Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 12, 2021
Mu 2002, magulu azimayi aku US adatumiza kalata yolumikizana kwa Purezidenti wa nthawiyo a George W. Bush kuti athandizire nkhondo yaku Afghanistan kuti ipindule ndi azimayi. Gloria Steinem (yemwe kale anali CIA), Eve Ensler, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, ndi ena ambiri adasaina. National Organisation for Women, Hillary Clinton, ndi Madeline Albright adathandizira nkhondoyi.
Zaka zambiri kukhala nkhondo yowopsa yomwe sinapindulitse akazi, ndipo idapha, kuvulaza, kuvutitsa, ndikupangitsa azimayi ambiri opanda pokhala, ngakhale Amnesty International idalimbikitsanso nkhondo ya akazi.
Ngakhale zaka 20 izi pambuyo pake, ndikuwunika koyenera, zowunikira zomwe zikupezeka mosavuta munkhondo zingapo "zowopsa," bungwe la National Organisation for Women ndi magulu ndi anthu ena akuthandizira kupititsa patsogolo kulembetsa azimayi kudzera ku US Congress poti ndi Ufulu wachikazi kukakamizidwa chimodzimodzi motsutsana ndi chifuniro chakupha ndi kufera CEO wa Lockheed Martin.
Buku latsopano la Rafia Zakaria, Kulimbana ndi Akazi Oyera. Zokambirana zilizonse, zandale kapena zina, zimakhudzidwa ndi tsankho pagulu lodzala ndi tsankho. Koma Zakaria akutiwonetsa momwe zopindulitsa zachikazi nthawi zina zakhala zikuvutira anthu omwe si "azungu". Britain ikakhala ndi ufumu, azimayi ena aku Britain amatha kupeza ufulu watsopano popita kunja kwa Dziko lawo ndikuthandizira kugonjera mbadwa. US italandira ufumu, zidatheka kuti azimayi apeze mphamvu zatsopano, ulemu, ndi kutchuka polimbikitsa.
Monga Zakaria akufotokozera, mu kanema waku Hollywood wothandizidwa ndi CIA Zero Mdima wa makumi atatu, protagonist wamkazi (kutengera munthu weniweni) amalandira ulemu kuchokera kwa anthu ena, kuwombera m'manja kwa omvera omwe Zakariya adaziwonera, ndipo pambuyo pake ndi Best Actress Academy Award pothetsa amuna, powonetsa wamkulu kufunitsitsa kuzunza. "Ngati azimayi achizungu aku America azaka zam'ma 1960 komanso nthawi ya Vietnam amalimbikitsa kuti nkhondo ithe," alemba Zakaria, "azimayi achimereka achimereka azaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi omwe anali atangobadwa kumene anali onse omenya nawo nkhondo limodzi ndi anyamata."
Buku la Zakaria limatsegulidwa ndi mbiri yakale yokhudza zomwe zidachitika pamalo omwera vinyo ndi azimayi achizungu (kapena azimayi azungu omwe amawaganizira kuti ndi akazi achizungu - kutanthauza, osati azimayi okhawo omwe ndi azungu, koma azimayi omwe amapatsa mwayi malingaliro azimayi azungu ndipo mwina maboma aku Western kapena asitikali osachepera). Zakaria amafunsidwa za komwe anakulira ndi azimayiwa ndipo akukana kuyankha ndi chidziwitso chomwe zamuphunzitsa sichingalandiridwe bwino.
Zakaria akhumudwitsidwa ndimayankho omwe akuganiza kuti akaziwa akanakhala nawo atawauza zinthu zomwe sananene. Zakaria alemba kuti akudziwa kuti wagonjetsa zambiri m'moyo wake kuposa akazi ena onsewa mu mowa, ngakhale zikuwoneka kuti amadziwa zochepa za iwo monga iwonso. Pambuyo pake m'bukuli, patsamba 175, Zakaria akuwonetsa kuti kufunsa wina momwe angatchulire dzina lake ndichabodza, koma patsamba 176 akutiuza kuti kulephera kugwiritsa ntchito dzina lolondola la munthu wina ndizokwiyitsa kwambiri. Zambiri mwabukuli zimadzudzula kusankhana pakati pa ukazi pogwiritsa ntchito zitsanzo zam'zaka zapitazi. Ndikuwona zambiri za izi zikuwoneka ngati zopanda chilungamo kwa wowerenga woteteza - mwina wowerenga akuganiza kuti anali mgulu la vinyo usiku womwewo.
