Amantombazane aseSaudi Arabia Ekugcineni Avunyelwe Ukuthatha Amakilasi Wamajimu Esikoleni

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ISaudi Arabia yaziwa ngokuvimba amalungelo abesifazane: Abesifazane abanalo ilungelo lokushayela, futhi njengamanje badinga imvume yabesilisa (imvamisa evela kubayeni babo noma kubaba) ukuze bakwazi ukuhamba, ukuqasha ifulethi, ukuthola izinsizakalo ezithile zezempilo, futhi nokuningi. Abesifazane babengavunyelwe ukuncintisana kuma-Olympics kwaze kwaba ngu-2012 (futhi lokho kwaba ngemva kokuba iKomidi Lamazwe Ngamazwe Lama-Olympic lisabise ngokuvimba izwe uma liqhubeka nokukhipha abesifazane).

Kepha ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, umnyango wezemfundo waseSaudi umemezele ukuthi izikole zomphakathi zizoqala ukunikela ngamakilasi okuzivocavoca amantombazane ngonyaka ozayo wezifundo. "Lesi sinqumo sibalulekile, ikakhulukazi ezikoleni zikahulumeni," kusho uHatoon al-Fassi, oyisifundiswa saseSaudi ocwaninga ngomlando wabesifazane, etshela i New York Times. "Kubalulekile ukuthi amantombazane azungeze umbuso athole ithuba lokwakha imizimba yawo, anakekele imizimba yawo, futhi ahloniphe nemizimba yawo."

Imithetho ye-Ultraconservative ivimbele ngokomlando abesifazane ekuzibandakanyeni kwezemidlalo ngokwesaba ukuthi ukugqoka izingubo zabasubathi kuzothuthukisa ukungabi nasizotha (ekuqaleni konyaka, iNike yaba uphawu lomkhiqizo wokuqala wezemidlalo ukuklama i-hijab, okwenza kube lula ukuthi abasubathi bamaSulumane bafinyelele ekusebenzeni okuphezulu ngaphandle kokunikela ngesizotha) futhi ukuthi ukugxila emandleni nasekuqineni ngokomzimba kungase konakalise umuzwa wowesifazane wobufazi, ngokusho kwe Izikhathi.

Izwe laqala ngokobuchwepheshe ukuvumela izikole ezizimele ukuthi zinikeze amantombazane amakilasi emfundo yokuzivocavoca eminyakeni emine edlule, futhi imindeni eyagunyaza yayinenketho yokubhalisa amantombazane kumakilabhu okugijima azimele. Kepha kungokokuqala ukuthi iSaudia Arabia isekele umsebenzi wawo wonke amantombazane. P.E. imisebenzi izokhishwa kancane kancane nangokuhambisana nomthetho wamaSulumane.

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