Ifrah Ahmed

**Ifrah Ahmed** () ɗan Somaliya - Iriland ƴar gwagwarmayar zamantakewa. Ita ce wacce ta kafa United Youth of Ireland kungiya mai zaman kanta da kuma Ifrah Foundation .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Ifrah Ahmed a Mogadishu, Somalia a 1989. A lokacin yana dan shekara takwas, Ahmed ya yi kaciya a hannun wani memba na iyali wanda ke da lasisin likita.  A lokacin yakin Habasha ne Ahmed ya koma kasar Ireland yana dan shekara 17 a duniya. Ta guje wa masu fataucin kuma an ba ta matsayin 'yan gudun hijira a Ireland a cikin 2006.

Bayan isowarta, Ahmed ya shiga duba lafiyarsa na dole inda kwararrun likitocin suka dage da yin smear na pap. A lokacin da take magana da turanci mai iyaka, Ahmed ta yi kokarin sanar da ma’aikatan lafiya halin da take ciki, wadanda kafin wannan rana ba su taba fuskantar wata matsala ta kaciyar mata (FGM) ba. A wancan lokacin, yayin da take zaune tare da wasu 'yan gudun hijira a masauki, Ahmed ta sake tunawa da raunin da ta ji a baya dangane da FGM lokacin da ta tambayi sauran matan abubuwan da suka faru.  Ahmed ya yi mamakin sanin cewa FGM ba al'ada ba ce ta yau da kullun a Ireland, saboda an daidaita ta a Somaliya.  Hakan ya tilasta mata komawa makaranta don faɗaɗa karatun ta don ta fi dacewa da magana da kuma magance matsalar FGM.  A shekaru masu zuwa Ifrah Ahmed za ta zama mace ta farko da za ta bayyana shaidarta game da yadda ta fuskanci kaciya ga jama'a. 

Ahmed ya kafa United Youth of Ireland (2010), wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ga matasa baƙi, da kuma Ifrah Foundation, wanda ke da alhakin kawar da kaciyar mata (FGM). 

Gidauniyar Ifrah wata ƙungiyar agaji ce mai rijista a cikin Ireland da Somaliya. Ta hanyar gidauniyar Ahmed, ta ci gaba da bayar da shawarwarin kawar da FGM a ƙasarta ta Somaliya. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da wayar da kan jama'a ta hanyar samar da abubuwan da ke cikin kafofin watsa labaru don nuna mummunar tasirin FGM. A cikin Yuli 2018, tare da haɗin gwiwar Global Media Campaign don kawo karshen FGM, Ahmed ya gabatar da wani ɗan gajeren labari game da mutuwar yarinya mai shekaru 10 saboda rikice-rikicen da aka samu daga FGM . Gidauniyar Ifrah ta yi hadin gwiwa kan ayyuka masu tasiri tare da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na duniya, kuma sun kulla kawance tare da hukumomin gwamnati kan manufofi da dokoki.

Manufar tushe ita ce "cikakkiyar watsi da FGM a Somaliya da ƙahon Afirka [...]".  A shafin yanar gizon su sun bayyana cewa za a cimma hakan ne ta hanyar "ci gaba da hulɗa tare da Gwamnati da abokan hulɗar dabarun, a cikin muhimman wuraren aiki: Shawara, Fadakarwa da Ƙarfafa Al'umma".  Gidauniyar ta haɗu da ayyuka da yawa don samar da sakamako mai mahimmanci tare da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai na duniya a Gabashin Afirka kamar Amnesty International, UNICEF, da UNFPA, kuma tana da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan haɗin gwiwa tare da hukumomin gwamnati kan manufofi da dokoki. Sun yi aiki a matakan ministoci, tare da shugabannin addini, masana harkokin watsa labarai na duniya, da ƙungiyoyin jama'a don inganta haɓakawa da ilimi. 

### United Youth of Ireland
*Ƙungiyar Matasa ta Ƙasar Ireland* mai zaman kanta tana ba da tallafi ga matasa baƙi a cikin kasuwancin su, zane-zane da abubuwan ƙirƙira.  Manufar ita ce a “sace zukatan matasa.”

### lissafin FGM

A shekara ta 2001, gwamnatin Ireland ta gabatar da wani kudiri na hana FGM a cikin ƙasa, amma har yanzu gwamnati ba ta ɗauki wani mataki ba, wanda ya sa Ahmed ya tashi tsaye ya kawo sauyi. Tare da *United Youth of Ireland*, ta fara wasan kyau da ake kira Ms. Ethnic Ireland, wata gasa don bikin bambancin, wayar da kan jama'a game da FGM,  da kuma magance matsalolin da baƙi ke da su a cikin al'adun Irish. Ahmed ya samu martani daga 'yan al'ummar Somaliya da har yanzu suke goyon bayan wannan al'ada, amma ta ci gaba da tofa albarkacin bakinta.  A wannan shekarar, Ahmed ya ci gaba da yakin ta hanyar kafa gidauniyar Ifrah, kungiyar da ke yaki da kaciyar.  Ta hanyar fafutuka da taimakon Labour TD Joe Costello, Ahmed ya yi nasarar hana FGM a Ireland a 2012. 

