Chirevo cheInternational Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation paKutarisa Nyaya dze8th Session yeUnited Nations Open-ended Working Group paKuchembera.
The International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM) yakazvipira kutsigira runyararo runogara munyika dzepasi rose, uye isu tinonyatsoziva nezvemipiro inogona kuitwa nevakuru vedu. ICERM yakagadzira World Elders Forum yakanangana nevakuru, madzishe/vatungamiri kana vamiriri vemarudzi, zvitendero, nharaunda nemapoka echivanhu. Tinokoka mipiro yeavo vakararama nomukuchinja kunoshamisa kworuzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu, zvematongerwe enyika, uye nzanga. Tinoda rubatsiro rwavo mukuyananisa shanduko idzi nemitemo yechivanhu. Tinotsvaka huchenjeri hwavo mukugadzirisa kusawirirana murunyararo, kudzivirira kusawirirana, kutanga nhaurirano, uye kukurudzira dzimwe nzira dzisina mhirizhonga dzekugadzirisa kusawirirana.
Asi, sezvatakatsvakurudza mhinduro dzeMibvunzo Inotitungamirira pachikamu chino, zvinoodza mwoyo kuona kuti United States, uko sangano redu rakavakirwa, ine maonero mashoma pamusoro pekodzero dzevanhu vakwegura. Tine mitemo yehurumende neyematsotsi kuvadzivirira kubva mukushungurudzwa kwenyama nemari. Tine mitemo inovabatsira kuchengetedza kuzvitonga, kunyange pavanenge vachida vachengeti kana vamwe kuti vataure vachivamiririra pazvinhu zvishoma, zvakadai sehutano kana zvisarudzo zvemari. Zvakadaro hatina kuita zvakawanda kupikisa magariro evanhu, kuchengetedza kusanganisirwa kwevanhu vachembera, kana kubatanidzazve avo vakazviparadzanisa nevamwe.
Chekutanga, tinokanda munhu wese ane makore anopfuura makumi matanhatu muboka rimwe, sekunge vese vakafanana. Unogona here kufungidzira kana takaitira munhu wese ari pasi pemakore makumi matatu? Mukadzi akapfuma ane makore makumi masere ekuzvarwa muManhattan anokwanisa kuwana hutano hwehutano nemishonga yemazuva ano zviri pachena kuti ane zvinodiwa zvakasiyana pane murume ane makore makumi matanhatu nemashanu emuAgrarian Iowa. Sezvo isu tichitsvaga kuziva, kumbundira, uye kuyananisa mutsauko pakati pevanhu vane dzinza nezvitendero zvakasiyana, ICERM inoshanda kuunza vakuru nevamwe vanhu vakashongedzwa muhurukuro dzinovabata. Hatina kukanganwa kuti zvinotibata zvinobatawo ivo. Ichokwadi kuti isu tinogona kusakanganiswa nenzira dzakafanana, asi chimwe nechimwe yedu inobatwa zvakasiyana, uye chimwe nechimwe chezviitiko zvedu ndezvechokwadi. Tinofanira kuwana nguva yokutarira zvinopfuura zera, sezvo mune dzimwe nzira tiri kusarurawo pahwaro ihwohwo uye tichipfuuridzira matambudziko amene atinotsvaka kugadzirisa.
Chechipiri, muU.S., tinodzivirira vanhu vakwegura kubva pakusarurwa pavanenge vachiri kushanda, asi panoratidzika kuva nemvumo apo kuwana zvinhu nemabasa, utano, uye kuchengetwa kwenzanga zvine chokuita. Isu tine rusaruro rwedu pavari kana vasina "kubereka". MaAmericans with Disabilities Act ichavadzivirira sezvo zvimiro zvavo zvemuviri zvinodzikira uye vanofanirwa kufamba munzvimbo dzeveruzhinji, asi vachange vaine hutano hwakakwana uye nehanya munharaunda? Zvakawanda zvinoenderana nemari inowanikwa, uye vanopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvitatu kana vanhu vedu vachembera vari kugara padyo nemubatanidzwa wehurombo. Huwandu hweavo vane hurongwa hwemari hwakafanana hwemakore avo ekupedzisira hunongotarisirwa kuwedzera, uye pane dzimwe nguva patinenge tichigadzirirawo kushomeka kwevashandi.
Hatina chokwadi chekuti mimwe mitemo ingashandura rusaruro rwatinoona kuvanhu vachembera, uye hatifungi kuti ichanyorwa zvinoenderana neBumbiro reMitemo redu. Sevayananisi uye vafambisi vane hunyanzvi, tinoona mukana wenhaurirano nekugadzira kugadzirisa matambudziko kana tichisanganisira vanhu vachembera. Tichine zvakawanda zvekudzidza nezvevanhu vakawanda vakasiyana-siyana vanoumba chikamu chikuru ichi chevanhu venyika. Zvichida ino ndiyo nguva yokuti titeerere, ticherechedze, uye tibatane.
Chechitatu, tinoda mamwe mapurogiramu anoita kuti vanhu vachembera varambe vaine hukama nenharaunda dzavanogara. Uko dzakatova dzoga, tinofanira kuvabatanidzazve kupfurikidza nokuzvipira, kurayira, uye zvimwe zvirongwa zvinovayeuchidza nezvoukoshi hwavo ndokukurudzira mipiro yavo inopfuurira, kwete sechirango asi somukana. Tine maprogrammes evana, vanongosara vari vana 18 years chete. Aripi zvirongwa zvakaenzana zve60- uye 70-zvimwe zvingavawo nemakore 18 kana kupfuura okudzidza nokukura, kunyanya uko vanhu vakuru vanowanzova nezivo yakawanda noruzivo rwokugoverana kupfuura vana mukati mamakore avo 18? Handirevi kuti dzidzo yevana haina kukosha, asi tiri kurasikirwa nemikana mikuru kana tikatadza kupa vanhu vakura simba zvakare.
Sokutaura kwakaita American Bar Association Liaison paSixth Session, “kokorodzano pamusoro pekodzero dzevanhu vakwegura inofanira kuva inopfuura kungounganidza nokutsanangura kodzero. Zvinofanirawo kuchinja maonero anoita vanhu kuchembera.” (Mock, 2015). American Association for Retired Persons inobvumirana nazvo, ichiwedzera kuti “Nekukanganisa Kuchembera—kuchinja nhaurirano pamusoro pezvinorehwa nokukura—tinogona kumutsa mhinduro uye kushandisa zviwanikwa zvinoshandura nzvimbo yebasa, kuwedzera misika uye kugadzirisa nharaunda dzedu.” (Collett, 2017). Hatigone kuita zvese izvi nemazvo kutozosvikira tadenha isu pachedu takarerekera pamusoro pekuchembera, izvo zvatinoita kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwekufambisa.
Nance L. Schick, Esq., Mumiririri Mukuru weInternational Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation paUnited Nations Headquarters, New York.
