Gwendoline Etonde Burnley
Gwendoline Etonde Burnley, an haife ta a Martin (1932-2020) 'yar siyasar Kamaru ce kuma mai ba da shawara ga ci gaba.[1] Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar Kamaru daga yammacin Mungo ta zama 'yar majalisa a majalisar dokokin Kamaru, kuma ta kasance 'yar majalisa daga shekarun 1969 zuwa 1988. [2]
Rayuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Gwendoline Burnley a Buea a ranar 29 ga watan Fabrairu, 1932, 'yar Ernest Kofele Martin da Hannah Nene Enanga Martin, née Steane. Ta yi makarantar firamare a Makarantar Mishan ta Basel da ke Buea, kafin ta tafi Makarantar ’Yan Mata ta CMS, Legas.[2] Bayan jami'a ta kammala digiri na biyu a fannin jin daɗin jama'a a Hague.[2] A shekarar 1960 ta auri REG Burnley. [1]
An zaɓi Burnley a matsayin wakiliyar mata a Majalisar Dokokin Kamaru ta Yamma:
I was teaching, then, in Kumba, I think. And I was not even among the women in the party who were helping to see that people were fed and all the things which had to be done were done. I just heard my name that I had been selected to represent the women. I think that, after they had gone through the elections process and found out that there were no women among themselves, they decided to put in a woman. And that’s how I entered politics.[2]
Bayan wa'adi guda a Majalisar Yammacin Kamaru, an rushe majalisar. Burnley ta koma ma'aikatar inda ta yi aiki har aka kafa sabuwar majalisar ƙasa. An shigar da ita sabuwar majalisar a matsayin mace ɗaya tilo a shekarar 1969, ta yi wa’adi huɗu a can, sannan ta tafi a shekarar 1988, inda adadin ‘yan majalisar mata ta karu zuwa 17. A shekarar 2012 ta soki yadda ake ci gaba da samun ci gaba wajen kara wakilcin mata a majalisar dokokin Kamaru. [2]
Ta mutu a ranar 7 ga watan Maris, 2020.[2]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elizabeth Sleeman (2001). "Burnley, Gwendoline Etonde". The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tim Mbom, Women Should Take-up More Seats In Parliament Archived 2023-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Cameroon Post, August 18, 2012. Accessed January 3, 2021.