Haɗu da Mace ta Farko don Kammala Ma'aikatan ƙarfe shida akan Nahiyoyi shida A cikin Shekara ɗaya

Wadatacce

• Neman Nufinta
• Horo a Afghanistan
• Karya Rikodin Duniya
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Jackie Faye ya daɗe yana kan manufa don tabbatar da cewa mata na iya yin komai daidai da na mutum (duh). Amma a matsayinta na 'yar jaridar soja, Faye ta sami rabonta na lokutan wahala da ke aiki a cikin yanayin maza.

"Aikin da kansa bai taɓa zama batun ba," in ji Faye Siffa. "Ina son aikina, amma ina ɗaya daga cikin ƴan matan da suka zaɓi wannan sana'a saboda an keɓe ta ga maza."

Wannan fahimtar ta sa Faye ta yi wani bincike na kanta. "Na gano cewa fannoni da yawa da maza suka mamaye, ciki har da fasaha, kasuwanci, banki, da sojoji ba sa yin nasu aikin wajen daukar mata," in ji ta. "A wani bangare, hakan ya faru ne saboda ba a ganin mata sun dace da wadannan ayyukan, amma kuma saboda babu isassun mata da ke ganin za su iya yin nasara a wadannan masana'antu saboda rashin wakilcin mata." Ma’ana, muguwar zagayo ce-kuma wacce ta sa Faye ya kaddamar da wani muhimmin kamfani.

Neman Nufinta

Don karfafawa mata da yawa gwiwa don yin aiki a filayen da maza suka mamaye, Faye ya yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ba da riba She Can Tri tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Sabis ɗin Ayyukan Mata (SWAN). Ta hanyar haɓaka tarurrukan karawa juna sani ga 'yan matan sakandare da nuna matan da suka ci gaba da yin sana'o'i a fannonin da maza suka mamaye, ƙungiyar na fatan tabbatar da cewa mata za su iya yin nasara a cikin waɗannan ayyukan da maza suka mamaye a tarihi.

Bayan ƙirƙirar ba da riba ba, Faye ya ji yana da himma fiye da kowane lokaci. "Na san dole ne in yi wani abu da ke nuna cewa ni ma, zan iya fitar da kaina a can, in iyakan iyaka, kuma in cim ma wani abin da ba a zata ba," in ji ta. Menene ya biyo baya?

Shawarar kammala tseren Ironman shida a nahiyoyi daban-daban guda shida a cikin shekara guda, shine abin da. (Mai alaƙa: Yadda Na Tafi Daga Sabuwar Mama Mai Kiba Zuwa Matar Iron)

Faye ta san ta kafa wata manufa da ba za a iya cimmawa ba. Bayan haka, wannan wani abu ne da babu mace har abada cika kafin. Amma ta kuduri aniyar, don haka ta sanya burin horar da akalla sa'o'i 14 a mako yayin da take Afganistan - a kan tsalle daga jirage masu saukar ungulu a cikin riguna masu nauyi masu nauyi a matsayin wani bangare na aikin bayar da rahoto. (Mai dangantaka: Na yi rajista don Ironman Kafin Kammala Triathlon Guda ɗaya)

Horo a Afghanistan

Kowane bangare na horon Faye ya zo da nasa koma baya. Saboda matsanancin yanayin Afghani da rashin sarari da hanyoyi masu aminci, ba zai yiwu Faye ya yi tuƙi a waje ba- "don haka, ga ɓangaren keken, babur ɗin da ke tsaye shi ne babban abokina," in ji ta. "Hakanan ya taimaka cewa na riga na koyar da darussan wasan motsa jiki ga sojojin soja da ma'aikatan jakadanci a sansanin," in ji ta.

