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NgoMashi 23, 2020, njengoba i-Covid 19 idlula umhlaba, uNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres wancenga ukuthula: โEmaqenjini alwayo: Susani impi. Zithule izibhamu; misa izikhali; aqede ukuhlasela kwezindizaโฆPhelisa ukugula kwempi futhi ulwe nesifo esicekela phansi umhlaba wethu. Iqala ngokumisa ukulwa yonke indawo. Manje. Yilokho umkhaya wethu wabantu okudingayo, manje kunanini ngaphambili.โ
Emasontweni amabili kamuva, ethuswa ukwanda kodlame olubhekiswe kwabesilisa emhlabeni wonke, waphinde wanxusa ukuthula: โUkuthula akukhona nje ukungabibikho kwempi. Abesifazane abaningi abavalelwe i-Covid 19 babhekana nodlame lapho kufanele baphephe khona kakhulu: emakhaya abo. Namuhla ngicela ukuthula emakhaya emhlabeni wonke. Nginxusa bonke ohulumeni ukuthi babeke ukuphepha kwabesifazane phambili njengoba besabela kulolu bhubhane.โ
Kuzo zonke izifunda zomhlaba, ukuhlukunyezwa kwebhethri nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwabesifazane namantombazane ahlala bodwa ekhaya kwanda ngokusabalala kwe-coronavirus. Imibiko evela esifundazweni saseChina iHubei iveze ukuthi udlame lwasekhaya kathathu phakathi noFebhuwari 2020 uma kuqhathaniswa noFebhuwari 2019. E-France udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane lukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-30 ngemva kokuqalisa ukuvalwa kwe-lockdown ngoMashi 17; e-Argentina, ngamaphesenti angama-25; futhi eSingapore, ama-33%. Ubhubhane lokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwabesifazane namantombazane lulandela ubhubhane lweCovid-19 lapho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-UN Women uPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka akubiza ngokuthi โubhubhane. isiphepho esiphelele ngobaโฆukuziphatha okunodlame ngemuva kweminyango evaliwe.โ Ekupheleni kukaMeyi 2020, cishe 250 abayizigidi ezingu abesifazane namantombazane babike ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi noma ngokomzimba nguphathina abasondelene naye, inani elikhulu kakhulu kunalabo abangenwe yileli gciwane.
"Hlala Uphephile - Hlala Ekhaya" ingesinye sezinyathelo ezibalulekile zezempilo zomphakathi ekuqukethe igciwane le-Covid. Nokho ikhaya liyindawo eyingozi nengaphephile kulabo besifazane oyedwa kwabathathu emhlabeni wonke abahlukunyezwa ngokomzimba kanye/noma ngokocansi empilweni yabo yonke, bridge ngowesilisa oyisihlobo noma umlingani osondelene naye ekhaya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abalingani abasondelene bayazinikela ingxenye eyodwa ukubulawa kwabesifazane - ukubulawa kwabesifazane ngoba bangabantu besifazane - emhlabeni wonke. Isikole, indawo yokusebenza ngaphandle, noma yikuphi iphephile kunekhaya labesifazane namantombazane asengozini yodlame lwasekhaya.
Ilinganiselwa ku-1.6 bhiliyoni izingane emhlabeni ezilahlekelwe yimfundo yasesikoleni ngenxa ye-Covid-19, kanti eziningi emazweni asathuthuka zintula inzuzo yemfundo ye-inthanethi ekhaya. Emantombazaneni, lokhu kuphazamiseka kungase kube yingozi nakakhulu, kube nobudlova futhi kunciphise ukuphila. Izikole okuhlalwa kuzo eTanzania zisindise amantombazane ekucwiyweni kwabesifazane (FGM) kwaze kwaba yilapho uCovid ebabuyisela ekhaya. Ngokusho kwe-NGO Terre des Hommes, ephethe indlu ephephile yamantombazane, "Umphakathi usebenzise lesi simo se-Covid-19 futhi lapho izingane sezibuyele emakhaya, ukusika amantombazane abo. Bayazi ukuthi kuphambene nomthetho kodwa abesabi.โ
Ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-Ebola ka-2014-2016 e-Afrika, izingane eziningi zazingafundi emakhaya, ikakhulukazi amantombazane, ngokusho kuka-Eric Hazard weSave the Children. โKuphelile Amantombazane e-11,000 wakhulelwa,โ ngenxa yobudlova nokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili.