Koma bukuli silinena za tsankho lazaka zapitazo zachikazi pazokha. Potero, imawunikira kusanthula kwake kwamavuto omwe amapezeka mchikazi lero. Komanso silimalimbikitsa kumvera mawu ena chifukwa chongotengera kusiyanasiyana, koma chifukwa mawu enawo ali ndi malingaliro, chidziwitso, ndi nzeru. Amayi omwe adalimbana ndi maukwati omwe adakonzekera komanso umphawi komanso kusankhana mitundu atha kukhala ndi chidziwitso chazimayi komanso kupilira komwe kumatha kuyamikiridwa monga kuwukira ntchito kapena kumasulidwa kwakugonana.
Buku la Zakaria limafotokoza zokumana nazo zake, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kuyitanidwa kumisonkhano monga mayi waku Pakistani-America yemwe ayenera kuwonetsedwa kuposa kumvera, ndikudzudzulidwa chifukwa chosavala "zovala zakubadwa". Koma amaganizira kwambiri za malingaliro achikazi omwe amawona Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, komanso azimayi azungu otsogola omwe akutsogolera. Zotsatira zenizeni zakuganiza mopanda tanthauzo sizovuta kupeza. Zakaria amapereka zitsanzo zosiyanasiyana zamapulogalamu othandizira omwe samangolipira mabungwe kumayiko olemera koma amapereka zinthu ndi ntchito zomwe sizithandiza amayi omwe akuyenera kupindula, komanso omwe sanafunsidwe ngati akufuna chitofu kapena nkhuku kapena china chilichonse konzekerani mwachangu komwe kumapewa mphamvu zandale, kuwona chilichonse chomwe azimayi akuchita pano ngati osagwira ntchito, ndipo chimagwira ntchito posazindikira konse zomwe zingapindulitse mkazi kapena mayi mderalo.
Zomwe zinayambika pa nkhondo yowononga ku Afghanistan kuyambira pachiyambi panali pulogalamu ya USAID yotchedwa PROMOTE kuthandiza azimayi aku 75,000 aku Afghanistan (pomwe akuwaphulitsa). Pulogalamuyo idatha kugwiritsa ntchito ziwerengero zake kuti anene kuti mayi aliyense amene adalankhula naye "adapindula" kaya anali ndi, mukudziwa, adapindula, ndikuti azimayi 20 mwa 3,000 omwe adathandizidwa kupeza ntchito adzakhala "wopambana" - komabe ngakhale cholinga cha 20 sichinakwaniritsidwe kwenikweni.
Malipoti azofalitsa nkhani apititsa patsogolo miyambo yakale yolola azungu kuyankhulira ena, kuwonetsa ndi kuphwanya zinsinsi za azimayi omwe si azungu m'njira zosaloledwa ndi azungu, kutchula mayina azungu ndikusiya ena opanda mayina, komanso kupewa lingaliro lililonse lazomwe iwo akuganizirabe monga mbadwa angafune kapena mwina akuchita kuti adzipezere okha.
Ndikulangiza kwambiri bukuli, koma sindikutsimikiza kuti ndiyenera kuti ndiyambe kulemba bukhuli. Amuna kulibe kupezeka m'bukuli ndipo m'mafotokozedwe aliwonse omwe ali okhulupilira akazi. Chikazi chachikazi m'buku lino ndi cha, ndi cha akazi - chomwe mwachidziwikire ndi mamailosi miliyoni makamaka amuna amalankhulira akazi. Koma ndimadabwa ngati siziphatikizira mchitidwe wolimbikitsa ufulu wakudzikonda, womwe azungu ena achikazi amawoneka kuti amautanthauzira ngati wolimbikitsa zofuna zazing'ono za azungu. Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti amuna ndi omwe ali ndi mlandu waukulu pakuchitira nkhanza akazi komanso kuwachitira nkhanza komanso makamaka kufunikira kwachikazi monga akazi. Koma, ndikuganiza, ndine bambo, kotero ndimatha kuganiza izi, sichoncho?