Faye ya riga ya kasance cikin ƙungiyar masu gudana a kan tushe kuma ya fara amfani da waɗancan tseren azaman hanyar horar da Ironmans masu zuwa. Har ta samu wasu matan Afganistan da za ta gudu da su. "Hakika ya kasance na musamman a horar da wadannan 'yan mata, wadanda biyu daga cikinsu suna atisayen tseren kilomita 250 a Mongoliya," in ji ta. (Sha'awar yin rajista don tsere ma? Ku ci Ironman tare da waɗannan nasihun daga manyan 'yan wasa.)

"Abin hauka shine cewa suna yin hakan duk da cewa yana da haɗari a gudu waje. Don haka kallon su zuwa tushe da horarwa, ba da komai nasu, ya sa na gane da gaske ba ni da uzuri idan ya zo ga cimmawa. burina. Idan aka kwatanta da su, duk abin da nake yi yana aiki a gare ni." (Mai Dangantaka: Haɗu da Mata Masu Gudun Gudun Hijira a Indiya)

Idan Faye ta taɓa samun kanta kusa da dainawa, ta yi amfani da juriyar matan Afganistan a matsayin kuzari. "Mace ta farko da ta taba kammala tseren gudun fanfalaki a Afganistan ita ce a shekarar 2015, wato shekaru uku da suka wuce. Kuma ta yi hakan ne ta hanyar yin horo a bayan gida, tana tsoron kada a kashe ta idan ta gudu a waje," in ji ta. "Labari ne kamar irin waɗannan waɗanda suka kasance abin tunatarwa cewa dole ne mata su ci gaba da matsawa ƙuntatawa al'umma idan suna son a gansu a matsayin daidai-kuma hakan ya motsa ni in yi aikina ta hanyar kammala ƙalubalen Ironman."

Babban abin da ya fi wahala a cikin horon ta ce, duk da haka, shine ninkaya. Ta ce, "Yin iyo abu ne da ban taɓa yin irinsa ba." "Ban fara yin iyo ba da gaske har zuwa 2015 kuma dole ne in ɗauki darasi lokacin da na fara yin triathlons. Aiki ne mai matuƙar wahala na gina jimiri na don cimma nasarar ninkaya na mil 2.4 da Ironman ke buƙata, amma na yi, hanci clips da duka."

Karya Rikodin Duniya

Burin burin watanni 12 na Faye ya fara a Ostiraliya a ranar 11 ga Yuni, 2017. Bayan haka, ta tafi Turai, Asiya, Kudancin Amurka, Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ta kammala tafiya ta koma Amurka.

"Kowace tsere guda ɗaya ta kasance mai ban tsoro," in ji ta. "Na san cewa idan na gaza kan lambar tsere ta biyar, dole ne in sake farawa. Don haka tare da kowace tseren, ginshiƙan sun ɗan yi kaɗan." (Lokaci na gaba da kuke son yin kasa da kai, ku tuna da wannan matar mai shekaru 75 da ta yi Ironman.)

Amma a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 2018, Faye ta sami kanta a farkon layin a Boulder, Colorado, kawai Ironman daya daga karya tarihin duniya. "Na san ina so in yi wani abu na musamman don tseren ƙarshe don haka na yanke shawarar cewa zan yi tseren mil 1.68 na ƙarshe na tseren mil 26.2 a cikin rigar rigar harsashi mai nauyi don girmama mata masu hidima 168 na Amurka waɗanda suka rasa rayukansu suna yi wa hidimarmu hidima. kasar Iraki da Afghanistan. "

Yanzu, bayan da ya karya tarihin duniya (!), Faye ta ce tana fatan cewa abubuwan da ta cim ma sun sa 'yan mata su daina jin kamar dole ne su yi wasa da "ƙa'idodi". "Ina tsammanin akwai matsi mai yawa ga 'yan mata su zama abubuwa da yawa," amma ku yanke shawarar abin da kuke so ku yi kawai, in ji ta.

"Don kawai babu wata mace da ke yin hakan, ba yana nufin ba za ku iya ba. Idan akwai wani abin hawa daga tafiya ta kaina, ina fatan hakan ne."

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