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi okufanayo kuyenzeka manje ngobhubhane lwethu lwamanje, iyiphi indlela yokunakekelwa kwezempilo abesifazane namantombazane abanayo? Abanye ohulumeni ku-Covid Lockdown akazange ahlukanise impilo yocansi kanye nokuzala - yokukhulelwa, ukubeletha, ukukhipha isisu kanye nokulawula ukuzalwa - njengento ebalulekile, okuphoqa izikhungo zezempilo ukuthi zivalwe. Endabeni yaseNdiya baphinde bahlelelwa i-Covid. Umqondisi we-UN Population Fund uNatalia Kanen ubiza umphumela we-Covid 19 kwabesifazane namantombazane "elibhubhisayo,โ ngezilinganiso zokukhulelwa okungahlosiwe okuyizigidi ezingu-7 emhlabeni wonke kanye nokungenzeka kube nezinkulungwane zokufa ngenxa yezinkinga zokuzalwa nokukhishwa kwezisu okungaphephile.
Kuthiwani ngesimo sase-United States? Amazinga obugebengu kwafaka emadolobheni nasezifundeni kulo lonke elase-US engxenyeni yesibili kaMashi - ngaphandle kokukodwa, ezifuywayo udlame - njengoba ama-oda ayimpoqo wokuhlala ekhaya ashukumisela izigidi zezakhamizi ukuthi zihlale ezindlini zazo. Izingcingo zezisulu zodlame lwasekhaya zikhuphuke phakathi kuka-10% no-30%, ngokusho kokuhlaziywa kwedatha yobugebengu eshicilelwe yizikhungo zokugcinwa komthetho ezingama-53 ezifundazweni eziyishumi nambili.
Okunye futhi okucashile ucwaningo luthole ukuthi ubugebengu obehlile buncane kakhulu, ubugebengu beqembu lontanga obufana nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla, ukweba izimoto kanye nama-DUI. Amacala abucayi okubulala kanye nokuhlasela okubi kakhulu awashintshile. Udlame lozakwethu kuphela olunyukile.
Futhi kuthiwani ngesiphetho semitholampilo yezempilo yokuzala yabesifazane? Izifunda eziyishumi nambili ngokushesha ivinjelwe noma ivinjiwe izinsiza zokuhushula izisu ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-Covid 19, zithethelela izenzo zabo ngokuchaza izinsizakalo zokuhushula izisu njengenkonzo yezempilo engabalulekile. Abaningi bavikele izenzo zabo ngaphansi kwe-aegis of conserving personal protective equipment (PPE). Ziphendula izinhlangano zezokwelapha eziphambili, phakathi kwazo i-American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, zakhipha isitatimende esidlangalaleni esichaza ukukhipha isisu โnjengengxenye ebalulekile yokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuphelele.โ
Ekugcineni lokhu kuvinjelwa kwahoxiswa, ngemva kokuphonselwa inselelo okuyimpumelelo kwenkantolo noma isinyathelo sokuphatha sombuso. Nokho, ngesikhathi lokhu kuthatha, imitholampilo eminingi yokuzala yavalwa ngezizathu zezimali; futhi imiphumela yabesifazane namantombazane adinga ukuhushula izisu, ngaphambi kokuba kuqedwe ukuvinjelwa, akwaziwa.
Kodwa, ukuqeda umyalo othi Hlala Ekhaya ngeke kuqede udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane. Ngokwesilinganiso, okungenani munye kokuthathu abesifazane e-US bayashaywa, baphoqwe ukuba baye ocansini noma bahlukunyezwe umlingani wabo osondelene phakathi nokuphila kwakhe.
Bangaphezu koyedwa kwabathathu abesifazane abahlale besaba ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ngokusho kwentsha umbiko kusuka eGallup,
Udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane โluvame kakhulu kodwa okungenani bajeziswe ubugebengu emhlabeni,โ ngokwe-UN; futhi kuyisithiyo esiyinhlekelele sokuzuza ukulingana kwabesifazane emhlabeni wonke.
Njengobandlululo oluhlelekile, kufanele njengomphakathi sivumbulule futhi siqede izimpande zodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane: okungukuthi ukungalingani kobulili, isiko lokudlwengula kanye nokwehluleka ukuphatha udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane njengecala elibi.
Ukuthula emhlabeni kuqala ngokuthula ekhaya. Izinga lokulingana abesifazane abanalo emindenini yabo nasemphakathini wabo ubikezela okungcono kakhulu izwe labo linokuthula noma ligcwele izingxabano.
UPatricia Hynes, uProfessor osethathe umhlalaphansi Wezempilo Yezemvelo, uqondisa iTraprock Center for Peace and Justice entshonalanga yeMassachusetts. https://traprock.org.
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