Efua Dorkensoo
Efua Dorkenoo | |
|---|---|
 Efua Dorkenoo, January 2014 | |
| Born |
06 Sepụtemba 1949 |
| Died | 18 Ọktoba 2014 (aged 65) |
| Other names | Stella Efua Graham |
| Education | Wesley Girls' High School |
| Alma mater | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine City University London |
| Occupation | Activist, campaigner against female genital mutilation |
| Known for | Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) |
| Spouse(s) | Freddie Green, Bernard Dotse Dorkenoo |
| Children | 2 sons |
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 Septemba 1949 - 18 Ọktoba 2014), nke a maara nke ọma dị ka "Mama Efua", bụ Onye Ghana-British na-eme mkpọsa megide mkpochapụ ụmụ nwanyị (FGM) onye butere ụzọ n'ụwa niile iji kwụsị omume ahụ ma rụọ ọrụ na mba ụwa ihe karịrị afọ 30 iji hụ mkpọsa ahụ "site na nsogbu na-enweghị nkwanye ùgwù gaa na isi okwu maka gọọmentị gburugburu ụwa".
Afọ ndị mbụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Amụrụ ya na Cape Coast, Ghana, ebe ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Wesley Girls.[1] Ọ kwagara London mgbe ọ dị afọ 19 ka ọ mụọ nọọsụ, wee nweta akara ugo mmụta nna ukwu na London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine na mkpakọrịta nyocha na Mahadum City London.[2] Ọ bụ onye nọọsụ na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị iche iche, gụnyere Royal Free, [1] na ọ bụ mgbe ọ na-azụ ọzụzụ dị ka midwife ka ọ matara mmetụta FGM na ndụ ụmụ nwanyị.
Ọrụ mkpọsa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ọ sonyeere Minority Rights Group wee gaa n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke Africa iji nweta ozi maka ihe bụ otu n'ime akụkọ mbụ e bipụtara na FGM na 1980. N'afọ 1983, o guzobere Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD), otu NGO nke Britain nke na-akwado ụmụ nwanyị ndị nwere FGM ma na-anwa iwepụ omume ahụ. Ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na World Health Organization (WHO) na 1995 ma bụrụ onye na-anọchite anya onye nduzi maka ahụike ụmụ nwanyị n'ebe ahụ ruo n'afọ 2001. Ọ bụ onye nduzi nkwado na, n'ikpeazụ, onye ndụmọdụ FGM maka Ịha nhata Ugbu a (òtù na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ n'ụwa niile). [1] Ya na Alice Walker bụ ezigbo enyi, na-enye ndụmọdụ ma gosipụta na ihe nkiri Warrior Marks (1993) nke Walker na Pratibha Parmar mere na Gloria Steinem, onye dere mmeghe maka akwụkwọ Dorkenoo nke 1994 Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation . [1]
Nsọpụrụ na mmata
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na 1994, a họpụtara Dorkenoo ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nke Order nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain.[1] Na 2000, ya na Gloria Steinem nwetara nturu ugo ikike mmadụ zuru ụwa ọnụ nke Equality Now.[2] N'afọ 2012, e mere ya onye otu onye nyocha na-asọpụrụ na School of Health Sciences na City University London, na 2013, akpọrọ ya otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị 100 nke BBC..
Dorkenoo's Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation (1994) bụ nke ndị ọka ikpe mba ụwa họọrọ na 2002 dị ka otu n'ime "Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century".
Dorkenoo nwụrụ n'ihi ọrịa kansa na London mgbe ọ dị afọ 65 na 18 Ọktoba 2014, [1] di ya bụ Freddie Green, ụmụ ya nwoke Kobina na Ebow, na ụmụ di ya nwụrụ.
Akwụkwọ ndị a họọrọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Ịkpụ Rose: Nkwụsị Mmekọrịta Mmekọrịta Nwanyị na Mgbochi ya (Minority Rights Group, 1994).
- Akụkọ nke Nzukọ Nnyocha Mbụ nke Mgbukpọ Mgbukọta nke Ụmụ agbọghọ na Europe / Western World (1993)
- Nchebe Nwatakịrị na Mkpịsị Akpụkpọ ahụ Nwanyị: Ndụmọdụ maka Ahụike, Mmụta, na Ọrụ Ọha (1992)
- Mgbukpọ akụkụ ahụ nwanyị: Atụmatụ maka Mgbanwe (ya na Scilla Elworthy) (1992)
- Omenala! Omenala: Akụkọ ihe atụ banyere igbu ọkpụkpụ nwanyị (1992)
- Dị ka Stella Efua Graham na Scilla McLean (ed), Ibi úgwù Nwanyị, Ịchụpụ, na Infibulation (Minority Rights Group Report 47, 1980)