Jenni Williams

Jenni Williams
Williams na 2009
A mụrụ ya 1962 (afọ 61-62)  
Gwanda, Zimbabwe
Mba Zimbabwean
Ọrụ Onye na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ
Nhazi Ụmụ nwanyị nke Zimbabwe Na-ebilite
Onyinye International Women of Courage Award (2007) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (2009) Ginetta Sagan Fund prize (2012)

Jenni Williams (amụrụ 1962) bụ onye na-akwado ikike mmadụ na Zimbabwe na onye guzobere Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). Onye nkatọ ama ama nke gọọmentị President Robert Mugabe, nke The Guardian kọwara ya na 2009 dị ka "otu n'ime ogwu kachasị njọ n'akụkụ Mugabe.".[1]

Oge ọ malitere

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A mụrụ Williams na Gwanda, Zimbabwe, ma nne ya bụ Margaret Mary née McConville zụlitere ya, nwa nwanyị onye Irish nke si County Armagh kwaga ebe bụ Rhodesia mgbe ahụ.[1] Ọ ghọrọ onye na-achọ ọla edo wee lụọ Bahlezi Moyo sitere na ebo Matabele.[2] Nna Williams Irish sitere na Listowel, County Kerry.

Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, Williams hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị iji rụọ ọrụ ka nne ya wee nwee ike ịkwụ ụgwọ agụmakwụkwọ ụmụnne ya.[1][2] N'afọ 1994, nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye nwụrụ n'Ọrịa AIDS.[1]

Mgbalị

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Site na 1994 ruo 2002, ụlọ ọrụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze nke Williams nwere na onye isi ya nọchitere anya otu Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe. N'oge na-adịghị anya nke a wetara ụlọ ọrụ Williams na Mugabe esemokwu n'ihi amụma ya nke ijide ugbo ndị ọcha dị ka ihe ngbanwe ala.[1] Ka Mugabe gbachara ndị agha agha ume ka ha were ike weghara ugbo ndị ọcha nwere, Williams malitere ime mkpesa ihe ọ kọwara dị ka mmegide ikike mmadụ. O kwukwara na e nyere ndị ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị Mugabe ugbo kacha mma.[2] N'ime mkpagbu ndị uwe ojii kpatara, a manyere Williams imechi ụlọ ọrụ ya.[1]

N'afọ 2002, Williams ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị guzobere WOZA, otu ndị mmegide nke e guzobere n'ihi enweghị ihe ndị Zimbabwe na-eme megide gọọmentị Mugabe.[2] Nzukọ ahụ lekwasịrị anya na ngagharị iwe ọha na eze megide Mugabe, ma too ruo ndị otu 70,000 n'ime afọ ndị sochirinụ.[1] Williams na ndị isi WOZA ndị ọzọ setịpụrụ dị ka "iwu kadinal" na ndị isi ga-esonye na ngagharị iwe dị ize ndụ mgbe ụfọdụ yana ndị otu ọkwa: "Anyị agaghị agwa onye ọ bụla ka o mee ihe anyị na-achọghị ime onwe anyị".[2]

Ka ọ na-erule n'afọ 2008, gọọmentị Mugabe jidere Williams ugboro iri atọ na atọ maka omume ya na otu ahụ.[2] Mgbe otu n'ime njide ya na 2003, Amnesty International họpụtara ya dị ka Onye mkpọrọ nke akọ na uche.[3] Human Rights Watch katọkwara njide ugboro ugboro nke Williams na onye isi WOZA Magodonga Mahlangu, na-ekwu na gọọmentị Zimbabwe kwesịrị ịtọhapụ ụmụ nwanyị ma "ikwe ka ndị obodo nwee ikike igosipụta n'udo". [4] Mgbe e jidere ya ọzọ n'etiti afọ 2008, onye nnọchi anya US James D. McGee kpọrọ oku ka a tọhapụ ya, na-akọwa Williams dị ka "onye a ma ama nke a ga-anụ olu ya" na ebubo megide ya dị ka "ihe ihere".[5] E nyere ya mgbapụta n'ụbọchị na-esote.[6] N'afọ 2012, e jidere ya maka oge nke iri anọ na njem Ụbọchị Valentine nke WOZA kwa afọ, nke na-echeta ncheta afọ iri nke otu ahụ.[7]

Nkwado

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Jenni Williams, n'aka ekpe, na Magodonga Mahlangu, n'etiti, natara Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award site n'aka Onye isi ala United States Barack Obama, n' aka nri, na Nọvemba 23, 2009.

