Mae Azango

Mae Azango 'yar jaridar Laberiya ce ta FrontPage Africa . An san ta musamman da rahotonta game da yankan mata (FGM), wanda ya taimaka wajen dakatar da aikin a cikin al'umma. A shekara ta 2012, an ba ta lambar yabo ta 'yancin yada labarai ta kasa da kasa ta kwamitin kare 'yan jarida.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Azango 'yar Robert G.W. Azango ce, Mataimakin Alkalin Kotun Koli ta Laberiya . A cikin 1990, a lokacin Yaƙin basasar Liberia na farko, an ja shi daga gidan dangi yayin karin kumallo kuma mambobin kungiyar Charles Taylor ta National Patriotic Front of Liberia suka doke shi, daga baya ya mutu a kurkuku daga raunin da ya samu.

Mae Azango ta haifi ɗanta na farko a lokacin yakin, tana da shekaru 18. An tilasta mata ta yi amfani da mai juna biyu na gargajiya, Azango ta bayyana cewa mai juna biyu mai camfi ta doke ta a lokacin haihuwa kuma ta zarge ta da zina.Mae Azango (May 11, 2012). "Labor Pains". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Azango daga baya ya zama ɗan gudun hijira.

 Aikin Jarida 
Azango ya koma Laberiya a 2002 kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida."Mae Azango, Liberia". Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Batutuwan rahotonta sun haɗa da zubar da ciki, hakar ma'adinai ba bisa ka'ida ba, fyade, ciki na matasa, da yanayin aiki a kan ayyukan da mai mulkin Libya Muammar Gaddafi ya tallafawa a Laberiya. A shekara ta 2011, ta rubuta yadda wani jami'in 'yan sanda ya yi wa wata yarinya mai shekaru 13, wanda ya sa aka kama shi daga baya.  

 Rahoton game da yankan mata 
Azango an fi saninta da rahotonta game da FGM, al'ada ce inda aka yanke clitoris da wani ɓangare na labia, sau da yawa a cikin yanayin rashin tsabta, ta hanyar membobin kungiyar Sande ta sirri. Kimanin kashi 58% na matan Laberiya sun shiga cikin wani nau'i na hanya.Danielle Shapiro (23 March 2010). "Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Azango ta rubuta labarinta na farko a kan batun a cikin 2010. Da take bayyana zaɓinta na rubuta a kan batun "taboo", ta ce, "Mutane da yawa ba su da murya. Idan ban rubuta game da shi ba, ta yaya mutane za su sani game da shi?" 

A ranar 8 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2012 - Ranar Mata ta Duniya - ta wallafa wani labari a Front Page Africa game da wata mace da wasu mata biyar suka riƙe yayin da aka yanke clitoris dinta.Danielle Shapiro (23 March 2010). "Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Labarin ya ba da cikakken bayani game da hanyar, wanda Sande ke ɗaukar sirri. Jaridar ta sami barazanar da yawa a ranar da labarin ya bayyana cewa editan Azango, Wade Williams, ya kira ta ya gaya mata ta shiga ɓoye. Barazanar sun hada da cewa Azango kanta za a "kama kuma a yanke ta". Bayan 'yan sanda na cikin gida sun kasa daukar mataki game da barazanar, Azango ta shiga ɓoye, ta aika da' yarta mai shekaru tara don zama tare da dangi.

Kwamitin Kare 'Yan Jarida (CPJ), wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Amurka, ta yi kira ga shugaban Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf da ta ba da kariya ta Azango da kuma tabbatar da lafiyarta."Liberia reporter gets death, mutilation threats". Associated Press. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012 – via HighBeam Research. Amnesty International da Reporters Without Borders sun kuma bayar da sanarwa na tallafi, kamar yadda Columbia Journalism School da International Federation of Journalists suka yi.Roy Greensdale (30 April 2012). "Journalist who revealed genital mutilation in Liberia forced into hiding". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Jaridar rediyo Tetee Gebro na tashar Sky FM ta Laberiya ta watsa wani labari na Azango a cikin nuna hadin kai.Danielle Shapiro (23 March 2010). "Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

Kafin ƙarshen watan, a wani bangare saboda matsin lamba na cikin gida da na duniya da lamarin ya haifar, gwamnatin Sirleaf ta sanar da cewa ta amince da shugabannin gargajiya cewa za a dakatar da aikin kaciya a hukumance."Mae Azango, Liberia". Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Sanarwar ita ce karo na farko da 'yan siyasa na Laberiya suka soki aikin kaciya a bainar jama'a.

 Kyaututtuka 
A cikin shekara ta 2011, Azango ta sami tallafi daga Cibiyar Pulitzer ta Amurka kan Rahoton Rikicin saboda aikinta a kan "labaran da ba a bayar da rahoto ba" a cikin "sha'awar ɗan adam da aikin jarida na ci gaba".

Bayan jayayya ta FGM, an sanar da Azango a matsayin wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta CPJ International Press Freedom Awards ta 2012. Kyautar ta girmama 'yan jarida waɗanda ke nuna ƙarfin hali wajen kare' yancin yada labarai duk da fuskantar hare-hare, barazana, ko ɗaurin kurkuku.

Har ila yau, a cikin 2012, Azango ta lashe daya daga cikin 'yan jaridar Kanada don Free Expression's International Press Freedom Award . Ana gabatar da kyaututtuka a kowace shekara ga 'yan jarida waɗanda suka nuna jajircewarsu ga haƙƙin ɗan adam da rahoto mai gaskiya, kuma waɗanda suka shawo kan manyan cikas a cikin aikinsu. An gabatar da kyautar a CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting, wanda aka gudanar a Toronto, Kanada.

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