Xa ilizwi laqala ukusasazeka kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba abafazi baseSaudi - sele bengabona bacinezelekileyo kwaye bethintelwe emhlabeni - babebekwe esweni nge-elektroniki njengoko babeshiya ilizwe, abaphembeleli bakhawuleza bavakalisa umsindo wabo.
“Kulihlazo kakhulu,” utshilo uManal Al-Sharif, owaba ngumfanekiso wokuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini ngo-2011 emva kokuchasa isithintelo sokuqhuba kobukumkani kunye nokukhuthaza abanye abafazi baseSaudi ukuba benze okufanayo.
U-Al-Sharif wayengomnye wabantu bokuqala abadumileyo baseSaudis ukuba baqale uku-tweet malunga nomcimbi wokubeka iliso kwi-elektroniki - echaza umothuko ofunyanwa sisibini awayesazi emva kokuba umyeni efumene umyalezo omxelela ukuba umfazi wakhe wayemkile eSaudi Arabia, nangona babephuma. zelizwe kunye.
Eyona nto yabamangalisa neyabaphazamisa kakhulu, utshilo u-Al-Sharif, kukuba umyeni wayengabhalisanga kwiSebe lezangaphakathi ukuze aqalise ukufumana ezo saziso.
“Ibonisa indlela abasetyhini abasaphathwa ngayo njengabantwana,” wongeze watsho uAl-Sharif. Uqhubekile nokuchaza ukuba, nangona inkqubo yesaziso sele ikhona ukusukela ngo-2010, ngaphambi kweveki ephelileyo, umgcini oyindoda bekuya kufuneka ukuba acele le nkonzo kuMphathiswa Wezangaphakathi welizwe ngaphambi kokufumana imiyalezo enjalo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kuninzi okwenziweyo kwinto yokuba iSaudi Arabia lelona lizwe liseleyo apho abafazi abakanikwa lungelo lokuqhuba. Kodwa izithintelo ezifunyanwa ngabasetyhini baseSaudi banwebeka ngakumbi kunokungena nje emva kwevili. Kubukhosi obunemithetho engqongqo, ibhinqa alivumelekanga ukuba liye esikolweni, lifumane umsebenzi, okanye lide lihambe lingaphandle kwelizwe lingakhange liqale lifumane imvume “yomlindi” walo oyindoda, okanye uMahram.
E-Saudi Arabia, wonke umfazi unomgcini oyindoda - ngokwesiko uyise, umyeni okanye umnakwabo.
Kodwa inkqubo yokugada yelizwe ayisebenzi nje kwabasetyhini - abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka yobudala, kunye nabasebenzi bangaphandle, kufuneka banikwe imvume ngaphambi kokuba bavunyelwe ngaphandle kwemida yelizwe.
Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, i-Ofisi yoMphathiswa wezangaphakathi yelizwe ibizisa amalinge "e-e-government" ukwenza lula ukulandela abantu abaxhomekeke kubo ngetekhnoloji kunye nokwenza kube lula kubagadi ukuba bavumele abo baxhomekeke kubo ukuba balishiye ilizwe.
Enye inkqubo enjalo yaziswa ngo-2010 - abagcini banokuthi babhalisele inkonzo eya kubazisa nge-elektroniki xa kukho nabani na oxhomekeke kubo, ingaba, abafazi, abantwana okanye abasebenzi, belishiyile ilizwe. Le nkcazelo yayiza kuthunyelwa xa nabani na kwaba baxhomekeke kubo ekhe wahlolwa iincwadana zokundwendwela waza wawela nayiphi na imida yelizwe.
Kuthe kuphela kule veki iphelileyo, kwaqala ukuthumela imiyalezo nakumadoda ebengekabhalisi kule nkonzo.
U-Eman Al Nafjan, umbhali waseSaudi kunye neblogger, uxelele i-CNN ukuba impikiswano yokubeka iliso kwi-elektroniki ngumba onzima ongazange uqondwe ngandlel' ithile-ukuba oku kukuphindwa kwamva nje kwenkqubo yokugada yamandulo abafazi baseSaudi kuye kwafuneka baphile ixesha elide kakhulu. .
"Kutheni iphunyezwa ngokwetekhnoloji kwaye ihlaziywa?" wabuza uAl Nafjan. “Kutheni ingapheliswa? Lowo ngumbuzo wokwenene.”
Kwaye ngumbuzo oye wabuzwa ngakumbi nangakumbi kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ngabaphembeleli abathi imithetho engqongqo yokugada yaseSaudi Arabia isebenza kuphela ekukhuliseni abasetyhini kwaye ibahluthe nayiphi na inkululeko.
Ku-Al Nafjan, ukubeka iliso kwi-elektroniki ngumcimbi onzima, kodwa osibekele into ebaluleke kakhulu:
"Le nkqubo (yendoda yokugada) yenza ukuba kuxhatshazwe abasetyhini - kukuxhatshazwa okuvunywe ngurhulumente," utshilo uAl Nafjan, esongeza indlela imithetho yaseSaudi eyenza ukuba amadoda akwazi ukulawula ngokupheleleyo abantu abaxhomekeke kubo.
“Ngamandla asetyenziswa phezu kwabasetyhini,” ucacise watsho uAl Nafjan, okhuthaza ngamandla ukuba kupheliswe inkqubo yokugada. “Abafazi abakhululekanga. Nokuba umdala kangakanani na, uhlala usemncinci. Iphantse yafana nobukhoboka. Ubunini ngokwenene bubunikazi. "
U-Al-Sharif, kwelakhe icala, wayezibuza ukuba kutheni kungekho zinkonzo zikaRhulumente e-Saudi Arabia ukunceda abafazi abasengxakini, “ukunceda abafazi ukuba bafake izikhalazo ngabaxhaphazi babo ukuba abagcini babo bokwenene abayi kuhamba nabo. kwabo.”
“Abasetyhini kufuneka basebenzise oku ukwenza ingxolo,” wongeze watsho u-Al-Sharif, “bashukumise isikhephe, kwaye bathi kwanele.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In the deeply conservative kingdom, a woman is not allowed to go to school, get a job, or even travel outside the country without first obtaining the permission of her male “guardian,”.
- She went on to explain how, even though a notification system has actually been in place since 2010, before last week, a male guardian would have had to specifically request the service from the country’s Interior Ministry before receiving such messages.
- In recent years, much has been made of the fact that Saudi Arabia is the sole remaining country in which women still have not been given the right to drive.
