Merilyn Tahi

Merilyn Tahi (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga watan Yunin shekara ta alif dari tara da hamsin 1950) mai fafutuka ce game da tashin hankali na cikin gida daga Vanuatu, wacce ta kafa Cibiyar Mata ta Vanuatu kuma ita ce mace ta farko daga kasar da ta zama wakilin gari. An san ta a matsayin mai haske na Commonwealth na arba'in a cikin 2018.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Tahi a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1950 a kan Ambae . [1] Babbar 'yan uwa bakwai, iyayenta sun yi aiki ga Ofishin Jakadancin Anglican a tsibirin.[1] Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibai na farko da suka halarci Kwalejin Malapoa, inda ta yi karatu daga 1966-70, an tilasta ta barin makarantar da wuri don yin aure.[1] Ta yi aiki ga gwamnatin Vanuatu na tsawon shekaru ashirin, kafin da kuma bayan samun 'yancin kai.[1] A shekara ta 2003 ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Revans tare da BA a cikin Gudanarwa . [1]

 'Yancin mata 
A shekara ta 1975 an zabe ta mace ta farko a Vanuatu ta zama wakilin gari.  A cikin shekarun 1980s ta ba da gudummawa ga kwamitoci da yawa da suka shafi batutuwan mata, da kuma aikin kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu a Vanuatu.

A cikin 1992 Tahi ta kafa Cibiyar Mata ta Vanuatu, wacce aka kirkira don tallafawa wadanda suka tsira daga tashin hankali na gida. A cikin shekarun 1990s daidaito tsakanin mata ba shine fifiko ga gwamnati ba kuma ya ɗauki ƙarfin hali don riƙe su ta hanyar kafa VWC. Mata suna fuskantar shingen da yawa don samun damar ƙasa a cikin ƙasar kuma a cikin 2004 Tahi ta yi amfani da kwarewarta don jawo hankali ga rashin gida da yawancin mata na Pacific ke fuskanta. A wani taron yanki ta tuna yadda bayan mutuwar mijinta a shekarar 1997, an kore ta daga gidan aurenta. Tana ba da shawara ga shirye-shiryen gida waɗanda ke da al'adu masu mahimmanci suna da babban tasiri ga tashin hankali na jinsi.

Tahi ya yi aiki a matsayin mai lura da zabe na Nauru a 2016, tare da Anote Tong da Lorna Simon . 

A cikin shekara ta 2018, yayin da Vanuatu ta yi bikin shekaru talatin da shida na 'yancin kai da gwamnati cewa tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe masu farin ciki a duniya, Tahi ta kalubalanci wannan labarin ta hanyar tattauna a bayyane game da matakan tashin hankali na gida da mata a kasar suka fuskanta. A cikin 2020 Tahi ta yi aiki tare da Cibiyar Mata ta Vanuatu don rage tasirin sau biyu na Cyclone Harold da COVID-19. 

 Kyaututtuka 
A cikin 2018 an girmama Tahi a matsayin 40th Commonwealth Point of Light, jerin kyaututtuka da ke nuna gudummawar masu sa kai a cikin Commonwealth of Nations .  A cikin jawabin karɓa, Tahi ta bayyana cewa tana karɓar shi a madadin Cibiyar Mata ta Vanuatu.

A cikin 2020 Babban Hukumar Australiya ta amince da Tahi tare da lambar yabo ta 40th Anniversary Gender Equality Advocate Award, lambar yabo ta sau ɗaya da ke murna da aikin rayuwarta game da daidaito tsakanin jinsi.

 Manazarta 

 Haɗin waje 

 Mata a cikin Pacific
 Tattaunawar Shari'a: Rikicin da aka yi wa MataCin zarafin mata
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1950
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane