Ịdị n'Otu
Unity Dow | |
|---|---|
 Dow in 2011 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Botswana) | |
| In office 2 November 2019 – 26 August 2020 | |
| President | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
| Preceded by | Vincent T. Seretse |
| Succeeded by | Lemogang Kwape |
| Member of Parliament (Botswana) for Kgatleng West | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Majority | 193 (1.66%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unity Diswai 23 Eprelụ 1959 |
| Political party | Botswana Congress Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Peter Nathan Dow (m. 1984)Karl J. Stahl[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Botswana and Swaziland (LLB) University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Lawyer, judge, politician, writer, and human rights activist |
Unity Dow (née Diswai; amụrụ na 23 Eprel 1959) bụ onye ọka iwu Motswana, onye edemede, Onye na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ na Onye omeiwu maka Kgatleng West kemgbe Nọvemba 2024. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọka ikpe n'Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Botswana na n'ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị dị iche iche nke Botswana. A mụrụ ya na Bechuanaland Protectorate n'aka onye na-akwa akwa na onye ọrụ ugbo, bụ ndị siri ọnwụ na ụmụ ha ga-enweta agụmakwụkwọ, Dow tolitere n'ime ime obodo ọdịnala tupu ọganihu. O nwetara akara ugo mmụta n'iwu na 1983 na Mahadum Botswana na Swaziland, ọ bụ ezie na a gụsịrị akwụkwọ ya na Swazilland na Mahadim Edinburgh, Scotland, ebe ọ bụ na Botswana enweghị ụlọ akwụkwọ iwu n'oge ahụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Dow meghere ụlọ ọrụ iwu nwanyị mbụ na Botswana ma na 1997 ọ ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ a họpụtara dị ka onye ọka ikpe na Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke mba ahụ.
N'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ ikpe, Dow tinyere aka n'okwu ikpe atọ dị na Botswana. N'afọ 1992, ọ bụ onye gbara akwụkwọ n'okwu ikpe, Unity Dow v Attorney-General, nke kwụsịrị ịkpa ókè nwoke na nwanyị na Iwu mba nke na-enyeghị ụmụaka ohere inweta mba site na nne ha lụrụ di. Ikpe ahụ nwetara nlebara anya mba ụwa nke Dow ma kpalite mgbanwe dị iche iche na-ewepụ ọdịiche nwoke na nwanyị na iwu mba n'ofe Afrịka. N'afọ 2006, dị ka onye isi ikpe n'okwu Roy Sesana na ndị ọzọ na Gọọmentị nke Botswana, Dow kpebiri megide omume gọọmentị iji machibido Ndị obodo Basarwa ibi na ịchụ nta n'ala nna nna ha, na-amanye ha ịkwaga na mpụga Central Kalahari Game Reserve. O kpebiri na gọọmentị ga-eweghachi ọrụ ndị bụ isi, kwe ka ndị Basarwa laghachi n'ala ahụ ma nweta ikike ịchụ nta, ma kwụọ ndị a chụpụrụ n'ike ụgwọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha ahọrọ ịghara ịlaghachi. N'afọ 2014, Dow jere ozi dị ka onye ndụmọdụ iwu maka LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana) n'okwu ha iji debanye aha nzukọ ha na Ngalaba nke Ndebanye aha Civil na National ma nwee ihe ịga nke ọma nweta mkpebi maka gọọmentị iji kwe ka edebanye aha nzukọ ahụ.
A họpụtara Dow na mbụ na National Assembly na 2014, mgbe Onye isi ala Ian Khama họpụtara ya dị ka onye otu a họpụtara nke ọma. A họpụtara ya na mbụ dị ka osote minista nke agụmakwụkwọ ma na 2015 ọ ghọrọ minista nke mmụta na mmepe nka. O mechara bụrụ Minista nke Mmụta Isi, Minista nke Infrastructure na Housing Development, na Minista nke International Affairs and Cooperation, tupu ọ bụrụ onye na-anọ n'azụ n'afọ 2020. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ọtụtụ kọmitii na kọmitii mba ụwa, na-enyocha itinye iwu na-emetụta ikike mmadụ nke ndị mmadụ na Kenya, Palestine, Rwanda na Sierra Leone. N'afọ 2000, Dow malitere ibipụta akwụkwọ akụkọ, na-elekwasịkarị anya na nsogbu mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya na iwu na mmetụta ha na okike na usoro ike. Ọrụ ndị ahụ na-enyocha omume ọha na eze na mmegbu site na mmegbu, ime ihe ike, na mgbochi nke ikike mmadụ. Ọ natala ọtụtụ otuto na nsọpụrụ maka ọrụ enyemaka ya, gụnyere Legion of Honour na 2010.