Evelyn Owens

**Evelyn Perpetua Owens** (22 ga watan Janairun 1931 - 26 ga watan Satumbar 2010) 'yar siyasar Jam'iyyar Labour Party ce kuma mai fafutukar Kungiyar kwadago.

Evelyn Owens ta kasance mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata da dangantakar masana'antu a Ireland. Bacin ranta da rashin daidaiton albashi tsakanin mata da maza a Kamfanin Dublin ya sa ta yi fafutukar kare daidaiton albashi, ta shiga Ƙungiyar Jami'an Gwamnatin Irish (ILGOU) da kuma tabbatar da daidaiton albashi ga mata a shekarun 1960. Owens ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar ILGOU kuma ta yi amfani da matsayinta a Seanad Éireann (1969–77) don neman daidaiton albashi da haƙƙin mata. A lokacin da take aiki a Seanad, Owens ta zama mace ta farko da ta riƙe mukamin Leas-Chathaoirleach .

Owens ta ci gaba da yin tasiri mai mahimmanci a matsayinta na shugabar Kotun Ma'aikata tun daga shekarar 1994, inda ta inganta daidaiton jinsi da kuma tabbatar da muhimman hukunce-hukunce kan cin zarafin mata da wariya . Shiga tsakani da ta yi ya taimaka wajen hana yajin aikin ma'aikatan jinya na ƙasa a shekarar 1997 kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga manyan gyare-gyare, ciki har da gabatar da mafi ƙarancin albashi a shekarar 2001.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Evelyn Perpetua Owens [1] a unguwar Dublin da ke Clontarf, ita ce ta huɗu cikin yara shida a cikin dangin William Owens, daga County Roscommon, da Ellen (née Monaghan), daga County Galway . [2] Ta girma a wani ɓangare a Limerick amma galibi a Clontarf, kuma, bayan kammala karatun sakandare a Makarantar Sakandare ta Holy Faith, Clontarf, ta fara aiki a Dublin Corporation a sashen ma'ajin birnin. Yayin da take aiki, ta yi karatun difloma a fannin gudanar da gwamnati, da daddare, a Kwalejin Trinity Dublin . [2] Zabin halartar Trinity ya buƙaci "izini" na hukuma daga firist ɗin cocinta, wanda ke nuna tsauraran matakan addini na zamanin kan ilimin manyan mata. [3]

### Siyasar zaɓe
Owens ta shiga Jam'iyyar Labour kuma an zaɓe ta ga Seanad Éireann a cikin Kwamitin Labour a zaɓen Seanad na 1969; an sake zaɓenta a 1973.   Ta yi amfani da dandalin Seanad don tallafawa daidaiton albashi, ilimi tare da haƙƙoƙin matan da aka yi watsi da su, zawarawa da uwaye marasa aure. Ta fito fili kuma kamar kasuwanci, ta sami girmamawa daga abokan aikinta maza. A tsawon lokacin, ta ci gaba da riƙe muƙaminta da Dublin Corporation, wanda ya ba ta izinin halartar tarurrukan Majalisar Dattawa. Ta kuma zauna a Majalisar Mata ta Ƙasa ta Labour a farkon shekarun 1970 kuma ta jagoranci Majalisar Mata ta Ƙasa ta Labour daga 1975. Duk da cewa tana cikin ɓangaren 'yan jam'iyyar Labour mai sassaucin ra'ayi, Owens ta goyi bayan ladabtar jam'iyya, ta bambanta kanta da masu fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata na lokacin; ta tsara hujjojinta a cikin aji kuma daga baya ta lura cewa ƙabilar mata ba ta cimma komai ba ga iyaye mata masu aiki. 

Bayan sake zaɓenta a shekarar 1973, an naɗa Owens Leas-Chathaoirleach (mataimakiyar kakakin majalisar Seanad), inda ta zama mace ta farko da ta riƙe wannan muƙamin. Ta kan jagoranci harkokin kasuwanci na Seanad a lokacin da babu Cathaoirleach James Dooge . A matsayinta na memba a Kwamitin Shugaban Ƙasa, ta kafa tarihi a shekarar 1974 a matsayin mace ta farko da ta sanya hannu kan dokar Ireland. Tsakanin 1973 da 1977, ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kawo ƙarshen wariya ga albashi da aiki; ta yi fice a zanga-zangar adawa da yunƙurin gwamnati na jinkirta aiwatar da dokokin albashi daidai gwargwado kuma ta jagoranci Dokar Daidaito ga Aiki ta hanyar Seanad jim kaɗan kafin faɗuwar ƙungiyar. Duk da nasarorin da ta samu, Owens ta rasa kujerarta a zaɓen 1977; rashin jin daɗinta ga tsarin da ake yi na neman aiki a duk faɗin ƙasar sau da yawa ana ambatonsa a matsayin wani abu. 

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