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1 | ሕንድ፤ ባሎች ሚስቶቻቸውን ለማጀት ሥራቸው ሊከፍሏቸው ነው? | India: Husbands to Pay Wives for Doing Household Chores? |
2 | | The Union Women and Child Development Ministry in India is considering a draft bill which, if passed by parliament, would make it legally compulsory for husbands to pay out a portion of their monthly income to their homemaker wives, for doing household chores. |
3 | የህንድ የሴቶችና ሕፃናት ሕብረት ዕድገት ሚኒስቴር ያወጣው ረቂቅ አዋጅ በፓርላማው ከፀደቀ፣ ሚስቶች በቤት ውስጥ ለሚሰሩት ሥራ ባሎች ውጪ ሰርተው ከሚያገኙት ውስጥ የተወሰነ መጠን ለሚስቶቻቸው እንዲከፍሉ የሚያስገድድ ይሆናል፡፡ በሚኒስቴሩ ዕቅድ መሰረት፣ ሚስቶች በቤት ውስጥ የሚሰሩት ስራ ዋጋ የሚለካበት ሞዴል የተዘጋጀ ሲሆን፣ በዚሁ መሰረት የቤት ውስጥ ሥራ የሚሰሩትን ሰዎችና ሥራቸው ለኢኮኖሚው ያለውን ተዋፅዖ ዕውቅና መስጠት ይቻላል፡፡ | As per the Ministry's proposal, a model is being framed which will allow for valuation of the work done by homemakers in economic terms and then recognition of this contribution to the economy by compensating homemakers for their labour. The proposed law is expected to refer to homemakers as “home engineers“. |
4 | ረቂቅ አዋጁ የቤት ውስጥ ሥራ ፈፃሚዎችን “የጓዳ መሐንዲሶች” በማለት ጠቅሷቸዋል፡፡ ሚንስትር ክሪሽና ቲርታህ የክፍያው መጠን ከባሎች ወርሃዊ ገቢ ላይ ከ10-20በመቶ ሊደርስ እንደሚችል፣ ነገር ግን ሚስቶች ለቤት ውስጥ ሥራ የሚከፈላቸው መጠን ተደርጎ መወሰድ የለበትም ብለዋል፤ ይልቁንም እንደማበረታቻ ወይም ተመሳሳይ ነገር መቆጠር አለበት፡፡ ሚኒስትሩ ይህንን ሴቶችን በማጠናከር ረገድ አንድ እርምጃ ወደፊት የመራመድ ያክል ይቆጥሩታል፡፡ ረቂቁ በመስመርላይም (online) ሆነ ከመስመር ውጪ ከፍተኛ ውይይትን አነሳስቷል፡፡ | Minister Krishna Tirath has said that this amount, which could be anywhere between 10-20% of the husband's monthly salary, should not be looked upon as salary for housework; rather it could be referred to as an honorarium or something similar. While the Minister sees this as a step forward in women's empowerment, the proposal is being debated hotly, both offline as well as online. |
5 | አንዲት ሴት ልብስ እያጠበች፡፡ ፎቶ በኒል ሞራሌ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 | A woman washing clothes. Image by Neil Moralee CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 |
6 | | Some feel that “measuring the value of unpaid work at home is conceptually correct and well worth trying”, though making it mandatory for husbands to pay out a fixed percentage of their salaries in lieu of this work may be the wrong way forward. |
7 | አንዳንዶች “በቤት ውስጥ ክፍያ የማይፈፀምበትን ሥራ መለካት በፅንሰሐሳብ ደረጃ ትክክል እንደሆነ እና መሞከሩትም ተገቢ እንደሆነ ” ተሰምቷቸዋል፤ ነገር ግን ባሎችን የተወሰነ መጠን ያለው ገንዘብ በየወሩ ለሚስቶቻቸው እንዲከፍሉ ማስገደዱ ግን የተሳሳተ አቀራረብ ነው ይላሉ፡፡ ሌሎች ደግሞ በጉጉት የሚጠይቁት እያንዳንዱን የቤት ውስጥ ሥራ እንዴት ‹የዋጋ መጠን› መስጠት እና ሕጉንም እንዴት ማስፈፀም እንደሚቻል ነው - ተግባር ላይ ሲውል በርግጠኝነት ሊመጡ የሚችሉትን የተለያዩ ጥያቄዎች እያነሱ፡፡ | Others wonder how it will be possible to put a ‘price tag' on all the work that goes on within a home and how such a law would be implemented - given the various questions that are sure to come up in it's wake. And questions are indeed being asked. |
8 | ጥያቄዎቹ በርግጥም አሁንም ተነስተዋል፡፡ ለምሳሌ፣ ሎርድራጅ እንዲህ ይጠይቃል፡ | For example, LordRaj asks: |
9 | መሬት ላይ በወረደ ሪፖርት ዲ ቻይታንያ ከጉዳዩ ጋር በተያያዘ ሰዎች (ወንዶችና ሴቶች) በጋለ ሁኔታ እየተከራከሩ ያሉበትን ተጨማሪ ጥያቄዎችን ዝርዝር ያስቀምጣሉ፡፡ ለምሳሌ፡- | Are you suggesting an Employee / Employer relationship for the married couple? Who is going to decide on the working hours and job description? |
