Ifrah Ahmed

Ifrah Ahmed
TitleUnited Youth of Ireland/ Ifrah Foundation

Ifrah Ahmed (Somali: Ifraax Axmed, Arabic: إفراح أحمد) bụ onye na-akwado ọha na eze Somalia-Irish. Ọ bụ onye guzobere otu United Youth of Ireland na-abụghị gọọmentị na Ifrah Foundation.

Akụkọ ndụ

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A mụrụ Ifrah Ahmed na Mogadishu, Somalia na 1989. Mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ, Ahmed mere ibi úgwù n'aka onye òtù ezinụlọ bụ onye dọkịta nyere ikike.[1] Ọ bụ n'oge agha Etiopia ka Ahmed siri na Somalia gbaga Ireland mgbe ọ dị afọ 17. Ọ gbanahụrụ ndị na-azụ ahịa ihe wee nye ya ọkwa ịgba ọsọ ndụ na Ireland na 2006.

Mgbe ọ bịarutere, Ahmed gara nyocha ahụike iwu kwadoro ebe ndị ọrụ ahụike siri ọnwụ na ha ga-eme ihe gbasara papa. N'ikwu obere Bekee n'oge ahụ, Ahmed gbalịrị ịgwa ndị ọrụ ahụike ọnọdụ ya, bụ ndị tupu ụbọchị ahụ emeghị ihe ọ bụla gbasara Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). N'oge ahụ, mgbe ọ na-ebi n'etiti ndị ọzọ gbara ọsọ ndụ n'ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ, Ahmed chetara mmerụ ahụ o nwere n'oge gara aga metụtara FGM mgbe ọ jụrụ ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọzọ banyere ahụmịhe ha.[1] Ahmed wụrụ akpata oyi n'ahụ mgbe ọ ghọtara na FGM abụghị ihe a na-emekarị na Ireland, ebe ọ bụ na ọ dị mma na Somalia.[2] Nke a mere ka ọ laghachi n'ụlọ akwụkwọ iji gbasaa agụmakwụkwọ ya ka o wee nwee ike ikwu okwu n'ihu ọha ma dozie nsogbu nke FGM.[1] N'ime afọ ndị sochirinụ, Ifrah Ahmed ga-abụ nwanyị mbụ na-akọrọ ọha na eze akaebe ya banyere ịnwe mmerụ ahụ nwanyị.[3]

Ntọala Ifrah

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Ahmed guzobere United Youth of Ireland (2010), otu NGO maka ndị na-eto eto si mba ọzọ, na Ifrah Foundation, nke raara onwe ya nye iwepụ akụkụ ahụ nwanyị (FGM). [4]

Ntọala Ifrah bụ ọrụ ebere edebanyere aha na Ireland na Somalia. Site na Ahmed's Foundation, ọ na-aga n'ihu na-akwado mkpochapụ nke FGM na obodo ya Somalia. Ọrụ ya gụnyere ịkwalite mmata site na ịmepụta ọdịnaya mgbasa ozi iji mee ka mmetụta ọjọọ nke FGM pụta ìhè. N'ọnwa Julaị 2018, na mmekorita ya na Global Media Campaign iji kwụsị FGM, Ahmed mepụtara ihe ngosi dị mkpirikpi banyere ọnwụ nwa agbọghọ dị afọ 10 n'ihi nsogbu sitere na FGM. Ntọala Ifrah esorola ndị NGO mba ụwa rụkọọ ọrụ na-emetụta ya, ma soro ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị nwee mmekọrịta dị mma na iwu na iwu.

Ọhụụ ntọala ahụ bụ nke "ịhapụ kpamkpam nke FGM na Somalia na mpi nke Africa". [5] Na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ha, ha na-ekwu na a ga-enweta nke a site na "mmekọrịta na-adịgide adịgide na Gọọmentị na ndị mmekọ atụmatụ, na mpaghara dị mkpa nke ọrụ: Nkwado, Nkwado na Nkwado Obodo".[the][6] Ntọala ahụ ejikọtala na ọtụtụ ọrụ iji nye nsonaazụ dị ịrịba ama na NGO mba ụwa na East Africa dị ka Amnesty International, UNICEF, na UNFPA, ma nwee ọtụtụ mmekọrịta siri ike, atụmatụ na ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị na iwu na iwu. Ha arụwo ọrụ na ọkwa ndị ozi, ya na ndị isi okpukpe, ndị ọkachamara mgbasa ozi mba ụwa, na òtù ndị nkịtị iji kwalite ikike na agụmakwụkwọ obodo.[7]

