Papa Francis: kodzero dzevakadzi muChechi yeKaturike
Cherie Blair aitaura chokwadi achitaura nezvedambudziko rekumanikidzwa kubata pamuviri pakati pevadzidzi vechidiki vechikadzi muAfrica (Cherie Blair achipomerwa mhosva yekusimbisa zvisirizvo pamusoro pevakadzi vemu Africa, Kurume 27). Akanga achitaura muchikoro cheKaturike uye pari zvino maKaturike ari kunetsekana nedambudziko rese repamuviri pasingadiwe uye kodzero dzevakadzi (nevarume).
Mumagariro echivanhu muAfrica, kugona kwemusikana kubereka "kwaive" nemhuri yake yekuzvarwa, uye kwaive netsika dzinozivikanwa dzekukumbira kukuvadzwa kwe "kunyengerera," izvo zvakatodzivirira vasikana. Dziviriro idzi dzakanyangarika neazvino, uye masangano akaita seCafod anogona kupa nzwisiso mukukwezva kwevasikana mune yekuyaruka kwechikoro, izvo zvinoisa mucherechedzo wemubvunzo pane chero kuyedza kwekusimudzira magariro (tanga tichitaura nezvevasikana kwemakore gumi nerimwe). Ehezve, vatungamiriri vemuAfrica, kusanganisira mabhishopi, vangasarudza kusataura nezvazvo. Asi njodzi yehuwandu hwevanhu iri kuitika kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica, uye kunyarara nezvayo hakuite kuti ipere.
Jenny Tillyard
(aigara makumi matatu emakore muZimbabwe), Seaford, East Sussex
• Ndiri muKaturike, ndinobvumirana zvizere naTina Beattie (maonero, Kurume 27) pamusoro pekunyimwa kodzero yevakadzi yekuvhota muchechi medu. Tichakamirira "kukakavara" mukana wevakadzi madhikoni, uye kunyangwe ndichivenga chirevo icho "kwete muhupenyu hwangu", ini ndave kutanga kuona kufunga shure kwayo uye ndinonzwa kurema kwayo kwakashata uye kunoshungurudza pamapfudzi angu.
Ndiri kufara kuti Pope Francis vakaziva kuzvipira kwaLucetta Scaraffia kuchechi maererano nekutorerwa kwedu kodzero yekuvhota. Iye zvino iye nehutungamiriri vanofanirwa kusvika kuvakadzi nekumisikidza kwavo kunamatira kwakanyanya kunodiwa kuhutungamiriri mabasa. Kusvikira izvo zvaitika, kereke ichawisirwa kumashure uye pasi peizvo varume vazhinji, vakadzi nevana vechiKatorike vanotarisira nemazvo kubva kune inofanirwa kunge iri yazvino, yakazara-sangano inosanganisirwa naiye Kristu.