10 | ጦማሪዋ ሱርያ ሙራሊም ይህንን ሕግ መንግስት እንዴት እንደሚተገብረው በአግራሞት ትታዘባለች፡፡ በጦማሯም እንዲ ትላለች: | In Ground Report, which is an open news platform, D. |
11 | | Chaitanya outlines some further questions related to this issue that people (both men and women) appear to be hotly debating. |
12 | ሴቶችን ማጎልበትን እደግፋለሁ፣ የገንዘብ ነፃነት እንዲኖራቸውም ጭምር… (ነገር ግን) ፍራቻዬ፣ እነዚህ ሕግ አውጪዎች ረቂቁን እንዴት ነው የሚተገብሩት? | For example: Blogger Surya Murali too is wondering how the government proposes to implement a law such as this. |
13 | ባልየው የገቢውን የተወሰነ ሽራፊ ለሚስቱ የሚያካፍል ከሆነ እንዴት የቤት ውስጥ ኢኮኖሚውን ሁኔታ እንደሚያሻሽለው እና ሴቷንም በገንዘብ ነፃነት እንዴት እንደሚያጠናክራት አይታየኝም፡፡ ድምር ገቢው ዞሮ ዞሮ አንድ ስለሚሆን በቤትውስጥ ኢኮኖሚው ላይ ለውጥ አይኖርም፡፡ ብዙዎቹ ኃላፊነት የሚሰማቸው ባሎች፣ የቤት ውስጥ ወጪዎችን ከሚስቶቻቸው ጋር አሁንም ቢሆን ይካፈላሉ…. | She says on her blog: I am all for the empowerment of women, and also their financial independence… (but) my biggest question to these lawmakers is that how are they planning to implement the proposal? |
14 | | If they go about doing it the way such that a husband shares a percentage of his income with his wife for her work, I don't see how it makes the economic situation of the house any better or how it makes the woman independent and empowered. |
15 | ጉዳዩ የተለየ ከሆነ ደግሞ፣ ይህ ዓይነቱ መፍትሄ የባል-ሚስት የቤት ውስጥ ቀመርን አያስተካክለውም፡፡ | The gross income remaining the same, the household economy is not changed. |
16 | | Most responsible husbands, in my belief, would share the running costs of the household with their wives anyway… if that isn't the case, then this sort of a scheme is not going to improve the husband-wife equation of those households. |
17 | አርቻ ጃያኩማር በአይዲቫ ላይ ሲጠይቅ፡- | At iDiva, Archana Jayakumar asks: |
18 | ይህ ከተከበረች የቤት ሠራተኝነት ሌላ ምንም የማያደርጋት እንዴት ነው? | How does all of this not make her anything but a glorified servant? |
19 | ሱኒታ ደግሞ በSupari.org ላይ ከረቂቁ ጋር በመስማማት”ሰበር የመንግስት ቤተሰብ ነክ እርምጃ” እንደሆነ ይጠቅሳል፡፡ ጦማሪው ሎርደራጅ ግን በመደምደሚያው እንዲህ ይላል፡- | Sunita at Supari.org agrees and calls this proposed Bill as “family breaking move” by the government. Blogger LordRaj concludes that |
20 | በሴቶች ዕድገት እና ደህንነት ጉዳይ፣ የተያያዛችሁት ነገር ቢሆን ወንዶች ላይ መዝመት ነው፡፡ | Under the guise of ‘development and welfare' of women, all you have been doing is promoting a bias against men. |
21 | የወንዶች መብት ቡድንም በዚህ ይስማማል፡፡ ቪኪ ናንጃፓ ይህን ይጠቁማል፡- | Men's rights groups tend to agree. Vicky Nanjappa points out: |
22 | የባሎችን ገቢ ቆርጦ ለሚስቶች ለመስጠት የቀረበውን ረቂቅ አዋጅ የወንዶች መብት ቡድን በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ይቃወመዋል… ‘የቤተሰብ አድን ፋውንዴሽን' ለሚኒስትር ክሪሽና ቲራት (የሴቶችና ሕፃናት ሕብረት ዕድገት ሚኒስቴር) ደብዳቤ ረቂቅ አዋጁ ከወዲሁ እንዲሰረዝ ደብዳቤ ጽፏል፡፡ ፋውንዴሽኑ፣ በአገሪቱ ውስጥ የሚገኙ፣ ከ40 በላይ የወንዶችን ድርጅቶች በመወከል፣ ረቂቁን የአንድ ወገን ሐሳብ ሲል ፈርጆታል፡፡ | A proposal to part with a portion of the husband's salary and hand it over to the wife has been strongly opposed by Men's rights groups…The ‘Save Family Foundation' has written a letter to Krishna Tirath, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, seeking immediate withdrawal of the proposal. |
