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Odade ababili baseSaudi Arabia bacela u-Apple no-Google ukuthi bakhiphe uhlelo lokusebenza lukahulumeni lwe-Absher ezitolo zabo zokusebenza. Lokhu kuvumela amalungu omndeni ukuthi aqaphe ukunyakaza nemisebenzi yezihlobo zesifazane. Odadewethu uMaha noWafa al-Subaie, okumanje bafuna ukukhoseliswa eGeorgia, bathi amantombazane amaningi asavaleleke emindenini ehlukumezayo ngenxa yalesi sicelo.

Ngokusho kuka-Wafa, 25, uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Absher lunikeza amadoda amandla okulawula abantu besifazane, futhi igcizelela ukuthi i-Google ne-Apple kumele bayisuse ezitolo zabo zezinhlelo zokusebenza. Ukuze babaleke ngokuphumelelayo, u-Wafa nodadewabo kwadingeka bantshontshe ucingo lukayise, bangene kuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Absher futhi balusebenzise ukuze bazinikeze imvume yokuya e-Istanbul.

I-Absher iyisevisi ehlinzekwa mahhala nguMnyango Wezangaphakathi, futhi uhlelo lokusebenza lungalandwa ezinguqulweni zaseSaudi ze-Google kanye nezitolo ze-inthanethi ze-Apple. Uhlelo lokusebenza luvumela abesilisa ukuthi banikeze imvume kwabesifazane emindenini yabo ukuthi baye phesheya - noma bavimbele ukwenza kanjalo. Ngenxa yesicelo, umsebenzisi ube esethola izaziso ze-SMS mayelana nokuthi owesifazane ogadiwe useyisebenzisile yini ipasipoti yakhe. UTim Cook waziswe ngokuba khona kwalolu hlelo lokusebenza - ngoFebhuwari walo nyaka wathi ubengakaluzwa, kodwa "uzolubheka".

U-Absher uhlinzeka ngokufinyelela ezinhlobonhlobo zezinsizakalo zikahulumeni, njengokuvuselela ipasipoti, ukwenza ama-aphoyintimenti noma ukulandelela ukwephulwa komgwaqo. Lapho abesifazane eSaudi Arabia befuna ukusebenza, ukushada, noma ukuhamba, badinga imvume evela kulungu lomndeni wesilisa. Odade bakwa-al-Subaieva okukhulunywe ngabo ngenhla bathi bona bazi inqwaba yabesifazane abasebasha abafuna ukubalekela imindeni yabo.

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Uma womabili ama-tech giants ekwazi ukukhipha uhlelo lokusebenza, kungaba isinyathelo esibalulekile esiya kushintsho oluhle. "Uma uhlelo lokusebenza lususwa, mhlawumbe uhulumeni uzokwenza okuthile," u-Wafa uthemba. Amaqembu alwela amalungelo abantu, osopolitiki kanye nosopolitiki base-Europe naseMelika nabo bafuna ukuthi lolu hlelo lokusebenza lususwe.

INkosana yoMqhele waseSaudi uMohammed bin Salman useqalile ukwenza izinguquko ezingaphelele, njengokususa umthetho ovimbela abesifazane ukushayela, futhi waveza ngonyaka odlule ukuthi angathanda ukuqeda uhlelo lokunakekela izingane. Kodwa ngokushesha waqala ukulahlekelwa ukusekela.

Ngokusho kukaLynn Maalouf we-Amnesty International, siyanda isibalo sabesifazane abazama ukushiya iSaudi Arabia ngenxa yesimo esibi.

Isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Absher

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