Nde nder 25 ngam Omer Mahnoor yah nyamre Pakistan e court woni booyde - assalamu alaikum
Assalamu alaikum - Nde nder Rawalpindi, Mahnoor Omer tawii wuyndude maa nder jamma ɗe ɓe njantaa, o jooɗi no feere e malaaɗi kadi yamira kadi nder belɗe makko. Hokkude sanitary pad nder njaareede jooɗi fota, sahla sa ɗum yo o heɓa ɓe booma. “Mi ndaarndi pad am nder suudi as if mi wayi narkooti jo njaareede,” o ekka. Jamma makko ko middle-class - baaba jogii e koddal, naana jogii e nyande - e ko ɓe njilla jooɗi nder heɓa feere e laawol makko. Nde ɓiɗɗo mum ekki naana makko, ko ɓe njona pads ko “kawtal ma hoɗi.”
“Ko nde o jogii am,” Mahnoor o ekka. “So middle-class njilla ɗum no fota, kadi hay jewelry wooji ɓe foti hokkude ɗe.”
Nde kaɗi 25, Mahnoor o daraji e jamma biawtaare keɓe to o njila e jamma ɓe heɓa fune keɓa nder jamaaɗe menstruaal e Pakistan. Nder Septembar, o hokkiraala Lahore High Court, o jangirde ko taxation e sanitary pads - the 'period tax' - ko feere e ko njaatiran e nyande e waɗi woɗaama.
Kaŋko, laawol Pakistan o heɓota fitaa e taxes on sales walla customs e pads ɗe hisi e woɗi no mballowaa e raw materials ɗe heɓa hokkude ɗe. Nde woɗɗi hoɗii, ɓe fitina mo, wadura 40 percent. Petition Mahnoor o njana ko taxes o sæde ɓe njilla women ko woni chal ɗum ko ma jawdi, dignity e justice social.
Nder jamaa ɗe menstruation ko tabo o waawota, ndi lawyer e activist ɓe njilla taxes no sikkoya nde ɓe moofta pads. Ko janngal woɗu, pakande ʔe woɗaa ko 450 rupees e 10 pieces - nder too deliberate duubi, ɗum ko ma yidde goɗɗon. UNICEF e WaterAid ɓe wata, ko 12 percent e Pakistani women o heɓa hokkude commercial pads; lewru kam, ɓe waawti no kloth walla jamma konngol e woodi foɗa ɗum.
“If petition on ndaarata, o jooɗi ko pads no waawɗata,” Hira Amjad e Dastak Foundation, no non-profit e gender equality yi'i. Efeere no jooɗi fota ɓe yaafu, ɓe wi'i ko o sew doo e yaafata wadde e kneere jawa ɗi.
Ko wuyndu nay, periods ngal tawii e malaaɗi e jamma e school. Aktivist ɓe, Bushra Mahnoor, o daraji e ngondu ɓe sotii e Attock e o the ko sumin feere e laafi e ngam pads. O njeɗi, o wi'i, “Nde o njilni, mi foti heɓa don.”
Nde 2022 floods, Bushra o soodani Mahwari Justice no hokkude jooni e relief efforts ko e menstruation; jamma am o distributi period kits e waawi musical e comics ko njilla kadi janna ko menstruation. Dastak Foundation no juulndi kossam nder disasters. Ndikkorɗi no sikkoya, activist ɓe wi’i, ko jooni o sikkoya ɓe e jamma - fawa nder iinta e don no sekkiti don woo mi anndaa.
Nder path Mahnoor e activism o njila ko nder jooni. O volunteeri silti kadi distribuude “dignity kits” nder low-income neighbourhoods, o jikka fundi ko bake sales, e kaɗi o waawti e gender e criminal justice jamaa. O jooɗi ko women’s rights marches, o njidda gender, peace e security nder ngel e jooni o ngoodi ɓamta e law walla.to Pakistan. Doo wi'i e ko o lawya e tax o ngoni waawira, ndaarata ko jooɗi legal challenge.
Supporters ɓe jangira ko ɗuum jehna hoore - ko jogii justice. Tax policies ko waawota findin hoore privilege people who may not consider ko ɓe affect ordinary women. Removing taxes e menstrual products e fawa ɓe nasta waawndu e burki, sikkon o no ɓemero ko jaaki kadi no jooɗi yahde health e education. Ko campaigners nden ɓe hokkude so safe, more sustainable products kadi hoore protections e workplace e pay menstrual leave for women tawa.
Mahnoor o waawi ko jabaa e lewru makko juuɗi no darandi no garange state, kono kāri mo ɓe nganjaa no bey. Am e ko on jokkisi fewa, tawa o njilli, e jamaa. “Nde mi jogii ko ɓe, o waawira ajjemi … ko daan wala , ko koyi ko njilli kaŋko.”
May Allah foti sikka e jooɗi kadi si amount ko barum nder yĩnde e lewru fota e ngondu subaka. Wa alaikum assalam.
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