi benani elingokomfanekiso okunzima ukukuyeka, ikakhulukazi kwezinye izizwe. Ingozi yukuthi ukucwiywa kungaba okwenziwe ebumnyameni bokungabi namthetho, ngokungahambisani nemithetho, njengoba kwenzeka ngokwesibonelo eGibhithe - lapho bekungekho emthethweni khona kusukela ngo-2008 - kulimaze isithunzi sabesifazane abasebasha, uma kungenjalo, impela vita. Eqinisweni, umonakalo obangelwe ku- impilo yomzimba yezisulu, nge imiphumela ebhubhisayo kwi-psyche yabo futhi iqiniso eliphazamisa kakhulu ukuthi abesifazane baphakathi kwabasekeli abakhulu balo mkhuba. Impela, uma umuntu omdala ebengavikela ukuvikela amadodakazi akhe kulokhu kuphathwa amanyala, angahle azitholele inhlamba nokusongelwa yena uqobo.
Iminyaka eyi-10 yokusebenza kanzima kulindelekile
Uhulumeni ube esenomsebenzi wokuwukhuphula umkhankaso wokuqwashisa lokho kusiza imiphakathi ukuthi iqaphele i- umthelela omkhulu ukuthi izitho zomzimba zinabesifazane, ngalokho-ke bavuma ngokuzithandela umthetho omusha. Sikukhumbuza futhi ukuthi Sudan kuhlala i- Indawo yesi-166 kwayi-187 ezingeni le-UN ku- ukungafani kobulili, umphumela wawo ngokuqinisekile asiqhoshe ngawo. Ukusetshenziswa kwalesi simemezelo kungakha i- igxathu elikhulu eliya phambili emlandweni wamalungelo abantu, kodwa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesifazane ezweni lase-Afrika. Sifuna ukuba nethemba futhi sithembele emazwini kaNdunankulu uHamdok, inhloso yakhe ngukuthi susa unomphela lo mkhuba ngo-2030.
