Arthur Greene
Uphenyo oluzimele luveze ukuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane namantombazane okwasatshalaliswa ngabasebenzi bosizo ngesikhathi kuqubuka isifo se-Ebola ngowezi-2018-2020 e-Democratic Republic of Congo.
Uphenyo lwe-World Health Organisation (i-WHO) luthole ukuthi abasebenzi bayo abangama-21 bebephakathi kwabenzi bobubi emacaleni angama-83 okunukubeza ngokocansi abesifazane namantombazane abaneminyaka ephakathi kweyi-13 nengama-43.
Abanye abenzi bobubi kubalwa nabesilisa abasebenzela uMnyango Wezempilo wase-Congo kanti abanye basebenzela izinhlangano ezisiza imiphakathi emhlabeni wonke, njenge-UNICEF ne-World Vision.
Umqondisi-jikelele we-WHO, uDkt Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, uchaze lokhu okutholiwe “njengokukhaphela abantu esibasebenzelayo”.
Lo mbiko onamakhasi angama-35 uveze isithombe sesiko lapho abesifazane namantombazane bethenjiswa imisebenzi ngabasebenzi be-WHO ukuze bathole ucansi, kanti abanye benza ucansi ukuze bagcine imisebenzi yabo.
“Ukuze uqhubeke nomsebenzi, bekufanele wenze ucansi,” kusho uNadira, ongumgcini wezinto zomlando e-Beni, etshela abaphenyi.
“Wonke umuntu wenze ucansi ukuze athole okuthile. Kwakuvame kakhulu. Kwathiwa ngizoya ocansini uma ngifuna ukuthola amanzi okugeza ekhempini lapho esasihlala khona”.
Ngokombiko, iningi lezisulu “belisengozini enkulu” futhi bekuvame ukuba ngabesifazane abasebasha abasezimeni zomnotho ezingaphephile.
Kodwa-ke lo mbiko uthole nezimo zokudlwengula. Uchaze ukuthi uJolianne, omncane kunabo bonke oneminyaka eyi-13 ubudala, wathathwa kanjani ngumshayeli we-WHO ngemuva kosuku lokuthengisa amakhadi efoni eceleni komgwaqo.
“Kunalokho, wamyisa ehhotela lapho athi wadlwengulwa yilo muntu,” kusho umbiko.
Umbiko uphinde wathola ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwaholela ekukhulelweni kwabangama-29. Abanye balaba abenzi bobubi baze baphoqa abesifazane ukuthi bakhiphe izisu.
Engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ebibanjwe ngoLwesibili, uDkt Tedros uxolise ngqo kulabo abahlukumezekile futhi wathembisa “ngezinguquko ezithe xaxa zezinqubomgomo” ukubhekana nokuxhashazwa nokuhlukunyezwa.
Lokhu kukhishwe ngoLwesibili, ngemuva kwezinyanga zezinsolo zokuhlukumeza – ezisukela kowezi-2019 – ezivele okokuqala kwabezindaba.
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