U-Gina Rodriguez Ufuna Ukwazi "Ngesikhathi Sobumpofu"—nokuthi Yini Engenziwa Ukuze Usize

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Uma ungakaze uhambe ngaphandle kwama-pads namathamponi, kulula ukubathatha kalula. Uma ugaxele osizini isikhathi sakho esilethwa nyanga zonke, kungase kungalokothi kudlule engqondweni yakho ukuthi kungaba kubi kangakanani ngaphandle kwemikhiqizo ekusiza ukuphatha inhlanzeko yakho. Yilokho uGina Rodriguez afuna ukukushintsha. Endabeni yakamuva ye Intsha Vogue, lo mlingisi uthathe isikhathi ukucabanga ngendlela impilo yakhe ebizohluka ngayo namhlanje ukube ubengakwazanga ukuthenga imikhiqizo yokuya esikhathini noma kufanele aphuthe esikoleni ngenxa yesikhathi sakhe.

Ukuphuthelwa amakilasi kungenzeka kuholele kumphumela webhola leqhwa obungamvimba ukuthi aye e-NYU futhi kamuva athole amanye amathuba alolonge impilo yakhe, waphawula. "Kuthiwani uma kungadingeka ngihlale ekhaya izinsuku ezimbalwa ekilasini njalo ngenyanga lapho ngiseminyakeni yami yobusha?" wabhala. "Yiziphi izifundo ebengizophuthiwa, futhi mingaki imibuzo ebingaba khona uma ngingekho? . " (Okuhlobene: UGina Rodriguez Ufuna Uthande Umzimba Wakho Kukho Konke Ukuphakama Naphansi Kwakho)

Ukuze asize ukuba anqobe lesi sizathu, u-Rodriguez usebenzisane ne-Always and Feeding America emkhankasweni wabo othi #EndPeriodPoverty, onikela ngemikhiqizo yesikhathi kwabesifazane base-U.S. abangakwazi ukuthenga ama-pad noma ama-tampons. Lelo nani likhulu ngendlela ongase ucabange ngayo: Ngokocwaningo lwamuva nje lwe-Always, cishe intombazane yaseMelika eyodwa kwamahlanu kuye kwadingeka ukuba iphuthe esikoleni okungenani kanye ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemikhiqizo yokuya esikhathini.

Ngasohlangothini oluqhakazile, izwe selivele lithathe izinyathelo ezithile ngendlela efanele. Ngo-April, uMbusi u-Andrew Cuomo waseNew York umemezele ukuthi izikole zikahulumeni esifundazweni kudingeka zihlinzeke ngemikhiqizo yamahhala yokuya esikhathini emantombazaneni afunda ibanga lesi-6 kuya kwele-12. imikhiqizo yokuya esikhathini. Futhi izifundazwe eziningi ngokwengeziwe ziyayichitha "intela yetampon" yazo eyenza ama-tampon abize kakhulu kubantu abaningi. (Futhi, iziboshwa zesifazane ekugcineni zingafinyelela kuma-pads amahhala namathamponi emajele ombuso.) Kepha njengoba kusho uRodriguez, kusese nokude okufanele kwenziwe ekulinganeni kokuvikelwa kwesikhathi.

"Ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke sikulungise ngobusuku obubodwa, kodwa sesiqala ukubona intuthuko yangempela futhi ngigcwele ithemba," kubhala yena. "Ukuqwashisa ukushayela kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuletheni izinguquko ezinkulu." Nakanjani uyayenza indima yakhe ukuthatha leso sinyathelo.

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