Okutobala 2019 - Kuthandiza amayi ndi atsikana achikhalidwe
Wolemba April Ignacio, nzika ya Tohono O'odham Nation komanso woyambitsa bungwe la Indivisible Tohono, lomwe limapereka mwayi wachitetezo cha anthu komanso maphunziro kupatula kuvotera mamembala a Tohono O'odham Nation. Ndiwowalimbikitsa kwambiri azimayi, mayi wa ana asanu komanso wojambula.
Akazi Ndi Atsikana Osowa ndi Kuphedwa Ndi gulu lomwe limabweretsa chidziwitso ku miyoyo yomwe yatayika chifukwa cha ziwawa. Makamaka kayendedwe kameneka kanayamba ku Canada pakati pa magulu amitundu yoyamba ndipo maphunziro ochepa adayamba kutsikira ku United States, popeza azimayi ambiri amalumikiza madontho mdera lawo. Umu ndi m'mene ndinayambira ntchito yanga pa Tohono O'odham Nation, yolumikiza madontho kuti tilemekeze miyoyo ya azimayi ndi atsikana omwe adataya chifukwa cha nkhanza.
M'zaka zitatu zapitazi, ndidayankhulana ndi mabanja 34 omwe amayi awo, ana awo aakazi, alongo awo kapena azakhali awo adasowa kapena adataya miyoyo yawo chifukwa chachiwawa. Lingaliro linali kuvomereza Amayi ndi Atsikana ndi Atsikana Osowa ndi Ophedwa Omwe Ali mdera lathu, kuwadziwitsa komanso kudera lalikulu kuti tiwone momwe takhudzidwira mosazindikira. Ndinakumana ndi zokambirana zazitali za ndudu ndi khofi, misozi yambiri, zikomo zambiri komanso ena obwerera m'mbuyo.
Pushback adachokera kwa atsogoleri mdera lathu omwe amawopa momwe ziziwonekera kuchokera kunja. Ndinalandiranso kubwerera m'mbuyo kuchokera kuma pulogalamu omwe amandiwopseza ndi mafunso anga kapena kuti anthu ayamba kukayikira kukwanira kwa ntchito zawo.
Gulu la Amayi ndi Atsikana Osowa ndi Ophedwa Omwe Akusowa ndi Kuphedwa Akudziwika bwino mdziko lonse mothandizidwa ndi media media. Pali magawo ambiri ndi malamulo amtundu wakale omwe ndi achikale. Kuperewera kwazinthu kuphatikiza kupeza ma Amber Alerts ndi 911 zonse ndi zomwe zimachitika kumadera akumidzi ndi malo osungira komwe azimayi achibadwidwe akuphedwa pamiyeso yokwanira kakhumi poyerekeza ndi dziko lonse. Nthawi zambiri zimakhala ngati palibe amene akumvetsera kapena palibe amene akulumikiza madontho. Lingaliro lolemekeza azimayi ndi atsikana mdera lathu lidayamba kugundana ndi chipale chofewa mu kafukufuku wosakonzekera: monga kufunsa kumodzi kumatha, enanso adayamba ndikutumiza.
Mabanja adayamba kundifotokozera ndipo zoyankhulana zidakhala zolemetsa komanso zovuta kuchita popeza kuchuluka kwa azimayi omwe adaphedwa adayamba kuchulukirachulukira. Zinakhala zovuta kwa ine. Pali zambiri zomwe sizikudziwika: momwe tingagawire zambiri, momwe tingatetezere mabanja kuti asagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi atolankhani komanso anthu omwe akusonkhanitsa nkhani ndi anthu kuti apindule kapena adzipangire mbiri. Ndiye palinso zowona zomwe sizili zovuta kuzizindikira: 90% yamilandu yamilandu yomwe imawoneka m'makhothi athu amtundu wankhanza. Lamulo la Violence Against Women Act, lomwe limavomereza ulamuliro wamafuko pamilandu ngati nkhanza zakugonana, silinapatsidwe mphamvu.
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti chaka chino pa Meyi 9, 2019 State of Arizona idapereka Nyumba ya Bill 2570, yomwe idapanga komiti yophunzira kuti isonkhanitse zambiri za mliri wa Amayi ndi Atsikana Akumidzi ndi Atsikana Osowa ndi Kuphedwa ku Arizona. Gulu la masenema aboma, oyimilira malamulo aboma, atsogoleri amitundu, olimbikitsa nkhanza zapakhomo, oyang'anira zamalamulo komanso anthu ammudzimo asonkhana kuti adzagawe zambiri ndikupanga dongosolo losonkhanitsira deta.
Deta ikaphatikizidwa ndikugawana, malamulo ndi mfundo zatsopano zitha kupangidwa kuti athane ndi zoperewera pantchito. Zachidziwikire kuti iyi ndi njira imodzi yaying'ono yoyambira kuthana ndi vuto lomwe lakhalapo kuyambira pomwe atsamunda amalamulira. North Dakota, Washington, Montana, Minnesota ndi New Mexico nawonso akhazikitsa makomiti ofufuza ofanana. Cholinga ndikutolera zomwe sizikupezeka ndikuti tileke izi kuti zichitike mdera lathu.
Tikufuna thandizo lanu. Thandizani azimayi Achilengedwe opanda zikalata pophunzira za Prop 205, zomwe zikuchitika mumzinda wonse kupanga Tucson kukhala Sanctuary City. Izi zitha kukhazikitsa malamulo, kuphatikiza kuteteza anthu omwe achitiridwa nkhanza zapabanja komanso kuchitiridwa zachipongwe omwe amaimbira apolisi kuti anene za nkhanza zawo. Ndimasangalala ndikudziwa kuti padziko lonse lapansi pali anthu omwe akumenyera nkhondo moyo wopanda chiwawa kwa ana awo komanso mibadwo ikubwerayi.
Tsopano Kuti mudziwe, Kodi Muchita Chiyani?
Kuthandiza Akazi Ndi Atsikana Achilengedwe
April Ignacio wa Indivisible Tohono akuti imelo kapena imbani foni Senator wanu waku US ndikuwapempha kuti apemphe chisankho cha Senate pakukhazikitsanso lamulo la Violence Against Women Act momwe limadutsira Congress. Ndipo kumbukirani, kulikonse komwe mungaponde, mukuyenda pamtunda Wachilengedwe.
Kuti mumve zambiri komanso zothandiza mdera lanu, pitani ku Matupi Athu, Nkhani Zathu ndi Urban Indian Health Institute: uihi.org/our-body-our-stories