"Pono mākou e ʻike iā mākou iho ma ke ʻāpana o ka hopena, ʻaʻole e like me nā wahine i mālama ʻia no ka moekolohe a i ʻole no ka lumi kuke," i ʻōlelo ka mea kākau a me ka mea hana keaka ʻo Queen Blessing Itua ma mua o kahi hanana kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēia Lāpule ma ka UN General Assembly Hall.
"Unity in Diversity: An Evening of Art and Hope with Nigerian Women" e hōʻike i nā huaʻōlelo mai kā Ms. Itua puke "We are the Blessings of Africa," a me nā monologue hoʻi mai Ifeoma Fafunwa's HEAR HUA! a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Nadine Ibrahim “Tolu” a me “Ma o kāna mau maka.”
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hanana e UN WOMEN, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) a me ka Misiona Nigeria i ka UN, me nā hoa ʻē aʻe.
“He ʻāina ʻokoʻa ʻo ʻApelika, waiwai me nā ʻāina ʻokoʻa a me nā moʻomeheu ʻokoʻa, a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. He kālena ko ʻApelika - nā kāne a me nā wahine, "wahi a Ms. Itua. "Ke nānā nā kāne ma ʻApelika i nā wahine, mālama ʻia nā wahine ma ka lumi kuke wale nō a ma ka home paha. No laila, pono e hoʻololi i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e hiki i nā wahine ke lilo i agena ikaika o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, a laila hiki iā lākou ke kākoʻo a hoʻoikaika i nā wahine.
"Inā maopopo i nā wahine he kuleana koʻikoʻi kā lākou e hana ai, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he wahine a wahine paha ma ka home, hāpai pū lākou i ka hana noʻonoʻo me nā kāne a lana ka manaʻo e hoʻolālā e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ko mākou ʻāina makuahine," hoʻomau ʻo Ms. Itua .
Hānau ʻia ma Nigeria a noho i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms. Itua makemake ʻo ia e hana i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ka leo i nā wahine i loaʻa ʻole kahi pae e ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā pilikia kaiaulu, ʻo nā wahine kūwaho hoʻi.
ʻO kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou loa, ʻo Mrs. Adams, - e hoʻomaka mua ʻia i ka wā o ke Komisina no ke kūlana o nā wahine i kēia pule aʻe - e ukali nei i nā ala hele kanaka ma Nigeria a me ʻEulopa. He ʻōlelo ia ʻaʻole wale e pili ana i ka hana hoʻomāinoino i nā wahine a me ka hana ʻino, akā e hōʻike pū i nā kumu waiwai i koho ai ka poʻe e neʻe i ka mua - e hoʻololi i kekahi o nā kuhi hewa e pili ana i nā hana hana exploitative, ka hana ikaika a me ka smuggling.
Noʻu iho ka pilikia, wahi a Ms. Itua. Ua hele mai ʻo ia mai ka mokuʻāina ʻo Edo, ka mea nāna i hoʻolauna i kahi kikowaena waiwai e neʻe nei, a ua hōʻike ʻia i ka nānā ʻana ma hope o nā hōʻike o nā poʻe Nīiana mai kēlā wahi i kūʻai ʻia aku i nā mākeke kauā hou i Libya.
"Ma ke ʻano he wahine ʻApelika, manaʻo wau ʻo kaʻu pahuhopu ka hana pū ʻana me nā wahine ʻē aʻe i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻike. ʻOi aku ko mākou ikaika. Ke hana pū nei i mea e ʻoi aku ai ka ikaika e hoʻololi i ka moʻolelo e puka mai ana mai ʻApelika, "wahi a Ms. Itua.
E hui pū ʻia me ia i kēia Lāpule e Nadine Ibrahim, he 24 ona makahiki, nona ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma o kāna mau maka e ukali nei i ka paio kūloko o kahi wahine hoʻopomake wahine 12 mau makahiki ma ka ʻākau o Nigeria.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms. Ibrahim, he Muslim ia, makemake ʻo ia i ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo i ka moʻomeheu waiwai a nani e hoʻopuni ana i nā wahine, Islam a me ka ʻākau hikina o Nigeria.
Ua kiʻi ʻia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni me ka palekana ma kahi a ma hope o ka huki ʻana o ka makuahine o ka wahine kumu i ke kaikamahine mai ke kiʻi no ka makaʻu i ka palekana.
ʻO ka hanana o ka pō Sābati e hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Ifeoma Fafunwa, nona ke keʻena e hoʻokani nei "HEAR WORD! ʻO Naija Women Talk True "he hōʻuluʻulu o nā monologue e pili ana i nā moʻolelo o ke ola maoli o nā wahine ʻo Nigeria e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka nohona kanaka, ka moʻomeheu a me nā politika i ka ʻāina.
Kuhi kahi laina mai ka pāʻani: “He kuleana koʻikoʻi koʻu i ka loli o koʻu lāhui. He ikaika wau, he ʻale kolohe, a ʻaʻole au e hūnā. ʻAʻole koʻu hopena na ʻoe e hoʻoholo. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It is meant to be a statement not just about brutalization of women and sexual violence, but also highlight the economic reasons that people choose to migrate in the first place – to change some of the misinterpretations about exploitative work practices, forced labour and smuggling.
- "Pono mākou e ʻike iā mākou iho ma ke ʻāpana o ka hopena, ʻaʻole e like me nā wahine i mālama ʻia no ka moekolohe a i ʻole no ka lumi kuke," i ʻōlelo ka mea kākau a me ka mea hana keaka ʻo Queen Blessing Itua ma mua o kahi hanana kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēia Lāpule ma ka UN General Assembly Hall.
- “If women understand that they have a critical role to play, they do not see themselves as just wives or women at home, they also raise up into mental engagement with the men and hopefully strategize about developing our Mother Land,” Ms.
