UWASHINGTON, DC-Ukuphawula ukuphela kwenyanga yeNyanga yokuThintela ukuThengisa abantu, uMbutho wabaNcedisi beeNqwelomoya-i-CWA (AFA) iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuzibophelela kwayo ekusebenzeni ekupheliseni ukurhweba ngabantu. Ukususela ngo-1942, ngoFebruwari 1 kuye kwakhunjulwa njengoSuku lweSizwe lweNkululeko, umhla apho uMongameli uLincoln wasayina isilungiso se-13 sokuphelisa ubukhoboka.
“Njengabaphenduli bokuqala kwezokubhabha ngenqwelomoya, abasebenza ngenqwelomoya baba kwindawo entle yokujoyina umlo wokurhweba ngabantu ngokungekho mthethweni. Ngoqeqesho olufanelekileyo, singanceda ukusindisa ubomi babantu abamsulwa, siququzelele ukuhlangulwa kwabo kwaye sincede ukuzisa abenzi bobubi ematyaleni, ”utshilo uMongameli we-AFA wamazwe aphesheya uVeda Shook. “Namhlanje, asekhona amaninzi amaxhoba obukhoboka banamhlanje - ngabasetyhini nabantwana, amadoda nabantu abadala. Bonke bavinjwa amalungelo oluntu kwaye kufuneka sisebenzisane ukuqinisekisa ukuba siyaluphelisa olu hlobo lobukhoboka. ”
Kuqikelelwa ukuba ubuncinci i-12.3 yezigidi zabantu abadala kunye nabantwana bangamakhoboka kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ama-56 eepesenti ngabantu basetyhini namantombazana. I-International Labour Organisation (ILO) iqikelele ukuba ngo-2005, amakhwenkwe kunye namantombazana ayi-980,000 ukuya kwi-1,225,000 babekwimeko ekusetyenzwa nzima kuyo ngenxa yokurhweba ngabantu ngokungekho mthethweni.
“Kubalulekile ukuba ngalo mhla xa inkululeko kubo bonke abantu baseMelika ihlonitshwa, siphinda sincoma kwidabi lokuphelisa ukwaphulwa kwamalungelo oluntu okukhohlakeleyo nokukhohlakeleyo. Ngokuvela kwemizi-mveliso yethu kuza nendaleko kuxanduva lwethu lobungcali kwaye kuyafuneka ukuba abo bahamba ngenqwelo moya bafumane uqeqesho olufanelekileyo lokuchonga amaxhoba anokubakho kunye nokwenza lula ukuhlangulwa kwabo, ”wongeze watsho uShook.
I-AFA iphakathi kothungelwano lwamaqabane asebenza kunye ne-DOT kunye ne-DHS ukufundisa abasebenzi bezothutho abaphambili malunga nendima ebalulekileyo esinokuyidlala ukunceda ukurhweba ngabantu.
