Ichi chinyorwa chikamu chechikamu chinoti "Masayendisiti echikadzi pasi rese: nzira dzekuenzana kwevakadzi” kuongorora madhiraivha uye zvipingamupinyi pakumiririrwa kwevakadzi mumasangano esainzi. Inokwevera pakuongorora kwemhando yepamusoro kwandakaita mukubvunzana Dare Rinomirira Kuenzana kwevanhukadzi muSainzi (SCGES), zvichibva pabvunzurudzo nevakadzi vesainzi kubva kwakasiyana siyana uye nharaunda. Iyi nhevedzano inoburitswa panguva imwe chete pawebhusaiti yeISC neSCGES.
Kufarira kwaMarie Françoise Ouedraogo mumasvomhu kwakasimudzirwa kubva paudiki, nekurudziro kubva kuvadzidzisi vake vekusekondari nevabereki. Zvisinei, mhuri yake yakakura, iyo yakaita basa guru mukurerwa kwake, yainetseka pamusoro pechisarudzo chake chokutsvaka zvidzidzo zvenguva refu. Somunzvimbo dzakawanda pasi rose, zvinotarisirwa nenzanga muBurkina Faso zvinowanzosundidzira vakadzi kudzidzo pfupi, kuroora kana kuroorwa vachiri vaduku, uye kuva amai. Asi Marie Françoise haana kuodzwa mwoyo. “Ndaida masvomhu uye ndaida kusvika kure sezvandaigona,” anoyeuka kudaro.
Kuyunivhesiti, akazviwana ari pakati pevashoma: vakadzi vana chete mukirasi yezana, uye pakupedzisira, mukadzi ega akasara padanho ratenzi nerechiremba. Kunyangwe mapurofesa ake aimutsigira, vezera rake vechirume vaigara vachipokana nezvaanogona, zvichiratidza kusarura kwevakadzi mune zvedzidzo. “Havana kubvuma kuti ndiri pano, ndichidzidza navo.” Pasinei nematambudziko aya, akashingirira, akatsunga kuita zvakanaka mumunda wake uye nyanzvi mukuongorora basa.
Purofesa Ouedraogo akatanga basa rake redzidzo muna 2001. Anoyeuka kushamisika kwevadzidzi vake paakatanga kupinda mukirasi: “Pandakasvika, vakafunga kuti ndaiva mumwe wezera ravo,” anodaro. "Pandakazotora choko ndokutanga kudzidzisa ndipo pavakaona kuti ndini purofesa." Uku kuita kwokutanga kwakakurumidza kupa ruremekedzo sezvo vadzidzi vake vakaziva chiremera chake nounyanzvi.
Basa rake redzidzo rakafambira mberi kuburikidza nehurongwa-hwakavakirwa pasi peAfrican and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES), sangano repamusoro reAfrica rinoona nezvekufambiswa kwebasa kwemapurofesa emayunivhesiti munyika dzemuAfrica. Chiitiko chaOuedraogo neCAMES chaive chakanaka, sezvo ichitevera nhungamiro dzakajeka dzekusimudzira zvinoenderana nekuita, pasina kurerekera kune murume kana mukadzi. "Kana faira rako richisangana nemamiriro ese, hapana dambudziko, ungave uri murume kana mukadzi," anodaro, achitsanangura kurongeka kwehurongwa hwaimubvumira kukwira nepakati uye pakupedzisira ave purofesa akazara.
Muna 2009, Muzvinafundo Ouedraogo vakapinda musangano wePan African Congress of Mathematicians (PACOM) kuIvory Coast, kwaakagadzwa sachigaro weAfrican Mathematics Union.AMU) Komisheni yeVakadzi muMasvomhu. Achiziva kuti Komisheni yanga isingaite basa, akashanda kuti aimutsidzire kuburikidza nekuronga musangano muOuagadougou muna 2012, achiunganidza vakadzi vemuAfrica nyanzvi dzemasvomhu kuti vakurukure nezvebasa ravo mumunda. “Ndakaona kuti basa racho rakanga risiri ‘ripenyu’ chaizvoizvo. Pakanga pangova nemusangano mumwe chete mumakumi emakore. Ndakasarudza kumutsiridza zvinhu nekuronga musangano wedunhu waizounza pamwechete vakadzi vemuAfrica mumasvomhu.”
Chiitiko ichocho chakaisa hwaro hwechiito chikuru. Kukurudzirwa nezano raakagamuchira kubva kuEuropean Women in Mathematics (EWM) sangano, Dr. Ouedraogo nevamwe vake vakagumisa kuti vakadzi veAfrica nyanzvi dzemasvomhu dzaida nzvimbo yavo pachavo kuti varonge uye vamiririre. Izvi zvakaita kuti paumbwe sangano reAssociation of Women in Mathematics in Africa (AWMA) muna 2013, naDr. Ouedraogo seSachigaro wavo.
