Gina Rodriguez Akufuna Mukudziwa Zokhudza "Umphawi Wanthawi Yakale" - ndi Zomwe Mungachite Kuti Muthandize
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Ngati simunakhalepo opanda mapepala ndi ma tamponi, ndizosavuta kuwatenga mopepuka. Mukamavutika ndi mavuto anu omwe mumakhala nawo mwezi uliwonse, mwina simungakumbukire momwe zingakhalire zoipa popanda zinthu zomwe zingakuthandizeni kusamalira ukhondo wanu. Izi ndizomwe Gina Rodriguez akufuna kusintha. Munkhani yaposachedwa ya Achinyamata otchuka, wochita masewerowa adatenga nthawi kuganizira momwe moyo wake ungakhalire wosiyana lero akanakhala kuti sanathe kupeza zinthu zogulira msambo kapena kupita kusukulu chifukwa cha kusamba.
Kuphonya makalasi mwina kudapangitsa kuti ayambe kuchita masewera a chipale chofewa zomwe zikanamulepheretsa kupita ku NYU komanso kulandira mwayi wina womwe wasintha moyo wake, adatero. "Bwanji ngati ndikanakhala kuti sindinapite kunyumba kuchokera kukalasi masiku angapo mwezi uliwonse ndili wachinyamata?" iye analemba. "Ndi maphunziro otani omwe ndikadaphonya, ndi mafunso angati akadachitika ine kulibe? Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikadaphonya maubwenzi ozama ndi aphunzitsi anga ndi anzanga, koma ndizovuta kudziwa momwe zingakhudzire . " (Zogwirizana: Gina Rodriguez Akufuna Kuti Mukonde Thupi Lanu Kupyola Pazomwe Zikumveka)
Pofuna kuthandizira izi, a Rodriguez adalumikizana ndi Always and Feeding America pa kampeni yawo ya #EndPeriodPoverty, yomwe imapereka zinthu kwa azimayi aku US omwe sangathe kugula mapadi kapena tampon. Chiwerengerocho ndi chachikulu kuposa momwe mungaganizire: Malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwa wa Always, pafupifupi mtsikana m'modzi mwa atsikana asanu aku America adasowa kusukulu kamodzi chifukwa chosowa mankhwala.
Kumbali yowala, dzikolo latenga kale njira zina. M'mwezi wa Epulo, Bwanamkubwa Andrew Cuomo waku New York adalengeza kuti masukulu aboma akuyenera kupereka zosamba zaulere kwa atsikana m'makalasi 6 mpaka 12. Chifukwa cha lamulo lofananalo ku California, masukulu aboma a Title I ku US akuyeneranso kugulitsa mankhwala a msambo. Ndipo mayiko ochulukirapo akuchotsa "misonkho" yomwe imapangitsa ma tampon kukhala okwera mtengo kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri. (Kuphatikiza apo, akaidi azimayi pamapeto pake ali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi ma pads ndi ma tampon aulere mndende zaboma.) Koma monga a Rodriguez anenera, padakali njira yayitali yoti tichite poyanjana pakatikati.
"Ndikudziwa kuti sitikonza usiku umodzi, koma tikuyamba kuwona kusintha kwenikweni ndipo ndili ndi chiyembekezo," adalemba. "Kudziwa kuyendetsa galimoto ndi sitepe yofunikira pakubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu." Iye akuchitadi gawo lake kuti atengepo kanthu.