Isizwe sase-Seychellois siyaziqhenya ngokujoyina umhlaba wonke ukukhumbula uSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe. Yisikhathi sokuhlonipha igalelo labesifazane bethu abanesibindi ekwakhiweni komphakathi wethu wesimanje nonenqubekela phambili lapho kungekho muntu ozizwa encishwe amathuba ngenxa yobulili bakhe. Lolu suku luwukuhlonipha iqhaza elimangalisayo labesifazane emndenini, emphakathini, emnothweni nasemphakathini wonkana. Siphawula impumelelo yabo kwezomnotho, ezombangazwe, nezenhlalo. Ngalolu suku sibheka izinguquko ezisazokwenziwa ukuze siqhubeke nokuthuthukisa abesifazane bethu, sivikele amalungelo abo, sivikele isithunzi sabo.
Ngithatha leli thuba ngituse bonke abesifazane nabesilisa kuhulumeni kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi ezisebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane kanye nokulingana ngokobulili. I-Seychelles iqhubekela phambili kahle ekufezeni injongo yethu yokulingana ngobulili. Sekunyuke kakhulu izinga lobuholi babesifazane kanye nokubamba iqhaza ekuthathweni kwezinqumo emikhakheni eyahlukene. Manje, ngokwesibonelo, sinongqongqoshe bekhabhinethi besifazane abathathu, ijaji lesifazane, unobhala-jikelele wesifazane, onobhala abakhulu besifazane abayisishiyagalolunye, kanye nama-CEO wesifazane ayishumi nesithupha emkhakheni kahulumeni. Abesifazane abasebasha bakha iningi labafundi abaphothule eNyuvesi yaseSeychelles ngonyaka odlule.
Abesifazane yibona abaneqhaza elikhulu kwezemfundo ezweni lakithi. Bagqama kwezempilo nenhlalakahle. Abesifazane yibona abaningi emisebenzini emabhizinisini amaningi ezomnotho. Amantombazane amaningi athola amakhono amasha azowavumela ukuthi esikhathini esizayo abambe iqhaza elikhulu nakakhulu ekwakheni isizwe. Ukuvula amathuba ezomnotho engeziwe kwabesifazane kuzokhuphula kakhulu ukukhula komnotho futhi kunciphise nobubha. Uma siqinisekisa amalungelo alinganayo namathuba kubo bonke, sithuthukisa ukusebenza okunempilo kwabantu ngabanye, imindeni yethu, kanye nesizwe sethu. Ngempela, silungiselela ikusasa elingcono.
Itimu yasendaweni, ethi, Mainstreaming the Gender Agenda in Social Renaissance, iphakamisa ukuthi sigxile ezimpumelelweni zabesifazane, sibe sihlala siqinile futhi siphapheme ukuze kube noshintsho oluqhubekayo. Inkulu inqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe, kodwa singenza okwengeziwe.
Singenza okungaphezulu ukuqeda udlame, ngazo zonke izindlela, olubhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane ezweni lethu. Kuyiqiniso elidabukisayo ukuthi abanye babo kufanele babhekane nazo nsuku zonke ekuphileni kwabo. Njengoba inhlangano yethu yokuvuselela umphakathi idlondlobala, nginxusa bonke abantu, amaqembu, kanye nemiphakathi ukuba ibambane ngezandla emzamweni wokuzimisela wokusiza ukuqeda zonke izinhlobo zokuhlukunyezwa kanye nezinkinga zomphakathi ezweni lethu.
“Isethembiso siyisithembiso: isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo sokuqeda udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane,” sikhunjuzwa yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ngoSuku Lwabesifazane Lomhlaba Wonke kulo nyaka.
Ngincoma uMnyango wezeNhlalakahle, ukuThuthukiswa koMphakathi kanye nezeMidlalo ngokuhlela ingqungquthela kazwelonke lapho kuzodingidwa khona izinkinga zomphakathi ezithinta abesifazane. Inhloso yale ngqungquthela wukuqhubeka nokuqwashisa ngezinkinga ezahlukene emphakathini ezithinta abesifazane namuhla. Kuyithuba lokugqamisa imisebenzi kahulumeni kanye nezinhlaka ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ezibandakanyeka kuzo ezingaba nomthelela omuhle ezindaweni ezinezinkinga emphakathini.
Umkhuba wokulingana ngokobulili, isiko lokuhlonipha nokwazisa, kufanele uqale ekhaya. Ukuze sibe nokulingana ngobulili ezweni lonke sidinga ukulingana okukhulu kwezibopho phakathi kwabesilisa nabesifazane, abafana namantombazane. Kubalulekile ukuthi imithwalo yemfanelo yokunakekela izingane, asebekhulile, nabagulayo ilinganisele kangcono phakathi kobulili. Njengamadoda, kufanele sivikele futhi sinikeze amandla abesifazane ezimpilweni zethu, sibonge ukuzikhandla kwabo, igalelo, amandla, kanye nezimpumelelo ezisisekele kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu nasemizamweni yethu.
Ngifisela wonke amantombazane nabesifazane baseSeychelles okuhle kakhulu ngalolu suku olukhethekile. Sinifisela usuku oluhle lwamazwe ngamazwe lwabesifazane!
ISeychelles iyilungu elisungula le- I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
