Usuku Lwezingane lwaqala ngeSonto lesibili likaJuni ngo-1857 nguMfundisi uDkt. Charles Leonard, umfundisi we-Universalist Church of the Redemer e-Chelsea, Massachusetts: ULeonard wabamba inkonzo ekhethekile eyayinikezelwe, neyezingane.ULeonard waqamba usuku iRose Day, nakuba kamuva lwaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Flower Sunday, wabe eseqanjwa ngokuthi uSuku Lwezingane.
Usuku Lwezingane lwaqala ukumenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni njengeholide likazwelonke yiRiphabhulikhi yaseTurkey ngo-1920 ngosuku olumisiwe lwama-23 Ephreli.Usuku lwezingane lugujwa kuzwelonke kusukela ngo-1920 uhulumeni namaphephandaba angaleso sikhathi belumemezela njengosuku lwezingane.Kodwa-ke, kwanqunywa ukuthi ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni kwakudingeka ukuze kucaciswe futhi kulungiswe lo mkhosi futhi isimemezelo esisemthethweni senziwa kuzwelonke ngo-1931 ngumsunguli kanye noMongameli weRiphabhulikhi yaseTurkey, u-Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lokuvikelwa Kwezingane lugujwa emazweni amaningi njengoSuku Lwezingane mhla lu-1 kuNhlangulana kusukela ngo-1950. Lwasungulwa yi-Women's International Democratic Federation engqungqutheleni yayo eMoscow (4 November 1949).Izinhlobonhlobo ezinkulu zomhlaba zihlanganisa aIholide Lezingane Lomhlaba Wonkengomhla zingama-20 kuLwezi, ngesincomo seNhlangano Yezizwe.
Yize uSuku Lwezingane lugujwa emhlabeni wonke amazwe amaningi emhlabeni (cishe angama-50) ngomhlaka-1 Juni,Usuku Lwezingane Lomhlaba Wonkeyenzeka minyaka yonke mhla zingama-20 kuLwezi.Yaqala ukumenyezelwa yi-United Kingdom ngo-1954, yasungulwa ukuze kukhuthazwe wonke amazwe ukuthi asungule usuku, okokuqala ukukhuthaza ukushintshana nokuqondana phakathi kwezingane futhi okwesibili ukuqalisa izinyathelo zokuzuza nokukhuthaza inhlalakahle yezingane zomhlaba.
Lokho kuqashelwa ukukhuthaza izinjongo ezivezwe kuSomqulu kanye nenhlalakahle yezingane.Ngomhla zingama-20 kuLwezi 1959, iZizwe Ezihlangene zamukela iSimemezelo Samalungelo Engane.IZizwe Ezihlangene zamukela Isivumelwano Samalungelo Engane ngomhla zingama-20 Novemba 1989 futhi ingatholakala kuwebhusayithi yoMkhandlu WaseYurophu.
Ngonyaka wezi-2000, iMillennium Development Goals eyashiwo ngabaholi bomhlaba ukunqanda ukusakazeka kwe-HIV/AIDS ngo-2015. Nakuba lokhu kusebenza kubo bonke abantu, inhloso enkulu imayelana nezingane.I-UNICEF izinikele ekuhlangabezaneni nezinjongo eziyisithupha kweziyisishiyagalombili ezisebenza ezidingweni zezingane ukuze zonke zibe nelungelo lamalungelo ayisisekelo abhalwe esivumelwaneni samalungelo abantu samazwe ngamazwe sango-1989.I-UNICEF iletha imigomo, isebenza nabakhi benqubomgomo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuhle nemfundo futhi isebenza ngokukhethekile ukusiza izingane nokuvikela amalungelo azo.
NgoSepthemba 2012, uNobhala-Jikelele u-Ban Ki-moon weNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene wahola isinyathelo sokufundisa izingane.Okokuqala ufuna ukuthi yonke ingane ibe isikwazi ukuya esikoleni, umgomo ngo-2015. Okwesibili, ukuthuthukisa amakhono atholakala kulezi zikole.Okokugcina, ukusebenzisa izinqubomgomo eziphathelene nemfundo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuthula, inhlonipho, nokukhathazeka kwemvelo.Usuku Lwezingane Lomhlaba Wonke akulona nje usuku lokubungaza izingane ngalokho eziyikho, kodwa lokuqwashisa izingane emhlabeni wonke ezike zabhekana nodlame olubangelwa ukuhlukunyezwa, ukuxhashazwa, nokucwaswa.Izingane zisetshenziswa njengezisebenzi kwamanye amazwe, zicwile ezingxabanweni zezikhali, zihlala emigwaqweni, zihlushwa ukungezwani, kungaba inkolo, izindaba zabantu abambalwa, noma ukukhubazeka.Izingane ezizwa imiphumela yempi zingasuswa ngenxa yempi futhi zingase zihlukumezeke ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo.Ukwephulwa kwemithetho elandelayo kuchazwa egameni elithi “izingane nezingxabano”: ukubuthwa kanye namasosha ezingane, ukubulawa/ukulimala kwezingane, ukuthunjwa kwezingane, ukuhlaselwa kwezikole/izibhedlela nokungavumeli ukufinyelela kosizo ezinganeni.Njengamanje, zilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-153 izingane ezineminyaka ephakathi kwemi-5 neyi-14 eziphoqelelwa ukusebenza kwezingane.I-International Labour Organization ngo-1999 yamukela Ukuvinjelwa Nokuqedwa Kwezinhlobo Ezimbi Kakhulu Zokuqashwa Kwezingane okuhlanganisa ukugqilazwa, ukudayisa ngomzimba kwezingane, kanye nezithombe zobulili ezingcolile zezingane.
Isifinyezo samalungelo ngaphansi kweSivumelwano Samalungelo Engane singatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-UNICEF.
I-Canada yaba ngusihlalo ngokubambisana weNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Yezingane ngo-1990, kwathi ngo-2002 iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene yaqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kokuphothula i-ajenda yeNgqungquthela Yomhlaba ka-1990.Lokhu kwengeza embikweni kaNobhala-Jikelele we-UNWe the Children: Ukuphela Kweshumi Leminyaka Ukubuyekezwa kokulandelelwa kweNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Yezingane.
Uphiko lwezingane lwe-United Nations lukhiphe ucwaningo olukhomba ukwanda kwezingane kuzokwakha amaphesenti angama-90 ezigidigidi zabantu ezizayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-01-2019
