Efua Dorkenoo

 

Efua Dorkenoo
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Cape Coast, 6 Satumba 1949
ƙasa	Ghana
Mutuwa	Landan, 18 Oktoba 2014
Yanayin mutuwa	Sababi na ainihi (sankara)
Karatu
Makaranta	Wesley Girls' Senior High School
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa, marubuci da Mai kare ƴancin ɗan'adam
Kyaututtuka	gani OBE BBC 100 Women  (2013)

Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 Satumba 1949 - 18 Oktoba 2014), wadda aka fi sani da "Mama Efua", yar Ghana ce mai fafutukar yaki da kaciyar mata (FGM) wadda ta jagoranci yunkurin duniya don kawo karshen wannan al'ada kuma tayi aiki a duniya fiye da shekaru 30 don magance matsalar rashin fahimtar gwamnati. duniya."

Shekarun farko

An haife ta a Cape Coast, Ghana, inda ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta 'yan mata ta Wesley . Ta koma Landan tana da shekaru 19 don yin karatun aikin jinya, kuma daga ƙarshe ta sami digiri na biyu a Makarantar Tsabtace & Magungunan Tropical na London da haɗin gwiwar bincike a Jami'ar City London . Ta kasance ma'aikaciyar jinya a asibitoci daban-daban, ciki har da Royal Free, kuma a lokacin horo a matsayin ungozoma ne ta fahimci tasirin FGM a rayuwar mata.

Aikin yakin neman zabe

Ta shiga Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Ƙasa kuma ta yi tafiya zuwa sassa daban-daban na Afirka don tattara bayanai game da abin da ke ɗaya daga cikin rahotanni na farko da aka buga game da FGM a cikin 1980. A shekara ta 1983 ta kafa Gidauniyar Kula da Lafiya, Bincike da Ci Gaban Mata (FORWARD), wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Burtaniya da ke tallafawa mata da suka fuskanci kaciya kuma suna ƙoƙarin kawar da aikin. Ta fara aiki tare da Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) a 1995 kuma ta kasance mukaddashin darakta na kiwon lafiyar mata a can har zuwa shekara ta 2001. Ta kasance Daraktan Advocacy kuma, daga baya, Babban Mai ba da shawara kan FGM don Daidaitawa Yanzu (kungiyar kare hakkin dan adam ta duniya). Ta kasance abokiyar kusa da Alice Walker, tana ba da shawara kuma an nuna ta a cikin fim din Warrior Marks (1993) wanda Walker da Pratibha Parmar suka yi da kuma Gloria Steinem, wanda ya rubuta gabatarwa ga littafin Dorkenoo na 1994 Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation .

Daraja da karbuwa

A shekara ta 1994, an nada Dorkenoo a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire . A shekara ta 2000, ita da Gloria Steinem sun sami lambar yabo ta haƙƙin ɗan adam ta kasa da kasa ta Equality Now. A shekara ta 2012, an sanya ta babban jami'in bincike na girmamawa a Makarantar Kimiyya ta Lafiya a Jami'ar City ta London, kuma a shekara ta 2013 an lasafta ta daya daga cikin Mata 100 na BBC.

Dorkenoo's Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation (1994) an zaba ta hanyar juriya ta duniya a 2002 a matsayin daya daga cikin "Littattafai 100 mafi kyau na Afirka na karni na 20".

Dorkenoo ta mutu daga ciwon daji a London tana da shekaru 65 a ranar 18 ga Oktoba 2014, mijinta Freddie Green, 'ya'yanta maza Kobina da Ebow, da' ya'yanta.

Littattafan da aka zaɓa

• Yanke Rose: Yankewar Jinin Mata da Ayyuka da Rigakafinta (Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Ƙananan, 1994).
• Rahoton Taron Nazarin Farko na Yankewar Jiki na 'Yan Mata a Turai / Yammacin Duniya (1993)
• Kariya ta Yara da Yankewar Jinin Mata: Shawarwari don Lafiya, Ilimi, da Ayyukan Jama'a (1992)
• Yankewar Jinin Mata: Shawarwari don Canji (tare da Scilla Elworthy) (1992)
• Hadisi! Hadisi: Labari na alama game da yankan mata (1992)
• Kamar yadda Stella Efua Graham tare da Scilla McLean (eds), kaciyar mata, kaciya, da Infibulation (Rahoton Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Ƙananan Hukumomi 47, 1980)