Balikungeri Mary
Balikungeri Mary, yavukiye mu Rwanda 1987, ni umuyobozi mukuru w’urugaga rw’iterambere ry’umugore mu Rwanda (icyongereza: Rwanda Women’s Community Development Network (RWN). Umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta ufasha abapfakazi, abakorewe ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, abantu banduye virusi itera SIDA n'imfubyi. Itanga ihuriro ryo guhuza, gukangurira, gukangurira, amahugurwa, ubujyanama nubufasha bwibikoresho. Kubera imbaraga zayo, abagore n’imfubyi barenga igihumbi bongeye kubaka ubuzima bwabo. Umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta wafashije kandi kubaka amavuriro, aho gutura ndetse n’ibigo byigisha.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Amateka
hinduraMary yari afite imyaka 6 gusa mu igihe cya Genocide yakorewe abatutsi muri 1994 yatangiraga maze umuryango we uhatirwa kwimukira muri Uganda. Yakuze ari impunzi yahuye n'akarengane, ariko akavuga ko yabonye amahirwe abandi batabonye, nko kubona amashuri. Ubu ni umuyobozi n' uwashinze ihuriro ry’abagore mu Rwanda. Mary yagize intego y'ubuzima bwe guhagarika ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina mu Rwanda aha imbaraga abahohotewe gukira no guhinduka abayobozi bigenga, bakomeye mu baturage babo.[2][1][7]
Mariya yumvise inkuru z’ihohoterwa ridasubirwaho rikorerwa abagore mu gihe cya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi, Mariya yumvise ko agomba gukora no guha amahirwe abagore nk’uko yari afite. Mu 1995 Yagarutse mu Rwanda ashinga Urugaga rw'Abagore mu Rwanda. Mariya yashyizeho ahantu hizewe ku bagore, abahohotewe bishingiye ku gitsina, badafite aho bajya. Yashakaga kubaha amahirwe yo gukira, kandi guhera ku munsi wa mbere yemeje ko ahantu hizewe ari ahantu abagore bahurira kugira ngo bishyirireho ejo hazaza heza. Yabikoze atanga inyigisho zijyanye n’imari no guteza imbere ubuhanga bwo kuyobora muri gahunda zose ziyobowe nu Rwanda rw’Abagore. Ati: “Iyo abagore bafite imbaraga mu bukungu, bashoboye gukemura ibibazo by'ihohoterwa, barashobora kwibeshaho, kwita ku muryango wabo, ntibazakomeza gukomera ku ihohoterwa.[1]
Mariya ibikorwa byo guhindura imibereho bigera kurwego mpuzamahanga. Kugeza ubu ni Umuyobozi w’Urugaga Nyafurika rw’Abagore (ANWS), ishami ry’umuryango w’abibumbye ry’abagore (GNWS) aho akora nk'umuyobozi uhagarariye komisiyo ya Huairou akaba n'umwe mu bagize Umuryango w’abibumbye w’abagore VAW - Itsinda ryerekeye amahoro n’umutekano. Igikorwa cya Mariya cyamenyesheje cyane uburinganire n'ubwuzuzanye bwa gahunda z’uburenganzira bwa muntu ku rwego rw’igihugu, uturere ndetse n’amahanga. Harimo Profemmes Twese Hamwe, FEMNET, hamwe na Afurika y'Iburasirazuba Gutangiza Inkunga yo Guteza Imbere Abagore (EASSI) hamwe na Global Network y'abagore bubaka amahoro.[4]
Muri 2018 Mariya yahawe n'Umwamikazi Elizabeth hamwe na 'Point of Light' mu rwego rwo kubahiriza ibikorwa bye bitangaje kandi bidasanzwe mu gushyigikira ibihumbi by'abahohotewe bishingiye ku gitsina.[1]
Indanganturo
hindura- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://rwandawomensnetwork.org/meet-mary
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 https://peaceandpluralism.org/portfolio-item/mary-balikungeri-rwanda-east-africa/
- ↑ https://wikipeacewomen.org/wpworg/en/?page_id=2882
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/women-as-agents-of-change-mary-balikungeri/
- ↑ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/5520/news/women/womens-network-pushes-for-guidelines-on-gbv-response-shelters
- ↑ http://www.newtimes.co.rw/author/428/mary-balikungeri
- ↑ https://www.constitute.ca/the-interviews/global-conversations/mary-balikungeri/