Ena Collymore-Woodstock

**Ena Collymore-Woodstock** OD MBE (10 Satumba 1917 - 2 Disamba 2025) lauya ce kuma alkaliyar Jamaica wacce a tsawon aikinta ta karya shinge da yawa ga mata. Bayan ta zama marayu, ta shiga Hukumar Kula da Yankuna ta Auxiliary Territorial kuma ta horar da aikin radar, ta zama mace bakar fata ta farko da ta yi hakan, tana aiki a Belgium da Birtaniya a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Lokacin da yaƙin ya ƙare, ta sami digirin lauya kuma ta koma Jamaica don zama mace ta farko da ta zama Magatakardar Kotu, Lauya Mai Kula da Sarauta, da kuma Magatakardar Mazauna. Lokacin da aka kafa Kotunan Matasa a ƙasar, ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ta daga 1964 zuwa 1967 sannan kuma a matsayin Babbar Majistare har zuwa ritayarta a 1977. Bayan ritayarta, ta yi aiki a matsayin alkaliyar Turkawa da Caicos da Anguilla . Saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga ci gaban Jamaica, an karrama ta a matsayin memba na Order of the British Empire da kuma Jamaica's Order of Distinction .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Ena Joyce St. Clare Collymore a shekarar 1917 a garin Spanish Town, Jamaica, wanda a lokacin yana ɗaya daga cikin yankunan da British West Indies ke mallaka, ga Madeline Louise (née Anderson) da Frank Augustin Collymore. [1] [1] Mahaifinta shugaban tashar jirgin ƙasa ne na ƙasa [1] kuma ya rasa hannu ɗaya bayan ya faɗi daga jirgin ƙasa a farkon aikinsa. Ya mutu lokacin da Collymore yake ƙarami kuma ita da 'yan'uwanta uku suka ƙaura tare da mahaifiyarsu zuwa Kingston, inda mahaifiyarta ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da garin Vineyard . 'Yan'uwanta mata biyu sun bar makaranta tun suna ƙanana don taimakawa wajen kula da iyali yayin da Collymore, 'yar ta uku, ta kammala karatun firamare a Makarantar Reshe ta Tsakiya kuma ta tafi Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Hugh . Mahaifiyarta ta mutu jim kaɗan bayan kammala karatunta. [1]

## Sana'a
Collymore ta koma masauki a YWCA, bayan ta zauna na ɗan lokaci tare da wata 'yar'uwa mai aure, kuma ta ɗauki aiki a matsayin mai kula da littattafai a gidan burodi na Valentine. Saboda tana buƙatar ƙarin kuɗi, ta nemi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar wucin gadi a ofishin Kotun. Da farko an ƙi ta, domin ba a ganinta a matsayin aiki ga mace ba, amma ta dage kuma an ɗauke ta aiki a kan gwaji. Cikin 'yan shekaru kaɗan aka ɗauke ta aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar dindindin a ofishin Kotun Laifuka ta Kingston. Lokacin da yaƙin ya fara, Colleymore ta shiga  a cikin Sabis na Yankin Taimako kuma da farko an sanya ta a cikin wurin nazarin stenography a Jamaica. Ta yi horo don aikin jinya, amma tana neman ƙarin farin ciki, ta nemi ta shiga Sabis na Hana Jiragen Sama ta tafi ƙasashen waje.  Daga 1943 zuwa 1946, ita ce mace baƙar fata ta farko da ke aiki da radar a Burtaniya kuma ta yi aiki a Belgium da Burtaniya.  Matsayinta na ƙarshe shine a Ofishin Yaƙi da ke Landan. Bayan ƙarshen yaƙin, ta fara karatunta na lauya a Gray's Inn a shekarar 1946   sannan ta shiga wani kwas kan laifukan yara a Jami'ar London .  A lokacin karatunta a Gray's Inn, ita kaɗai ce ɗaliba mace da ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar muhawarar kuma ta yi aiki a hukumar zartarwa ta Ƙungiyar Ɗalibai.  An kira ta zuwa lauya a shekarar 1948. 

Da ta koma Jamaica, ta koma bakin aikinta a kotunan laifuka. Daga nan aka ƙara mata matsayi a matsayin Mataimakiyar Magatakardar Kotu a Saint Mary Parish kuma ta karɓi ƙarin matsayi don yin aiki a matsayin Magatakardar Kotu a St. James Parish .   Naɗinta a matsayin Magatakardar Kotu wani sabon matsayi ne na mata a Jamaica.  A shekarar 1951, Collymore ta auri Victor Woodstock, wani ma'aikacin gwamnati, wanda suka haifi 'ya'ya uku tare. An naɗa ta Mataimakin Lauya Mai Kula da Sarauta a shekarar 1953, kuma karo na farko da mace ta riƙe wannan muƙamin.  An tabbatar da cewa jinsinta ba zai shafi aikinta ba. Saboda matsayinta ya sa ta yi tafiya a kotu, ta tafi da 'ya'yanta zuwa aiki. 

## Manazarta