Mae Azango
Mae Azango bụ onye nta akụkọ Liberia maka FrontPage Africa . A maara ya karịsịa maka akụkọ ya banyere igbu ọkpụkpụ nwanyị (FGM), nke nyeere aka ịkwụsị omume ahụ na mba ahụ.[1] N'afọ 2012, e nyere ya onyinye International Press Freedom Award nke Kọmitii na-echebe ndị nta akụkọ.
Oge ọ malitere
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Azango bụ nwa nwanyị nke Robert G.W. Azango, onye ọka ikpe nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Liberia. N'afọ 1990, n'oge Agha Obodo Liberia nke Mbụ, ndị otu Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia dọpụrụ ya n'ụlọ n'oge nri ụtụtụ ma tie ya ihe, o mechara nwụọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ n'ihi mmerụ ahụ ya. [2]
Mae Azango mụrụ nwa mbụ ya n'oge agha ahụ, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ. N'ịbụ onye a manyere iji onye na-amụ nwa ọdịnala, Azango kwuru na onye na-eme nkwenkwe ụgha ahụ tiri ya ihe mgbe a na-amụ ya ma bo ya ebubo na ọ bụ onye na-akwa iko.[1] Azango mechara bụrụ onye gbara ọsọ ndụ.[3]
Ọrụ odeakụkọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Azango laghachiri Liberia na 2002 wee malite ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nta akụkọ. [3] Isiokwu nke akụkọ ya gụnyere ite ime, Igwu ala n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị, ndina n'ike, ime Ime ime n'afọ iri na ụma, na ọnọdụ ọrụ na ọrụ ndị onye ọchịchị Libya Muammar Gaddafi kwadoro na Liberia.[4] N'afọ 2011, o dekọrọ ndina n'ike nke nwa agbọghọ dị afọ iri na atọ site n'aka onye uwe ojii, nke mere ka e jide ya. [3] [5]
Akụkọ banyere igbu ọkpụkpụ nwanyị
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A maara Azango nke ọma maka akụkọ ya banyere FGM, omume ọdịnala nke ndị otu nzuzo Sande na-ebipụ clitoris na akụkụ nke egbugbere ọnụ, mgbe mgbe n'ọnọdụ na-adịghị ọcha. A na-eme atụmatụ na 58% nke ụmụ nwanyị Liberia gafere ụdị usoro ụfọdụ.[4] Azango dere akụkọ mbụ ya n'isiokwu a n'afọ 2010. N'ịkọwa nhọrọ ya ide banyere isiokwu "taboo", o kwuru, "Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ enweghị olu. Ọ bụrụ na anaghị m ede banyere ya, olee otu ndị mmadụ ga-esi mara banyere ya?" [6]
Na 8 Maachị 2012 - International Women's Day - a Front Page Africa akụkọ kọwara otu nwanyị ejidere ụmụ anụmanụ ndị ọzọ mgbe ebipụrụ clitoris ya.[1][2] Akụkọ ahụ kọwara ahụ, nke Sande weere dị ka ozu. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ bipụtara ọtụtụ akụkọ n'ụbọchị ahụ na pastọ na onye nchịkọta akụkọ Azango, Wade Williams, hụrụ ka ọ na-ezo.[1] Akụkọ ndị ahụ kwuru na a ga-ejide Azango n'onwe ya wee bipụ ya.[3] Mgbe ndị uwe ojii nọ n'ógbè ahụ zaghachiri n'ihe iyi egwu ahụ, Azango Ọ gara zoo na-ezipụ nwa ya nwanyị dị afọ itoolu ka ọ nọrọ na onye ikwu ya [1][4]
Kọmitii Na-echebe Ndị nta akụkọ (CPJ), otu ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi na US, kpọrọ onye isi ala Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ka o nye Azango nchebe ma hụ na ọ dị nchebe.[7] Amnesty International na Reporters Without Borders weputara nkwupụta nkwado, dị ka Columbia Journalism School [8] na International Federation of Journalists.[9][10] Onye nta akụkọ redio Tetee Gebro nke ụlọ ọrụ Sky FM nke Liberia gbasaa akụkọ Azango na ngosipụta nke ịdị n'otu.[4]
Tupu ngwụcha ọnwa ahụ, n'otu akụkụ n'ihi nrụgide nke ụlọ na nke mba ụwa nke ihe ahụ mere, gọọmentị Sirleaf kwupụtara na ya na ndị isi ọdịnala ekwekọrịtala na a ga-akwụsị ọrụ nke FGM.[3][11] Nkwupụta a bụ oge mbụ ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Liberia katọrọ omume nke FGM n'ihu ọha.[12]
Onyinye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2011, Azango nwetara onyinye sitere n'aka anyị - Pulitzer center na mkpesa nsogbu maka ọrụ ya."akụkọ ndị a na-akọghị" na mmasị mmadụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ mmepe.
Mgbe ikpe FGM gasịrị, a mara ọkwa Azango dị ka onye mmeri nke 2012 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. Ihe nrite a na-amata ndị nta akụkọ gosipụtara obi ike n'ịgbachitere ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi nọọrọ onwe ha n'agbanyeghị na ha na-eche nyocha, egwu, ma ọ bụ ihere.[1]
N'afọ 2012, Azango meriri otu n'ime ndị nta akụkọ kacha elu nke Canada maka onyinye nturu ugo nnwere onwe nke Free Expression's International Press Freedom. A na-enye ndị obere okpukperechi ihe nrite a kwa afọ maka ọrụ ha na-ahụ maka ikike mmadụ na ikpe ziri ezi, yana ndị na-akwado ebumnuche ha. Enyere ihe nrite a na CJFE Gala: A Night to Honor Courageous Reporting, nke emere na Toronto, Canada.
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 1 2 Mae Azango (May 11, 2012). Labor Pains. Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Mae Azango, Reporter. New Narratives. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Mae Azango, Liberia. Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 Danielle Shapiro (23 March 2010). Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting. The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Mae Azango (4 October 2011). 'My Life is Threatened' - Says Rape Victim's Mother. FrontPageAfrica. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Nicole Schilit (27 April 2012). Liberian journalist Mae Azango on cold threats, hot stories. Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Liberia reporter gets death, mutilation threats. Associated Press (14 March 2012). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Roy Greensdale (30 April 2012). Journalist who revealed genital mutilation in Liberia forced into hiding. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Jake Heller and Mohamed Ademo (15 March 2012). Letter to the Liberian Government. Columbia Journalism School. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Liberia: IFJ Calls On Govt to Protect Threatened Female Journalist. allafrica.com (16 March 2012). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Bonnie Allen (March 29, 2012). Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in Liberia. The World. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
- ↑ NN's Proudest Moment: Reporting Prompts Leaders To Herald End Of Female Genital Cutting. New Narratives (1 April 2012). Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.