E nyere Williams onyinye International Women of Courage Award nke gọọmentị US na 2007 maka "inye ihe atụ nke obi ike na idu ndú site n'ịrụ ọrụ maka mgbanwe site n'ụzọ udo na nke na-enweghị ime ihe ike". Onye nyere onyinye ahụ bụ Odeakwụkwọ nke steeti Condoleezza Rice. Afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, e nyere Williams na onye isi WOZA Magodonga Mahlangu Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, nke Onye isi ala US Barack Obama nyere. N'ememe ahụ, Obama kwuru na ha abụọ "gosiri ụmụ nwanyị Woza na ndị Zimbabwe na ha nwere ike iji ike nke ha mebie ike ndị mmegbu ha - na ha nwere ikike nke onye ọchịchị aka ike", ma n'inye onyinye ahụ, ha susuru nwanyị ọ bụla ọnụ.[8]

N'ụbọchị ụmụ nwanyị nke mba ụwa n'afọ 2012, e nyere Williams ihe nrite Ginetta Sagan Fund nke Amnesty International, nke na-asọpụrụ ụmụ nwanyị "ndị na-arụ ọrụ iji chebe nnwere onwe na ndụ ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụaka n'ógbè ebe mmebi ikike mmadụ zuru ebe niile".[9] E nyere onyinye ahụ iji kwado ọrụ ya "ịkpali ma kụziere ụmụ nwanyị ịnakwere ma chọọ ikike mmadụ na nke obodo ha na Zimbabwe".[10] N'okpuru nchebe nke mmemme nna nna nke ndị omeiwu Germany maka ndị na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ, Marina Schuster anọwo na-eme ka a mara ọrụ Williams.

Ezinụlọ

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Williams lụrụ onye na-ahụ maka ọkụ eletrik, onye ya na ya nwere ụmụ atọ toro eto. Ụmụ nwoke abụọ Williams sooro nwanne ha nwanyị gaa United Kingdom n'etiti afọ 2000 na-esote egwu ịkpọrọ ụmụ ha gaa na ndị agha ntorobịa. Mgbe ọtụtụ oge gachara, di ya sooro ụmụaka ahụ pụọ na Zimbabwe. Williams nọgidere na Zimbabwe na-alụ ọgụ maka ikpe ziri ezi n'agbanyeghị mmegide gọọmentị na-arịwanye elu.[2] N'oge ezumike ya, Williams na-eme nchọpụta banyere osisi ezinụlọ ya na-ekpuchi ndị nna nna ya Irish na Matabele.

Ihe odide

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Elizabeth Day. "The woman who took on Mugabe", The Guardian, 9 May 2009. Retrieved on 9 June 2012. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "G2009" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dugger. "From Underground, Leading a March for Democracy", The New York Times, 17 October 2008. Retrieved on 9 June 2012. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "NYT2008" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Prisoner of conscience: Jenni Williams. Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Zimbabwe: End Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators. Human Rights Watch (28 October 2008). Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Jacobson. "US calls for Zimbabwe to free rights activists", USA Today, 2 July 2008. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Woza Leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlagu Released on Bail. Amnesty International (4 July 2008). Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Still Fighting Despite the Odds. Amnesty International (9 March 2012). Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Obama awards – and kisses – Zimbabwe women activists. BBC News (24 November 2009). Retrieved on 9 June 2012.
  9. ↑ The Ginetta Sagan Fund. Amnesty International (2011). Retrieved on 13 January 2012.
  10. ↑ Hager (26 March 2012). Celebrating a Fearless Human Rights Defender, Jenni Williams. Amnesty International. Retrieved on 9 June 2012.