Usuku Lwabesifazane Lomhlaba

UMashi yinyanga yomlando wabesifazane. Namuhla i-International Women's Day. Indikimba yalo nyaka ithi Khetha Ukuphonsela inselelo—isekelwe esakhiweni esithi “Umhlaba onenselelo wumhlaba oqaphile futhi inselele iza noshintsho.” (https://www.internationalwomensday.com)

Kuhlale kuheha ukukhombisa abesifazane abangabokuqala ukuphatha isikhundla sabo sobuholi. Abanye balabo besifazane bafanelwe ukumemeza namuhla: U-Kamala Harris, owesifazane wokuqala ukuba iPhini Likamongameli wase-United States, uJanet Yellen owaba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuba ngusihlalo we-US Federal Reserve futhi manje ungowesifazane wokuqala ukusebenza. njengoNobhala Womnyango Wezezimali wase-US, onobhala bethu abasha beminyango Yamandla Nezohwebo yase-US, lapho ubudlelwano bethu obuningi nolwandle bulawulwa khona. Ngifuna futhi ukuhlonipha u-Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala owesifazane wokuqala ukusebenza njengoMqondisi-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba. U-Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala usevele umemezele ukubaluleka kwakhe kokuqala: Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iminyaka ende yezingxoxo mayelana nokuqeda uxhaso lokudoba emanzini anosawoti ufika esinqumweni esiphumelelayo sokufeza izidingo ze-UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Ukuphila Ngaphansi Kwamanzi, njengoba kuhlobene nokuqeda ukudoba ngokweqile. Kuyinselelo enkulu futhi kuyisinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu sokubuyisela inala olwandle.

Abesifazane baye badlala indima ephambili ekulondolozeni nasekuphatheni ifa lethu lemvelo iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu—futhi ekongiweni olwandle, siye sabusiswa phakathi namashumi eminyaka ngobuholi nombono wabesifazane abanjengoRachel Carson, uRodger Arliner Young, uSheila Minor, USylvia Earle, u-Eugenie Clark, uJane Lubchenco, uJulie Packard, uMarcia McNutt, no-Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Izindaba zamakhulu engeziwe azikachazwa. Abesifazane, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abanemibala, basabhekene nezithiyo eziningi kakhulu zokuphishekela imisebenzi yesayensi yasolwandle kanye nenqubomgomo, futhi sisazibophezele ekunciphiseni lezo zithiyo lapho singakwazi khona.

Namuhla bengifuna ukuthatha isikhashana ukubonga abantu besifazane bomphakathi we-The Ocean Foundation—labo abasezindaweni zethu ibhodi labaqondisi,kwethu I-Seascape Council, futhi wethu Ibhodi labacebisi; labo abaphethe i amaphrojekthi axhaswe ngokwezimali esiwasingathayo; futhi kunjalo, labo on abasebenzi bethu abasebenza kanzima. Abesifazane babambe ingxenye noma ngaphezulu yabasebenzi kanye nezindima zobuholi e-The Ocean Foundation kusukela yasungulwa. Ngibonga kakhulu kini nonke eninikele ngesikhathi, ithalente namandla ku-The Ocean Foundation cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili. I-Ocean Foundation ikweleta amanani ayo ayisisekelo kanye nempumelelo yayo kuwe. Ngiyabonga.