Veneranda Nzambazamariya
Veneranda Nzambazamariya alizaliwa Rwanda tarehe 8 Agosti 1957 na alifariki tarehe 30 Januari 2000 katika ajali ya ndege ya Kenya Airways Flight 431 karibu na Côte d’Ivoire.[1] Alijulikana kwa kuunganisha watu wa makundi tofauti, hasa katika kipindi cha baada ya mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda. Alikuwa pia mshauri kwa vijana, akisisitiza elimu na ushiriki wa kiraia katika kujenga jamii bora.[2] Alikuwa kiongozi wa wanawake nchini Rwanda na baadaye akatunukiwa tuzo ya Millennium Peace Prize for Women.[3][4]
Alisoma na baadaye akajihusisha na mashirika ya kiraia, jambo lililomsaidia katika kazi yake ya kukuza usawa wa kijinsia na kujenga amani.[2]
Kazi ya kibinadamu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Nzambazamariya alikuwa mshawishi mkubwa wa amani na mshikamano wa kijamii. Akiwa rais wa Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe, alisimamia programu za mikopo midogo (microcredit), vyama vya kilimo, na mafunzo ya kusoma na kuandika ili kuwawezesha wanawake kiuchumi na kijamii katika Rwanda ya baada ya mauaji ya kimbari.[2]
Alikuwa pia mwanachama mwanzilishi wa Reseau de Femmes na Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe.[2] Aidha alishiriki katika Kamati ya Wanawake ya Amani na Maendeleo, akilenga kurekebisha mifumo ya kijamii na kisheria iliyokuwa ikiwabagua wanawake.[5]
Tuzo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Tuzo ya Millennium Peace Prize for Women ilianzishwa mwaka 2001 na United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, sasa UN Women) kwa ajili ya kuwaheshimu wanawake waliotoa mchango mkubwa katika kujenga amani duniani.
Nzambazamariya alikuwa mpokeaji wa kwanza wa tuzo hii, kutokana na uongozi wake katika kuhimiza maridhiano kupitia Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe na kampeni za amani zilizoimarisha ushiriki wa wanawake katika jamii ya Rwanda.[6][7]
Kifo na urithi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Baada ya kifo chake katika ajali ya ndege ya Kenya Airways Flight 431, kifo cha Nzambazamariya kilileta pengo kubwa katika jamii ya Rwanda na duniani katika harakati za kujenga amani.[1]
Urithi wake unaendelea kupitia shirika la Nzambazamariya Veneranda Organization lililoanzishwa mwaka 2000, linalohimiza amani, haki, na maendeleo endelevu kwa kutumia falsafa ya Ubuntu.[8][9]
Kila mwaka tarehe 30 Januari, familia yake na wanachama wa shirika lake hukumbuka mchango wake kupitia kumbukumbu na kuweka maua kwenye kaburi lake lililopo Remera Cemetery.[9]
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- 1 2 Mwambari, David (2019-12-23). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331299552_Leadership_Emergence_in_Post-Genocide_Rwanda_The_role_of_Women_in_Peacebuilding Leadership Emergence in Post-Genocide Rwanda: The role of Women in Peacebuilding]". Leadership and Developing Societies. 2 (1): 88–104 – via ResearchGate.
- 1 2 3 4 Burnet, Jennie E. (2008-07-01). "Gender Balance and the Meanings of Women in Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda". African Affairs. 107 (428): 361–386. doi:10.1093/afraf/adn024. ISSN 0001-9909.
- ↑ "2001 Peace Prize Recipients - Biography - Veneranda Nzambazamariya" (kwa English). United Nations. 2001. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 2001-10-31. Iliwekwa mnamo 5 Novemba 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Century of Women" (PDF). Victory Over Violence. 2010. uk. 16. Iliwekwa mnamo 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World" (PDF). Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo (PDF) mnamo 2015-10-24.
- ↑ "Press Briefing by UN Development Fund For Women on Millennium Peace Prize | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-11-18.[dead link]
- ↑ "[https://africanactivist.msu.edu/record/210-849-31176/ African Activist Archive]". africanactivist.msu.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ↑ staff, CBSNews com staff CBSNews com (2001-03-09). "U.N. Awards Women Peacemakers - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-11-25.
- 1 2 Ukwezi. (2022). Byinshi wamenya kuri Nzambazamariya Veneranda umaze imyaka 22 yishwe n’impanuka y’indege. Retrieved from http://ukwezi.com/Mu-rwanda/Ubuzima/article/Byinshi-wamenya-kuri-Nzambazamariya-Veneranda-umaze-imyaka-22-yishwe-n-impanuka-y-indege[dead link]