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1 | ‘Behind the Wheel': A Look at the Women Tajikistan's Russia-Bound Men Leave Behind | ‘Avy Ao Ambadiky Ny Kodiarana': Topimaso An’ Ireo Vehivavy Tavela Irery Ao Tajikistan, Nilaozan'ny Vadiny Nifindra Monina Any Rosia |
2 | Behind the Wheel won Best Student Film at the Women's Voices Now festival in July. | Ny Horonantsary : Beyond the Wheel (Ao ambadiky ny kodiarana) no lohalaharana ary voalaza fa tsara indrindra tamin'ny horonantsary nokarakarain'ny mpianatra nandritry ny lanonana “Women's Voices Now” (Ireo Feon'ny Vehivavy Ankehitriny) natao tamin'ny volana jolay. |
3 | Image by Elise Laker. | Sary an'i Elise Laker. |
4 | “Behind the Wheel”, a short film by British filmmaker Elise Laker, highlights the difficult lives of women and families who are left to cope in the wake of the seemingly never-ending flow of male labor migrants from Tajikistan to Russia. | “Beyond the Wheel”, horonantsary fohy iray noforoninà teratany Anglisy iray mpamokatra horonantsary, antsoina hoe Elise Laker, dia manasongadina mazava tsara ny hasarotry ny fiainan'ny vehivavy sy ny fianakaviany izay navela hiatrika ny vokatry ny fifindrà-monina tsy misy fitsaharan'ireo lehilahy mpila ravinahitra avy any Tajikistan lasa monina any Rosia. |
5 | Currently the film is winning praise in festivals across Europe and on July 30 claimed the Best Student Film award at the Women's Voices Now Film Festival. | Ankehitriny, nahazo fankasitrahana maro tany amin'ireo fetibe nanerana an'i Eoropa io horonantsary io, ary nahazo mari-pankasitrahana sy voalaza fa ho ny tsara indrindra tamin'ny horonantsary nokarakarain'ny mpianatra nandritra ny Lanonam-be fifaninanana horonantsary “Women's Voices Now”. |
6 | A short description of the film, released in 2013, is as follows: | Ity manaraka ity ny famaritana fohy an'ilay horonantsary, nivoaka tamin'ny taona 2013 : |
7 | Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers leave Tajikistan in search of employment. | Isan-taona, mpiasa mpitsoa-ponenana miisa an'hetsiny no mandao an'i Tajikistan nohon'ny fitadiavana asa. |
8 | The money sent back provides a huge boost to the economy; in fact, Tajikistan is the most remittance-dependent country in the world. | Ny vola alefan'izy ireo dia misy lanjany be mihitsy eo amin'ny sehatry ny toekarena; raha ny tena marina, i Tajikistan no firenena eto amin'izao tontolo izao miankina be indrindra amin'ny vola alefan'ny avy any ivelany. |
9 | The vast majority of these migrants are male, which means the Tajik population is becoming ever-more female. | Lehilahy avokoa ny ankamaroan'ireo mpifindra-monina ireo, midika izany fa miha-betsaka vehivavy ny vahoaka Tajik. |
10 | So what happens to the women who are left behind? | Inona noho izany no manjo ireo vehivavy tavela irery any? |
11 | Behind the Wheel explores the moral and emotional turmoil of Nigora, an [ethnic] Uzbek woman whose traditional life of being a housewife is turned upside down after her migrant husband fails to send back enough money and she finds out he has been having an affair. | “Behind the Wheel” dia mampiseho ny lesona azo tsoahana sy ny tebiteby ary ny fikorontanan-tsain'i Nigora, vehivavy [avy amin'ny foko] Uzbek, tsy nety nijanona ho vehivavy mikarakara tokantrano fotsiny ihany taorian'ny tsy nandraisany vola avy amin'ny vadiny izay nandeha nifindra monina ary taorian'ny nahafantarany fa mampirafy azy ny vadiny. |
12 | No longer able to rely on her husband, Nigora defies prevailing gender norms and sets to work fixing car tires. | Tsy afaka hiantehitra amin'ny vadiny intsony izy, ary nanomboka teo dia tsy nanaraka ny fomba amam-panaon'ny fiarahamonina intsony i Nigora ka lasa niasa nanamboatra ny simba amin'ny kodiarana fiara. |
13 | Despite being only 20 minutes long, the film's portrayal of Nigora and her family is at once upsetting and inspiring. | Na dia naharitra 20 minitra fotsiny aza ny halavan'io horonantsary io, dia nanohina sy nampieritreritra avy hatrany ny mpijery ny fiainan'i Nigora sy ny fianakaviany. |
14 | It can be watched below, shared via citizen.tv: | Afaka jerena etsy ambany io, naparitaka tamin'ny citizen.tv: |
15 | A photo essay by Ksenia Diodorova, featured by RFE/RL, offers another window onto the experiences of migration-affected Tajik families. | Ny sary nangonin'i Ksenia Diodorova, natolotr'i RFE/RL, dia varavarankely ahitàna mazava tsara ny zavatra iainan'ny fianakavian'ireo Tajik mpila ravinahitra. |