Ŵacekuru Ŵakucitirika Nkhaza na Kusulika
APO mulinda wakenderanga, wakaŵa wakuzizwa peneapo wakawona cinthu cakofya comene. Pawaro pa nyumba yakutowa, wakawona ŵanthu ŵaŵiri ŵakufwa awo ŵakaŵa ŵakutorana kweniso ŵacekuru. Iwo ŵakaduka pa windo kufuma pa nyumba yawo iyo yikaŵa yakudikanya pa zinyake. Nyumba yawo yikaŵa ya cinkhondi na citatu kufuma pasi. Nangauli kujikoma kwawo kukaŵa kwakofya, kweni cifukwa ico ŵakajikomera ndico cikaŵa cakuzizika comene. Kakalata ako kakasangika mu thumba la mwanalume kakaŵa na mazgu ghakuti: “Tikumazga umoyo withu cifukwa ca nkhaza izo mwana withu mwanalume na mkamwana withu ŵakuticitira.”
Kungaŵa kwakuti nkhani iyi njacilendo, kweni ni nkhani iyo yazara comene ndipo njakutimbanizga. Nadi, pa caru cose ŵacekuru ŵakucitirika nkhaza. Aghanaghanirani vinthu ivi:
• Ku Canada, ŵacekuru 4 pa ŵacekuru 100 ŵakusuzgika na ŵabali ŵawo. Ndipouli, ŵacekuru ŵanandi ŵakucita soni panji wofi kuti ŵayowoye za masuzgo ghawo. Ŵanthu awo ŵakumanya makora za masuzgo gha ŵacekuru ŵayowoya kuti, ciŵelengero ceneco ca ŵacekuru aŵa ni pafupifupi 10 pa 100.
• “Ku India, nangauli ŵanthu ŵakuwoneka ngati mbakukolerana mu mbumba, kweni ciŵelengero ca ŵacekuru ŵeneawo ŵana ŵakuŵakhumba yayi cikukwera,” yikayowoya ntheura magazini ya India Today.
• Wupu wa National Center on Elder Abuse ukasacizga kuti, ciŵelengero ico cilipo cikulongora kuti ŵanthu ŵa ku America “pakati pa miliyoni yimoza panji ghaŵiri ŵa vilimika 65 panji vyakujumpha, ŵacitirika nkhaza na vinyake vyantheura na uyo ni movwiri wawo.” Waciŵiri kwa mulaŵiliri wa msumba wa cigaŵa ca San Diego, California, wakati kucitirika nkhaza kwa ŵacekuru ni “yimoza mwa nkhani zakusuzga lero.” Wakasazgirapo kuti: “Nkhuwona kuti suzgo ili lisazgikirengeko comene mu vilimika vikwiza ivi.”
• Ku Canterbury, New Zealand, awo ŵakucitira nkhaza ŵacekuru ni ŵabali ŵawo, comenecomene awo ŵali na masuzgo nga ni kumwa munkhwara uwo ukutimbanizga wongo, moŵa, panji kutemwa njuga. Mu msumba wa Canterbury lipoti la kucitira nkhaza ŵacekuru likulongora kuti ciŵelengero cakwera kufuma pa 65 mu 2002 mpaka pa 107 mu 2003. Bwana mulara wa wupu wakukanizga nkhaza wakati, ici “nchiŵelengero cicoko comene pakuyaniska na nkhaza izo zikucitika.”
• Mwakuyana na The Japan Times, wupu wa The Japan Federation of Bar Associations ukati, “ŵacekuru ndiwo ŵakukhumbikwira kuŵavikilira comene kuluska ŵana panji ŵanthu ŵanyake awo ŵakusuzgika mu mbumba.” Cifukwa wuli? Times yikati cifukwa cimoza nchakuti, “mwakupambana na nkhaza izo zikutikira mwana panji izo zikuŵapo mu nthengwa, nkhaza izo ŵanthu ŵakucitira ŵacekuru zikumanyikwa luŵiro yayi, cifukwa ŵacekuru ŵakujipulika nga ndiwo ŵananga lekani ŵabali ŵawo ŵakuŵacitira nkhaza, kweniso cifukwa cakuti boma na mawupu ŵatondeka kumazga masuzgo ghawo.”
Viyelezgero vicoko waka vya ivyo vikucitika kuzingilira pa caru cose vikuticitiska kufumba kuti: Nchifukwa wuli ŵacekuru ŵanandi ŵakucitirika nkhaza na kusulika? Kasi pali cilindizga cilicose cakuti vinthu vizamusintha? Kasi nchipembuzgo wuli ico cilipo ku ŵacekuru?