I-United States iyizwe le-10 eliyingozi kakhulu kwabesifazane emhlabeni uma kuziwa engcupheni yokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ukuhlukunyezwa nokuphoqwa ukuba baye ocansini, ngokusho kocwaningo olusha lochwepheshe bomhlaba.
I-US bekuyiyona yodwa izwe laseNtshonalanga kwabayishumi abahamba phambili, kanti amanye amazwe ayisishiyagalolunye ayese-Afrika, Middle East nase-Asia, ngokusho kocwaningo lweThomson Reuters Foundation lochwepheshe abangama-548 ezindabeni zabesifazane emhlabeni jikelele.
AbakwaReuters bathi ukufakwa kwe-US kwabayi-10 abaphezulu kudalwe kakhulu yinhlangano ye-#MeToo emelene nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi nokuhlukunyezwa okwaqubuka ngemuva kochungechunge lwezinsolo ezenziwe ngomkhiqizi waseHollywood uHarvey Weinstein futhi osekunezinyanga eziphethe izihloko zezindaba. Kodwa akuwona wonke umuntu owamukela isikhundla sase-US, i-CBS ikubiza ngokuthi uhlu "olungabazisayo".
Ehamba phambili ohlwini yi-India, lapho ongoti abathi isengozini enkulu yodlame locansi kanye nosongo lokugqilazwa. I-Afghanistan neSyria zikleliswe endaweni yesibili neyesithathu, ongoti bebalula ingozi enkulu yokudlwengulwa nokuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane emazweni akhungethwe yizimpi, kulandele iSomalia neSaudi Arabia.
Ongoti bathi ukuma kweNdiya phezulu okhethweni kukhombisa ukuthi eminyakeni engaphezu kwemihlanu ngemva kokudlwengulwa nokubulawa komfundi wesifazane ebhasini eDelhi, akwanele okwenziwa ukulwa nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane.
UManjunath Gangadhara, isikhulu kuhulumeni wesifunda sase-Karnataka uthe i-India ikhombise "ukungabahloniphi nokungabahloniphi abesifazane" nokuthi ukudlwengulwa, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ukuhlukunyezwa kanye nokubulawa kwezingane zabesifazane "akushintshile" emphakathini waseNdiya.
I-India iphinde yabalwa njengezwe eliyingozi kakhulu kwabesifazane uma kukhulunywa ngokushushumbiswa kwabantu, ukugqilazwa ngocansi, ukugqilazwa ekhaya kanye nemikhuba efana nokushada ngenkani nokukhandwa ngamatshe.
Uma kukhulunywa ngeSaudi Arabia, ongoti bavumile ukuthi sekunenqubekela phambili eminyakeni edlule kodwa bathi inkulu isamba okusamele yenziwe, bebalula imithetho edinga ukuthi abesifazane babe nomqaphi wesilisa phambi kwabantu kanye nemithetho evimbela abesifazane ukuthi bathole ipasipoti, ukuhamba noma ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nokungavunyelwe ukusebenza.
Inhlolovo yenziwe nge-inthanethi, ngocingo nangomuntu futhi yasakazwa ngokulinganayo kubo bonke ochwepheshe eYurophu, e-Afrika, eMelika, eSouth East Asia, eSouth Asia nasePacific. Abaphendulile bebehlanganisa abenzi bezinqubomgomo, abasebenzi bezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, izifundiswa, abasebenzi bosizo kanye nabanye ochwepheshe.
