“Kufanele sizibheke njengengxenye yesixazululo, hhayi nje njengabantu besifazane abagcinelwe ucansi noma ekhishini,” kusho umlobi nomlingisikazi u-Queen Blessing Itua ngaphambi komcimbi okhethekile ohlelelwe leli Sonto eHholo LoMhlangano We-UN.
Isihloko esithi “Unity in Diversity: An Evening of Art and Hope with Nigerian Women” izoba nezingcaphuno zencwadi kaNkz Itua ethi “We Are the Blessings of Africa,” kanye nezingcaphuno zengoma ka-Ifeoma Fafunwa ethi YIZWA! namafilimu kaNadine Ibrahim athi “Tolu” nethi “Through Her Eyes.”
Umcimbi uhlelwe yi-UN WOMEN, i-UN Population Fund (UNFPA) kanye neMishini yaseNigeria ku-UN, nabanye ababambisene nabo.
“I-Afrika iyizwekazi elihlukene, elicebile elinamazwe ahlukene namasiko ehlukene, nezinsiza zemvelo. I-Afrika inethalente – abesilisa nabesifazane,” kusho uNksz Itua. “Lapho amadoda e-Afrika ebheka abesifazane, abesifazane bagcinwa nje ekhishini noma ekhaya. Ngakho-ke kunesidingo sokushintsha ukucabanga ukuthi abesifazane bangaba amanxusa anamandla entuthuko, bese bekwazi ukusekela nokuthuthukisa abesifazane.
“Uma abesifazane beqonda ukuthi baneqhaza elibalulekile okufanele balibambe, abaziboni njengamakhosikazi noma abesifazane nje ekhaya, baphinde bavukele ukuhlangana namadoda futhi ngethemba lokuthi bahlela amasu okuthuthukisa iMother Land,” kuqhuba uNksz Itua. .
UNksz Itua, owazalelwa eNigeria futhi ehlala eMelika, uthe ufuna ukuqwashisa abantu besifazane abangenayo inkundla yokukhuluma ngezinkinga ezikhungethe umphakathi, ikakhulukazi abesifazane basezindaweni zasemakhaya.
Ifilimu yakhe yakamuva, ethi, Mrs. Adams, - ezoqala ukukhonjiswa ngesikhathi seCommission on the Status of Women ngesonto elizayo - ilandela izindlela zokushushumbiswa kwabantu eNigeria naseYurophu. Kuhloswe ukuba kube isitatimende hhayi nje mayelana nokuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane nodlame locansi, kodwa futhi sigqamisa izizathu zezomnotho abantu abakhetha ukufuduka kuzo kwasekuqaleni - ukuguqula ezinye zezincazelo ezingalungile mayelana nemikhuba yomsebenzi wokuxhaphaza, ukusetshenzwa ngempoqo kanye nokushushumbiswa.
Udaba luqondene nomuntu uqobo, kusho uNksz Itua. Udabuka esifundazweni sase-Edo, esisanda kwethula isikhungo sezinsiza zokufuduka, futhi esibekwe obala ngemuva kwemibiko yabantu baseNigeria abavela kuleyo ndawo abadayiswa ezimakethe zezigqila zesimanje eLibya.
“Njengomuntu wesifazane wase-Afrika, ngikholwa wukuthi inhloso yami wukusebenzisana nabanye besifazane ekuqwashiseni abantu. Sisonke sinamandla. Ukusebenzisana ukuze siqine ekuguquleni ukulandisa okuphuma e-Afrika,” kusho uNksz Itua.
NgeSonto uzojoyinwa uNadine Ibrahim oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala, ifilimu yakhe ethi, Through Her Eyes ilandela umshikashika wangaphakathi wowesifazane oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala owadubula ngebhomu enyakatho yeNigeria.
UNksz Ibrahim, oyiMuslim, uthe ufuna abantu baqonde isiko elicebile nelihle elizungeze abesifazane, i-Islam kanye nenyakatho-mpumalanga yeNigeria.
Le filimu iqoshwe ngezokuphepha endaweni futhi ngemuva kokuthi umama womlingisi wokuqala ekhiphe indodakazi efilimini ngenxa yokwesaba ukuphepha.
Emcimbini wangeSonto ebusuku kuzophinde kunandise u-Ifeoma Fafunwa, odlala indawo yakhe ethi “YIZWA IZWI! I-Naija Women Talk True” iqoqo lama-monologue asekelwe ezindabeni zangempela zabesifazane baseNigeria abaphonsela inselelo izinkambiso zezenhlalo, zamasiko nezepolitiki ezweni.
Umugqa ophuma emdlalweni uthi: “Nginegalelo elibalulekile ekuguquleni isizwe sami. Ngingamandla, igagasi elikhulu, futhi ngeke ngicashe. Isiphetho sami akukhona ukuthi unqume."
