Ngenkathi izwi liqala ukusabalala ngesonto eledlule ukuthi abesifazane baseSaudi - kakade abanye babacindezelwe kakhulu futhi abekelwe imingcele emhlabeni - baqashwe nge-elekthronikhi njengoba bephuma ezweni, izishoshovu zashesha ukuzwakalisa intukuthelo yazo.
"Kuyihlazo kakhulu," kusho uManal Al-Sharif, owaba yisithonjana sokuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane ngo-2011 ngemuva kokweqa umthetho wokuvinjelwa ukushayela umbuso nokukhuthaza nabanye besifazane baseSaudi ukuthi benze okufanayo.
U-Al-Sharif ubengomunye wabaqavile baseSaudis abaqale ukubhala kuTwitter ngodaba lokuqapha ngogesi - echaza ukushaqeka okwatholwa umbhangqwana ayewazi ngemuva kokuthi umyeni ethole umyalezo omxwayisa ngokuthi umkakhe usehambile eSaudi Arabia, yize babephuma. yezwe ndawonye.
Okwabamangaza futhi kwabaphazamisa kakhulu, kusho u-Al-Sharif, yiqiniso lokuthi umyeni wayengabhalisanga noMnyango Wezangaphakathi ukuze aqale ukuthola izaziso ezinjalo.
"Kukhombisa ukuthi abesifazane basaphathwa kanjani njengezingane," kwengeza u-Al-Sharif. Uqhubekile nokuchaza ukuthi, noma ngabe uhlelo lwezaziso belukhona kusukela ngo-2010, ngaphambi kwesonto eledlule, umnakekeli wesilisa bekuzodingeka ukuthi acele le nkonzo kuMnyango Wezangaphakathi wezwe ngaphambi kokuthola leyo miyalezo.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, kuningi osekwenziwe ukuthi iSaudi Arabia yiyona yodwa izwe elisele lapho abesifazane bengakanikwa khona ilungelo lokushayela. Kepha imikhawulo etholwa ngabesifazane baseSaudi idlulela kokuningi kunokumane nje ube ngemuva kwesondo. Embusweni odla ngoludala, owesifazane akavunyelwe ukuya esikoleni, ukuthola umsebenzi, noma ngisho nokuphumela ngaphandle kwezwe ngaphandle kokuthola imvume “yomqaphi” wakhe wesilisa.
E-Saudi Arabia, wonke umuntu wesifazane unombheki wesilisa - ngokwesiko uyise, umyeni noma umfowabo.
Kepha uhlelo lwezwe lokunakekela izingane alusebenzi kwabesifazane kuphela - izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka yobudala, kanye nabasebenzi bakwamanye amazwe, kumele banikezwe imvume ngaphambi kokuba bavunyelwe ngaphandle kwemingcele yezwe.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uMnyango Wezangaphakathi wezwe wethula izinhlelo “ze-e-government” ukuze kube lula ukulandela abantu abathembele kubo ngobuchwepheshe nokwenza kube lula kubanakekeli ukuba bavumele labo ababondliwe ukuba balishiye izwe.
Olunye uhlelo olunjalo lwethulwa ngo-2010 - abanakekeli bangabhalisela isevisi ezobazisa nge-elekthronikhi uma noma ubani wabondli babo, kungaba, amakhosikazi, izingane noma abasebenzi, sebelishiyile izwe. Ulwazi lwaluzothunyelwa lapho noma yimuphi kulaba bondliwe esethwetshuliwe ama-passports futhi weqa noma yimiphi imingcele yezwe.
Kuthe nje kwaphela isonto eledlule, kwaqala ukuthunyelwa imiyalezo ngisho nakubalisa abebengakayibhaliseli le nkonzo.
U-Eman Al Nafjan, umbhali waseSaudi kanye ne-blogger, utshele i-CNN ukuthi ingxabano yokuqapha nge-elekthronikhi iyinkinga eyinkimbinkimbi ebingaqondwanga ngandlela thize - ukuthi lokhu kumane kuwukuphindaphinda kwakamuva kohlelo lokugada olwakudala ukuthi abesifazane baseSaudi baphile nalo isikhathi eside kakhulu. .
"Kungani isetshenziswa ngobuchwepheshe futhi ibuyekezwa?" kubuza u-Al Nafjan. “Kungani ingaqedwa? Umbuzo wangempela lowo.”
Futhi umbuzo olokhu ubuzwa kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule yizishoshovu ezithi imithetho eqinile yokugada yaseSaudi Arabia isebenza kuphela ekukhuliseni abesifazane bese ibaphuca noma iyiphi inkululeko.
Ku-Al Nafjan, ukuqapha nge-elekthronikhi kuyindaba ebucayi, kodwa eye yasibekela okuthile okubaluleke kakhulu:
"Lolu hlelo (lokugada abesilisa) luvumela ukuxhashazwa kwabesifazane - ukuxhashazwa okugunyazwe uhulumeni," kusho u-Al Nafjan, enezela ukuthi imithetho yaseSaudi ivumela kanjani amadoda ukuthi alawule ngokuphelele abantu besifazane abondliwe.
“Kungamandla asetshenziswayo phezu kwabesifazane,” kuchaza u-Al Nafjan, okhuthaza kakhulu ukuthi kuqedwe uhlelo lokugada. “Abesifazane abakhululekile. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uneminyaka emingaki, uhlala usemncane. Kucishe kufane nobugqila. I-Guardianship ingubunikazi ngempela. "
U-Al-Sharif, yena, wazibuza ukuthi kungani zingekho izinsizakalo zikahulumeni e-Saudi Arabia ukusiza abesifazane abasenkingeni, "ukusiza abesifazane ukuthi bafake izikhalazo ngabahlukumezi babo uma abaqaphi babo bangempela bengavumi ukuhamba nabo. labo.”
"Abesifazane kufanele basebenzise lokhu ukwenza umsindo," kwengeza u-Al-Sharif, "banyakazisa isikebhe, bathi sekwanele."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In the deeply conservative kingdom, a woman is not allowed to go to school, get a job, or even travel outside the country without first obtaining the permission of her male “guardian,”.
- She went on to explain how, even though a notification system has actually been in place since 2010, before last week, a male guardian would have had to specifically request the service from the country’s Interior Ministry before receiving such messages.
- In recent years, much has been made of the fact that Saudi Arabia is the sole remaining country in which women still have not been given the right to drive.