23 | | The foundation, representing around 40 different men's organizations across the country, has termed this proposal as one-sided. |
24 | የተረገመው የሕንድ ወንድ (The Cursed Indian Male) የተባለው ጦማሪ ተፅዕኖውን ከወዲሁ እየቀመሱትይላል፡- | The Cursed Indian Male appears to be feeling the pressure already. |
25 | በእንደዚህ ያለ ማበረታቻ፣ በርካታ ሚስቶች በቤት ውስጥ ሥራ ፈትተው መቀመጣቸው እና ከባሎቻቸው የነፃ አሻንጉሊት መቀበላቸው የሚያስገርም ነገር አይሆንም፤ በዚህ ዓይነቱ የሕንድ የሕግ ስርዓት ቡራኬ፡፡ እናም ይሄ ሁሉ የሚደረገው ደግሞ ሴቶችን በማጎልበት ስም ነው፡፡ | He laments: With such incentives, it is not surprising that many wives would rather just sit idle, and get free doles from their husbands, with the kind blessings of the Indian judicial system. |
26 | ቢሆንም ግን ሌሎች ስለረቂቁ አዎንታዊ ምልከታ አላቸው፡፡ ለምሳሌ፣ የሕንድ የመከራከሪያ መድረክ ላይ በተካሔደ ውይይት ዩሱፍ ተደስቶ ታይቷል፡፡ በጸሑፉ፡- | And all this under the guise of women empowerment However, others are more positive to this proposal for various reasons. |
27 | በርግጥ ይህ ዜና ለጆሮዬ ሙዚቃ ነው፡፡ የገቢ ግብርን ለመቀነስ ብዙ መንገዶችን ይሰጠኛል | For example, in a discussion in the Defence Forum India, Yusuf appears pleased. He writes: |
28 | ጦማሪዋ ሱራይ ሙራሊ የምትመክረው፣ ሴቷን በቤተሰብ ውስጥ ‹‹ከቀጣሪ-ተቀጣሪ›› ተዋረድ የሚያላቅቁ እና በርግጥም የሚያጠናክሩ ሌሎች የተሻሉ ተግባራዊ መፍትሄዎች እንዲቀርቡ ነው፡፡ በእርሷ ጥቆማ፡- | Actually this news is music to my ears. Gives me more ways to save tax. :-) |
29 | መንግስት ሴቶች በቤት ውስጥ የሚያበረክቱትን የኢኮኖሚ ተዋፅዖ አስልቶ ለቤት እመቤቶች/ የቤት ሠራተኞች አበል ይፍቀድላቸው፡፡ ይህ ባሎችን ለሚስቶች መጠናከር ቀጥተኛ ተጠሪ እንዲሆኑ ከማድረግ ያድናል፡፡ በኔ አስተያየት፣ ይህ ሴቷን ከጥገኝነት ማላቀቅ ብቻ ሳይሆን የቤት ውስጥ ኢኮኖሚ ሁኔታንም ከስስት ኑሮ ያላቅቀዋል፡፡ ከዚያ፣ ሁለቱም ኢኮኖሚውን የማሳደግ እና ሴቶችን የማጠናከር ሕልም ግቡን ይመታል፡፡ | Blogger Surya Murali goes on to offer, what she feels is a more practical solution to the issue, something that will truly benefit the women without getting her into the “employer-employee” hierarchy within the family. |
30 | ኢንፎኩዊንቢ በመስማማት የምትጨምረው፡- | She suggests: |
31 | ሕጉን ለቤት እመቤቲቱ ‹ደሞዝ› መስጠት ከማድረግ ይልቅ ለሚስቲቱ እና ልጆቹ የሕይወት፣ ሕክምና እና ኢንቨስትመንት ኢንሹራንሶች እንዲገቡላቸው ቢደነግግ መልካም ነው፡፡ | Let the government work out a method in which they evaluate the households economically and they give the housewives / homemakers an allowance. |
32 | | This totally skips the husband as a middleman and is a direct deal between the people who want the housewives to be empowered and the housewives. |
33 | | In my opinion, this would not only help the women be independent, it will also improve the general quality of life in households which otherwise manage with meager means. |
34 | የሚኒስትሩ ዕቅድ ምን እንደሚደርስ እስከምናይ ድረስ፣ ባልየው ‹‹ለጓዳዋ መሐንዲስ›› የሚያስብላት የማበረታቻ ክፍያ ጉዳይ ላይ የሚነሳው የጦፈ ክርክር ማቆሚያ አይኖረውም፡፡ | Thus, both targets of economic upliftment and female empowerment would be achieved. InfoQueenBee agrees and adds: |
35 | | Instead of making the law to provide for the ‘salary' to the housewife, some other schemes may be introduced such as statutory-minimum/compulsory life-insurance, medical insurance, investments etc. for the housewives and children. |
36 | | While we wait to see what happens to the Minister's proposal, it appears that the debate surrounding the question of the husband being forced to pay his “house engineer” an ‘honorarium' for household work, is far from over. |