Unity Dow

Unity Dow

Unity Dow (akijulikana pia kama Diswai; alizaliwa 23 Aprili 1959) ni mwanasheria, mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu, mbunge maalum, na mwandishi wa Botswana.

Hapo awali aliwahi kuwa jaji katika mahakama kuu ya Botswana na katika wizara mbalimbali za serikali ya Botswana.

Maisha ya Awali na Elimu

Unity Diswai alizaliwa tarehe 23 Aprili 1959 katika kijiji cha Mochudi, Kgatleng District, Botswana (wakati huo Bechuanaland Protectorate), kwa wazazi wake Phiri na Maefshane Diswai (pia wanajulikana kama Moses na Ellen Diswai), ambao walitokana na kabila la asili la Mosarwa na kikundi cha BaKgatla.

Alikulia katika kijiji cha vijijini ambacho hakikuwa na barabara za lami, umeme, au maji yanayotiririka. Hakukuwa na simu, hakuwahi kuona friji hadi alipokuwa kijana, wala televisheni hadi alipofikisha umri wa miaka ishirini.

Mama yake alikuwa msufumaji, aliyeweza kusoma na kuandika kwa SeTswana, lakini si Kiingereza. Baba yake, aliyeendesha shamba dogo, alizungumza na kuandika Kiingereza.

Baba yake alipokuwa shuleni alipata udhamini wa kusoma katika chuo cha University of Fort Hare, lakini udhamini huo ulitolewa kwa mwana wa kiongozi badala yake. Kwa wazazi wake wote, elimu ilikuwa kipaumbele, na watoto sita kati ya saba walimaliza masomo yao ya chuo kikuu.

Masomo yao ya Magharibi yalikuwa ya kipekee kwa Botswana ya vijijini wakati huo.

Diswai alimaliza elimu yake ya msingi na ya sekondari huko Mochudi. Baada ya shule ya upili, alisomea sheria katika chuo cha University of Botswana and Swaziland. Kwa kuwa wakati huo hakukuwa na shule ya sheria nchini Botswana, kupitia mpango wa msaada wa Uingereza, alihudhuria chuo kikuu huko Swaziland na kukamilisha miaka miwili ya masomo katika chuo cha University of Edinburgh nchini Scotland, kabla ya kuhitimu shahada ya sheria mwaka 1983 kutoka chuo kikuu cha University of Botswana and Swaziland.

Kazi zilizochaguliwa

Kitaaluma

• Dow, Unity; Mogwe, Alice (1992). The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Legal Status of Children in Botswana: A Consultancy Report for UNICEF, Botswana. Gaborone, Botswana: Women and Law in Southern Africa. OCLC 474483768.
• Dow, Unity; Kidd, Puseletso (1994). Women, Marriage, and Inheritance. Gaborone, Botswana: Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust. ISBN 978-99912-0-153-5.
• Dow, Unity (1995). The Citizenship Case: The Attorney General of the Republic of Botswana vs Unity Dow. Gaborone, Botswana: Lentswe La Lesedi. OCLC 718046544.
• Dow, Unity (1999). "Domestic Application of Regional and International Treaties in Africa, with Specific Reference to Women's Rights". Katika Ankumah, Evelyn A.; Kwakwa, Edward K. (whr.). The Legal Profession and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa. Maastricht, The Netherlands: Africa Legal Aid. ku. 69–78. ISBN 90-76441-01-4. OCLC 772508198.
• Dow, Unity (2000). "National Implementation of International Law: The Dow Case". Katika Tokman, Victor E.; United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (whr.). Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York: United Nations. ku. 112–116. ISBN 92-1-130204-8. OCLC 717000925.
• Dow, Unity (2010). "Kapitel V – Werte und Traditionen: Diamanten bedeuten Liebe. Kühe etwa nicht? [Chapter V – Diamonds Mean Love. Aren't They Cows?]". Katika Köhler, Horst (mhr.). Schicksal Afrika: Denkanstöße und Erfahrungsberichte [Fate of Africa: Food for Thought and Experience Reports] (kwa Kijerumani) (tol. la Originalausgabe). Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag. ku. 263–267. ISBN 978-3-499-62644-9.
• Dow, J. U. (2001). How the global informs the local: The Botswana citizenship case. Health Care for Women International, 22(4), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330120965

Kifasihi

• Dow, Unity (2000). Far and Beyon'. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106613885.
• Dow, Unity (2002). The Screaming of the Innocent. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106611734.
• Dow, Unity (2003). Juggling Truths. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106610182.
• Dow, Unity (2007). The Heavens May Fall. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. ISBN 978-1-876756-48-2.
• Dow, Unity; Stielau, Jo (2009). I Know You Still Love Me: Stories about Living with HIV and AIDS. Cape Town, South Africa: Maskew Miller Longman. ISBN 978-0-636-09432-1.
• Dow, Unity; Essex, Myron (2010). Saturday Is for Funerals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-05077-8.

Viungo vya Nje

Wikiquote ina mkusanyiko wa dondoo kuhusu:

Unity Dow

• Unity Dow: Rethinking Africa katika YouTube

Marejeo

Makala hii kuhusu mwandishi fulani bado ni mbegu. Je, unajua kitu kuhusu Unity Dow kama wasifu wake, habari za maisha au kazi yake? Labda unaona habari katika Wikipedia ya Kiingereza au lugha nyingine zinazofaa kutafsiriwa? Basi unaweza kuisaidia Wikipedia kwa kuihariri na kuongeza habari.