Ndị Ntorobịa United nke Ireland

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Ndị United Youth of Ireland na-abụghị gọọmentị na-enye nkwado maka ndị na-eto eto na-akwaga mba ọzọ na azụmahịa ha, nka na ihe okike.[4] Ebumnuche ya bụ "izu ohi n'obi ndị na-eto eto".

Ụgwọ e ji egbu nwanyị

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N'afọ 2001, gọọmentị Ireland wepụtara iwu iji machibido FGM iwu na mba ahụ, mana gọọmentị emebeghị ihe ọ bụla, na-eduga Ahmed n'ịga n'ihu ma mee mgbanwe. Ya na United Youth of Ireland, ọ malitere asọmpi ịma mma a na-akpọ Ms. Ethnic Ireland, asọmpi iji mee emume dị iche iche, mee ka a mara banyere FGM, [1] ma dozie nsogbu ndị mbịarambịa nwere na itinye aka na omenala Irish. Ahmed nwetara mmeghachi omume site n'aka ndị obodo Somalia ka na-akwado omume ahụ, mana ọ nọgidere na-ekwu okwu.[2] N'otu afọ ahụ, Ahmed gara n'ihu n'ọgụ ahụ site n'ịmepụta Ifrah Foundation, otu na-emegide FGM.[1] Site n'ọrụ ya na enyemaka nke Labour TD Joe Costello, Ahmed nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ime ka a machibido FGM iwu na Ireland na 2012.[6]

Na Somalia

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Ahmed emeela FGM na mba ya Somalia. Onye bụbu minista Somalia nke ụmụ nwanyị na ikike mmadụ zutere Ahmed mgbe ọ nọ na nzukọ na European Union, wee gwa Ahmed ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na Ministrị nke ụmụ nwanyị iji mepụta mmemme ndị ruuru ụmụaka, gụnyere nkwado nke igbupụ akụkụ ahụ nwanyị. Ndị Minista nke Ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọzọ kwadoro Ahmed. Site na nkwado nke ụmụ nwanyị ndị a na ndị minista gọọmentị ndị ọzọ, o nwere ike ịkwalite mgbochi nke FGM kpọmkwem na obodo na ndị isi okpukpe. N'ịbụ onye Amison na Mahadum Mogadishu kwadoro, Ahmed duziri mgbakọ na nnọkọ iji nye agụmakwụkwọ na mmata.[8] Ahmed bụ ugbu a onye nhazi nwoke na nwanyị n'aha gọọmentị Somalia, na onye ndụmọdụ nwoke na nwanyị nye onye isi ala Somalia. Tinyere nke ahụ, Ahmed bụkwa onye ndụmọdụ Human Rights na gọọmentị Somalia. [6] Ifrah malitere nyocha zuru oke nke ọnwa iri na asatọ banyere ọnọdụ nke FGM na Somalia ma dee usoro maka National Action Plan FGM na Somali. [6] Site na nkwado ọha na eze nke praịm minista ahụ, onye gara mee iwu iji kwụsị omume ahụ, ìgwè enyemaka dị n'ala na Somalia nwere ike iso Ifrah Foundation na gọọmentị rụkọọ ọrụ iji mezuo mmemme ịhapụ FGM na mba niile.[8] Ahmed hazikwara Global Media Campaign Media Training Academy na Mogadishu . [6]

N'afọ 2016, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye ndụmọdụ nwoke na nwanyị nye praịm minista Somalia [9]

Ọrụ ndị ọzọ

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Tụkwasị na nke a, Ahmed etinyela aka n'ịhazi ihe omume dị iche iche, ogbako, nchịkọta ego na nzukọ ọmụmụ ihe. [4] N'afọ 2014, ọ bụkwa onye ọbịa na-ekwu okwu na nkwado nke ihe ngosi Girl Rising nke Richard E. Robbins. Ihe ngosi ahụ bụ akụkụ nke Development Film Series nke emere na Mahadum College Dublin . [10]