AWMA inopa chikuva chevakadzi vemuAfrica nyanzvi dzemasvomhu kuti vabatane, vagovane zvakaitika, uye vasimudzire kuenzana kwevakadzi mumasvomhu mukondinendi yose. Yakakurumidza kuva sangano rinoshingaira zvikuru. “Kutanga, takatanga nekuronga misangano mumatunhu mashanu eAfrica: Mabvazuva, Madokero, Maodzanyemba, Maodzanyemba nepakati. Nguva imwe neimwe, takakwanisa kufadza vakadzi nyanzvi dzemasvomhu mudunhu uye takabatsira kuronga mubatanidzwa wenyika dzevakadzi mune masvomhu munyika dzakawanda. "
AWMA yakatangawo webhusaiti, nerutsigiro rwemari kubva kuCommittee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) yeInternational Mathematics Union (IMU), kushanda senzvimbo yezvishandiso yevakadzi nyanzvi dzemasvomhu mukondinendi yese. Anotsanangura kuti "panguva yeCCIDID, muna 2019, sezvo taive tisisakwanise kusangana isu pachedu, takagadzira webinar yaiitika kamwe chete pamwedzi. Takakumbira nyanzvi yemasvomhu, murume kana kuti mukadzi, kuti ape hurukuro yeawa imwe chete. Vanhu vakakwanisa kutevera kuburikidza neZoom. "
AWMA yakarongawo misangano pa ripararire, software yakakosha yemasvomhu. “Takatozviita kuSenegal, Nigeria neUganda. Gore rino [2024], tichaironga muBurundi. Pamwe gore rinotevera, inenge iri kuSouth Africa.” Zviitiko izvi zvakagamuchirwa zvakanaka, nevatori vechikamu vachishandisa software kune zvese kutsvagisa nekudzidzisa. "Maonero acho anga akanaka," anodaro Ouedraogo. "Vatori vechikamu vanogara vachitikumbira kuronga zviitiko zvakawanda munyika dzakasiyana, uye tinoedza kufukidza matunhu ese eAfrica."
Nepo donzvo reAWMA riri rekusimudzira basa revakadzi mumasvomhu, mabasa ayo anosanganisirwa. “Mumaworkshops, vazhinji vevarairidzi vakadzi,” Ouedraogo anotsanangura kudaro. “Asi pakati pevakapinda, tinosanganisira varume nevakadzi. Kunyanya kana yakanangana nevadzidzi, vana chiremba kana masters, tinova nechokwadi chekuti pane varume nevakadzi. Haisi yevakadzi chete, asi tinoedza kubatanidza vakadzi vakawanda sezvinobvira.”
Zano iri rinobva pachokwadi chinoshanda: kune vashoma vakadzi nyanzvi dzemasvomhu muAfrica, uye vazhinji vakaparadzaniswa nezvinzvimbo zvekuita sarudzo. "Pakuronga zviitiko, zvinonetsa kuwana mari pasina kutora chikamu kwevarume," Ouedraogo anodaro. Anoona kuti sezvo vakadzi nevarume vachishanda pamwechete zuva nezuva mumarabhoritari nemudzimba dzekudzidzira “Kana tikavabvisa, vanogona kugadzira zvipingaidzo. Saka, zviri nani kuvabatanidza uye kubatana. ”
AWMA iri kusimudzirawo vanhu vanoyemurika uye kusimudzira kuonekwa kwevakadzi vemuAfrica nyanzvi dzemasvomhu kuburikidza nezvirongwa zvakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira kuburitswa kwebhurocha rine mifananidzo yevakadzi veMasvomhu vanobva kumativi ese enyika. “Hatina kuziva kuti taiva nemienzaniso yakawanda kudaro mumasvomhu muAfrica,” anodaro Dr. Ouedraogo. “Zvaivapo, asi zvakanga zvisingaoneki!” Bhurocha iri rine chinangwa chekukurudzira vasikana vadiki kuti vatevedze masvomhu nekuratidza vakadzi vakabudirira. “Paunenge uine wokutevedzera, unoona mumwe munhu abudirira, wobva wafunga kuti, ‘Ndadii ini? Ndichaedza, pamwe ndichabudirira saiye.”
Pandakanga ndiri mudzidzi, mukadzi ega watakaona musainzi aive Marie Curie. Akanga ari iye aizivikanwa zvikurusa, asi akanga asiri kunyange mumasvomhu—akanga ari mufizikisi nekemesitiri. Ndiwo chete muenzaniso wataiva nawo. Nehurombo, akange asiri wekunyika yedu - taigara mune imwe tsika.
Bhurocha racho rinoshandawo chimwe chinangwa chinokosha: kuyeuchidza vakadzi nyanzvi dzemasvomhu, avo vanowanzozviwana vamene vari vashoma mumalabhu anodzorwa nevarume, kuti havasi voga. “Vanogona kuverenga nyaya dzacho vofunga kuti, ‘Ndichawana kurudziro kubva kwaari kuti ndigadzirise matambudziko andinosangana nawo,” Ouedraogo anowedzera kudaro.
Pamusoro pekuita kwayo mudunhu, AWMA inoonekwa zvakanyanya padanho repasi rose. Inochengetedza hukama hwakasimba neKomiti yeVakadzi muMasvomhu (CWM) uye inotora chikamu muMusangano wePasi rose weVakadzi muMasvomhu. Chiitiko chesatellite ichi cheInternational Congress of Mathematicians, chinoitwa makore mana ega ega, chinopa hwaro hwekugovana zviitiko zveAWMA nekupa ruzivo nezvemamiriro esvomhu muAfrica.
Basa raMarie Françoise Ouedraogo rakakanganisa zvakanyanya nharaunda yemasvomhu muAfrica, kunyanya mukugadzira mikana yevakadzi. Nekutanga AWMA, ave nechokwadi chekuti vakadzi veAfrica nyanzvi dzemasvomhu vane nzvimbo yekugovana ruzivo, kubatana, uye kutsigira kuti vabatanidzwe mumunda.
Nyaya yake yekubudirira haisi yekukunda zvipingamupinyi chete asiwo nezvekugadzira nzvimbo yekuti vamwe vabudirire. Kuburikidza nehutungamiriri hwake, vakadzi nyanzvi dzemasvomhu muAfrica yose vakawana mukana wezviwanikwa, network, nemikana yaimboshomeka, zvichigadzira nzira yechizvarwa chinotevera chevakadzi mumasvomhu.
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