### A Somalia

Ahmed ta kuma magance FGM a kasarta ta Somalia. Tsohuwar ministar mata da kare hakkin dan Adam ta Somaliya ta gana da Ahmed a yayin wani taro a Tarayyar Turai, inda ta bukaci Ahmed ya yi aiki a ma'aikatar mata don bunkasa shirye-shiryen kare hakkin yara, ciki har da amincewa da yi wa mata kaciya. Ahmed kuma ya samu goyon bayan ministocin mata na baya. Tare da samun goyon bayan waɗannan mata da wasu manyan ministocin gwamnati, ta sami damar haɓaka rigakafin kaciya kai tsaye tare da al'ummomi da shugabannin addinai. Wanda Amison da Jami'ar Mogadishu suka goyi bayan, Ahmed ya jagoranci tarurrukan tarurrukan tarurrukan tarurrukan ba da ilimi da wayar da kan jama'a.  A yanzu Ahmed shi ne mai kula da harkokin jinsi a madadin gwamnatin Somaliya, kuma mai ba shugaban Somaliya shawara kan harkokin jinsi. Tare da wannan, Ahmed kuma shi ne mai ba da shawara kan kare hakkin bil adama ga gwamnatin Somaliya.  Ifrah ta ƙaddamar da wani cikakken bincike na tsawon watanni goma sha takwas game da matsayin FGM a Somaliya kuma ta rubuta hanyoyin da aka yi don watsi da Tsarin Aiki na Kasa na FGM a Somaliya.  Tare da goyon bayan jama'a na firaministan, wanda ya kaddamar da doka don kawo karshen wannan al'ada, kungiyoyin agaji a Somalia sun sami damar yin hadin gwiwa da gidauniyar Ifrah da gwamnati don aiwatar da shirin yin watsi da FGM a fadin kasar.  Ahmed ya kuma hada Kwalejin Horar da Kamfen Media Campaign Media a Mogadishu. 

A cikin 2016, an nada ta Mai ba da Shawarar Jinsi ga Firayim Minista na Somaliya 

### Sauran ayyuka
Bugu da kari, Ahmed ya taka rawa wajen shirya abubuwa daban-daban, tarurrukan karawa juna sani, tattara kudade da karawa juna sani.  A cikin 2014, ta kasance mai baƙo mai magana don tallafawa shirin shirin *yarinya Rising* na Richard E. Robbins . Nunin ya kasance wani ɓangare na Ci gaban Fina-finai da aka gudanar a Kwalejin Jami'ar Dublin . 

## Hoton kafofin watsa labarai
Wani tarihin rayuwa game da Ahmed, *Yarinya daga Mogadishu*, tare da Aja Naomi King da Barkhad Abdi suna cikin samarwa, suna harbi a Ireland da Maroko kuma an fara nunawa a Edinburgh Film Festival a Scotland.  

Hanya ce mai wahala don buɗewa da raba irin waɗannan cikakkun bayanai na rayuwarta da labarinta tare da daraktar fim ɗin, Mary McGuckian, da marubucin rubutun, kuma daga baya, tare da duniya. Amma Ahmed yana son sauran mutanen da suka yi fama da FGM su ji su kaɗai bayan sun fuskanci fim ɗin.  Ahmed ya kuma shirya wani ɗan gajeren fim ɗin da ya biyo bayan labarin wata yarinya ‘yar shekara goma mai suna Deequq, wadda ta yi jini ya mutu sakamakon kaciyar da ta yi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan labarin ya bazu, wasu iyaye sun fara kai 'ya'yansu mata zuwa asibiti bayan an yanke su don hana irin wannan mummunan yanayi. Ahmed da kanta ta taimaka wajen samar da kulawar da yawa daga cikin wadannan ‘yan matan kuma ta samu nasarar ceto ‘yan mata ashirin daga zubar jini.  Tashin hankalin duniya na wannan shirin ya taimaka wajen jagorantar babban mai shari'a na Somaliya don aiwatar da shari'ar farko a ƙasar game da FGM. 

## Kyauta

* A cikin 2015, **Ifrah** ta lashe lambar yabo ta Humanitarian Year award ta Women4Africa Award . 
* A cikin 2018, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Mutanen Shekara saboda aikinta. 

## Magana