Ngisanda kubuya eKenya, lapho ngaletha khona usizo oluphuthumayo enhlanganweni yabesifazane emazingeni aphansi ezinze enyakatho-mpumalanga ekhungethwe isomiso. Abesifazane bakhona bathwele kanzima ukuhlinzeka ngokudla, amanzi kanye nemithi ezinkulungwaneni zababaleki abakhahlanyezwe kakhulu yindlala abathutheleka emiphakathini yabo ewomile bevela kwamakhelwane baseSomalia.
Ngazizwa nginelungelo lokukwazi ukuletha lolu sizo olusindisa ukuphila. Kodwa futhi ngazizwa ngithukuthele, ngoba le ndlala yayingagwemeka. Indlala iwumphumela wesivunguvungu esiphelele sokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, izinxushunxushu zezombusazwe kanye nezinqubomgomo ezimbi zezomnotho: hhayi inhlekelele yemvelo, kodwa ukwehluleka kobuholi. Ngakho-ke nakuba kufanele silethe usizo oluphuthumayo oludingeka ngokushesha kubantu abasongelwa indlala, kufanele futhi sisebenze ukubhekana nalezi zimbangela eziyisisekelo futhi sakhe izixazululo ezisimeme kule nkinga.
Isomiso esinzima esikhona eMpumalanga Afrika ngokwengxenye siwumphumela wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu okubangelwa ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa okungavinjelwe emazweni akude, acebile. Njengoba lokhu kukhishwa kwegesi kukhuphule izinga lokushisa emhlabeni wonke, ososayensi besimo sezulu baye baxwayisa iminyaka ngeminyaka ngokwanda kwamathuba okuba nezimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu, kuhlanganise nesomiso.
Kodwa isomiso sisodwa asiyikhiqizi indlala. ESomalia, iminyaka yempi nokungazinzi kwezombusazwe kwenza abantu baba sengcupheni nakakhulu. Kwake kwaba nohulumeni owazama ukwakha umphakathi ukwazi ukumelana nenhlekelele yemvelo. Yaqhuba uhlelo lokuqoqa amanzi emvula ngokumba amadamu phansi. Kodwa ngokuwa kukahulumeni ngo-1991, lolu hlelo lwanyamalala. Kwashiyelwa kwabesifazane baseSomalia, ngokwesiko ababenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuhlinzeka ngamanzi emizini yabo, ukuze baziphilise.
Khonamanjalo, imiphumela yesomiso nendlala iye yabhebhethekiswa ukuqagela emhlabeni wonke mayelana nempahla yokudla ekhuphule amanani okudla emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuphushela phambili ukuhoxiswa kwezimakethe zomhlaba sekushaye kakhulu iketango lokudla, futhi kunzima. Njengoba abathengisi bethola inzuzo enkulu, intengo yokuphila ibalulekile njengerayisi, ummbila nokolweni. Lapho kuhlasela isomiso, abantu abampofu abangasakwazi ukuzikhulisela ukudla ngenxa yokuntuleka kwamanzi, abakwazi futhi ukukuthenga. Futhi, ngabesifazane basemaphandleni, abamele iningi labalimi abasafufusa emhlabeni, abasatshiswa kakhulu yilezi zinqubomgomo.
Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukuwa kombuso kanye nezinqubomgomo zezomnotho ezixhaphazayo kuyizinkinga ezinkulu, kodwa zinezixazululo. Ukunqanda umjikelezo wesomiso kudinga ukuthi amazwe anezimboni ngokushesha futhi anciphise kakhulu ukukhishwa kwawo kwekhabhoni. Empeleni akunzima kunalokho ezinye zezikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe ezingathanda ukuba sikholwe. Kodwa ukuthuthukisa umnotho we-post-carbon kudinga ukubeka phambili ukusinda kwabantu kunenzuzo yebhizinisi yesikhashana.
Futhi ukuqinisekisa ukusinda kwemiphakathi yaseSomalia kuzodinga inqubo yokuthula esebenzayo, elalela futhi ehlanganisa amazwi abantu besifazane. Abesifazane banokumeleleka okuncane kuhulumeni wesikhashana waseSomalia noma etafuleni lezingxoxo. Nokho abesifazane sekuyisikhathi eside bedlala indima ebalulekile njengabadali bokuthula phakathi kwezizwe. Ngenxa yokuthi imindeni iyingxenye yokuhlela yomphakathi waseSomalia, futhi ikhombisa kokubili ubudlelwano bomndeni kanye nezepolitiki, ukubeka isikhungo indima yokudala ukuthula yabesifazane ezingeni likazwelonke kungaba ukhiye wenqubekelaphambili.
Okokugcina, sidinga izinqubomgomo eziqaphela ukudla njengelungelo lomuntu, hhayi nje impahla yokuthengwa nokudayiswa. Imithetho ebanzi yamalungelo abantu iyawusekela lo mbono futhi ohulumeni base-Nicaragua nabaseNingizimu Afrika, phakathi kokunye, bafake Ilungelo Lokudla kumithethosisekelo yabo.
I-Right to Food ibaluleke kakhulu kwabesifazane base-Afrika, abavame ukudla ekugcineni futhi okungenani lapho imindeni yabo ihlangene ukuze idle-kodwa abesifazane bakhula baze bafike ku-80% wokudla kwezwekazi. Laba besifazane balwela ukondla imiphakathi yabo ngomonakalo omubi wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nemikhuba yezomnotho engenabulungiswa. Abaningi bangabaphathi bezindlela ezisimeme zezolimo manje ezidinga ukuthuthukiswa futhi zishintshwe ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezinselele ezimbili zokondla abantu nokuvikela iplanethi.
U-Yifat Susskind unguMqondisi Omkhulu we-MADRE. I-MADRE isebenza nabesifazane base-Horn of Africa kanye nasemhlabeni wonke ukuze bathole izixazululo ezisimeme zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, udlame lwezepolitiki kanye nezinqubomgomo zezomnotho eziyingozi.
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