Nkọwa mgbasa ozi

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Ihe omuma banyere Ahmed, Nwata nwanyi si Mogadishu, nke Aja Naomi King na Barkhad Abdi na-emeputa, na-agbapụ na Ireland na Morocco ma malite na Edinburgh Film Festival na Scotland.[11][12]

Ọ bụ usoro siri ike imeghe ma kesaa nkọwa gbasara ndụ ya na akụkọ ya na onye isi ihe nkiri ahụ, Mary McGuckian, na onye na-ede edemede, na mgbe e mesịrị, na ụwa. Mana Ahmed chọrọ ka ndị ọzọ tara ahụhụ site na FGM ka ha ghara ịnọ naanị ha mgbe ha nwesịrị ihe nkiri ahụ.[1] Ahmed mekwara akwụkwọ akụkọ dị mkpirikpi sochiri akụkọ otu nwata nwanyị dị afọ iri, Deequq, bụ onye gbara ọbara n'ihi igbu ya n'ihi FGM nke ya. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe akụkọ ahụ gasịrị, ndị nne na nna ndị ọzọ malitere ịkpọrọ ụmụ ha nwanyị gaa n'ụlọ ọgwụ mgbe e bepụsịrị ha iji gbochie otu ahụmahụ jọgburu onwe ya. Ahmed n'onwe ya nyere aka n'ịkwado nlekọta ahụike nke ọtụtụ n'ime ụmụ agbọghọ ndị a ma nwee ike ịzọpụta ụmụ agbọghọ iri abụọ na ọbara ọgbụgba.[1] Ihe ndekọ zuru ụwa ọnụ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ a nyere aka duzie Attorney General nke Somalia ime akwụkwọ ikpe mbụ nke mba ahụ gbasara FGM..[6]

  • N'afọ 2015, Ifra ritere ihe nrite Humanitarian of the Year site na Women4Africa Award . [13]
  • N'afọ 2018, e nyere ya onyinye People of the Year maka ọrụ ya. [14]

Ihe odide

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hitching (4 February 2020). Cry Power Episode 7: FGM Survivor Ifrah Ahmed on How She Changed the Law in Ireland (en). Global Citizen. Retrieved on 2020-04-11. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ifrah Ahmed: The Woman Behind the Ifrah Foundation (en-US). BORGEN (2020-03-06). Retrieved on 2020-04-11. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Home | Ifrah Foundation Acts to End FGM (en). ifrahfoundation-v2. Retrieved on 2020-04-11.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ifrah Ahmed, campaigner. Because I am a Girl. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved on 24 April 2014. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Iac" defined multiple times with different content
  5. Ferguson. How Ifrah Ahmed, the girl from Mogadishu, took her FGM story to the world.. The Guardian.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Ifrah Foundation. About Ifrah Foundation.. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":2" defined multiple times with different content
  7. Ifrah Ahmed — (en-GB). www.herstory.ie. Retrieved on 2020-04-11.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Ahmed. "Ifrah Ahmed: helping Somalia's government end FGM", The Guardian, 2016-05-27. Retrieved on 2020-04-11. (in en-GB)
  9. McTeirnan. "Woman who sought asylum in Ireland to advise Somali PM", The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2019-02-18. (in en)
  10. Documentary - Girl Rising - Guest Speaker: Ifrah Ahmed. UCD Student Centre. Retrieved on 24 April 2014.
  11. McNary (October 25, 2017). 'How to Get Away With Murder's' Aja Naomi King to Star in 'A Girl From Mogadishu'. Variety. Retrieved on March 2, 2018.
  12. Tartaglione (October 25, 2017). 'A Girl From Mogadishu': Aja Naomi King Leads Female Empowerment Story – AFM. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved on March 2, 2018.
  13. Writer. "Somali national wins Humanitarian of the Year Award in London - SomTribune", SomTribune, 2015-05-10. Retrieved on 2023-01-22. (in en-GB)
  14. Freyne. "People of the Year awards honour Irish 'ledgebags' of the year", The Irish Times, 15 April 2018. Retrieved on 16 April 2018.