Isabel Apawo Phiri

Isabelle Apawo Phiri
Kubabika	Malawi
Ntchito	Theologian
Vyaka vya ntchito	2012
Academic background
Education	University of Malawi, University of Lancaster
Alma mater	University of Cape Town
Thesis	Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy: Religious Experience of Chewa Women in Malawi (1997)
Academic work
Institutions	University of KwaZulu Natal
Webusaiti	https://www.oikoumene.org/news/isabel-apawo-phiri-joins-wcc-as-new-associate-general-secretary

Isabel Apawo Phiri ni nkhwantha ya vya cisopa ya ku Malawi ndipo wakumanyikwa na milimo yake pa nkhani ya wanangwa wa wanalume na mwanakazi, HIV/AIDS, na vya cisopa ca ku Africa. Iyo ni movwiri wa Secretary wa World Council of Churches kufuma mu 2012.

Umoyo na masambiro

Phiri, wa mtundu wa Chewa, wakababikira ku Malawi ndipo wakakulira mu tchalitchi la Central African Presbyterian.Wali na digiri ya bachelor mu vya masambiro kufuma ku University of Malawi, master mu vya masambiro gha chisopa kufuma ku University of Lancaster ku England na PhD kufuma ku University of Cape Town ku South Africa. Ku South Africa ndiko wakamba kusambira vya cisopa ca ŵanakazi na cisopa ca wanangwa. Pa nkhani ya cisambizgo cake ca ucimi, wakasanda umo ŵanakazi ŵa mtundu wa Chewa ŵakacitiranga vinthu na cisopa cawo ku Malawi. Wakalemba buku lake lakwamba, ilo likaŵa buku lakwamba lakulembeka na mwanakazi wakusambira vya cisopa wa ku Malawi.

Ntchito

Phiri ni msambizgi.Ŵanthu ŵakumuwona kuti ni "mama" wa gulu la ŵasambizgi ŵa vya cisopa ŵa ŵanakazi ŵa ku Africa ku Malawi. Wakachitapo chigaŵa pa chiphikiro cha Circle mu 1989 ndipo wakambiska Circle ku Malawi mu 1993, ndipo ungano wake wakwamba ukachitikira ku nyumba yake ku Chirunga mu 1994. Wakakolerana na ŵasambizgi ŵanyake ŵatatu ŵa pa Yunivesite ya Malawi kuti ŵasande na kulemba nkhani za ŵanakazi. Mu 1995, wakalongosora ivyo ŵakasanga pa kafukufuku wawo wakukhwaskana na nkhaza za kugonana pa sukulu ya pa yunivesite iyi. Nyumba yake yikaŵa yakuzura na malibwe ndipo ofesi yake yikanangika. Pamasinda, ŵakamuwofya kuti ŵamufumiskenge mu mpingo wa Blantyre Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Central Africa cifukwa cakuti "wakaciskanga ŵanakazi ŵa mu matchalitchi kuti ŵapenje urunji". Chifukwa cha vinthu ivi, Phiri wakafumako ku Malawi kuya ku Namibia mu 1996. Phiri wakakhwimiskaso kuti ŵanakazi ŵaŵikike pa udindo waulongozgi wa tchalitchi ku Blantyre, ndipo wakalimbana na ndondomeko ya tchalitchi iyi ya kukanizga ŵanakazi kuŵa na udindo waulongozgi wa tchalitchi mu 1995.

Phiri wakaŵa msambizgi wa theoloji na visambizgo vya cisopa pa Chancellor College ya University of Malawi, pambere wandaŵe Professor wa African Theology na Dean wa School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics pa University of KwaZulu-Natal ku Pietermaritzburg. Wakasambizgaso ku Zomba Theological College ndipo wakaŵa mulembi wa Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa. Kufuma mu 2002 mpaka mu 2007 wakaŵa mulaŵiliri wa wupu wa Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. Wakateŵeteraso nga ni mulaŵiliri wa Komiti ya Wupu wa pa Charu Chose ya Visopa pa Nkhani ya Masambiro na Kusambizga Ŵanthu vya Chiuta.

Phiri wakutemwa chomene vya cisopa ca ku Africa, cisopa ca ŵanakazi na HIV/AIDS. Wakaŵa mulaŵiliri wa vya cisopa wa Africa Bible Commentary, ndipo wakalemba nkhani za Ruth, Rape, The Bible and Polygamy, and Weddings and Lobola.

Mu Ogasiti 2012, Phiri wakasankhika kuŵa mulembi mulara wa Wupu Wakulongozga pa Nkhani ya Kupharazga na Kupharazga. Ntchito yake yikulaŵiska pa nkhani za kusankhana mitundu, kugonana, kusintha kwa nyengo na urunji. Mu 2017, wakalongosora "Fez Plan of Action" (Fez Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes) ku United Nations ku New York, wakati ŵanakazi ŵanandi ŵakukhumbikwa mu maudindo gha kulongozga mu tchalitchi kuti ŵaleke kuchita viheni munthazi.

Mu Disembala 2017, ŵalara ŵa boma la Israel ŵakamukora pa ndege ya Ben Gurion kwa maora ghankhondi na ghatatu ndipo ŵakamukanira kunjira mu Israyeli kuti wakaŵepo pa ungano wa cisopa ku Yerusalemu. Cifukwa ico ŵakapelekera pa nyengo iyo cikaŵa cakuti "Kukanizga ŵanthu kuluta ku caru cinyake mwambura kuzomerezgeka", nangauli pamasinda ŵakayowoya kuti cifukwa cakuti WCC yikazomerezga kuti Ŵaisrayeli ŵaleke kuluta ku caru ici. Olav Fykse Tveit, mulembi mukuru wa WCC, wakalemba mazgu ghakuti "ntchinthu chambura kumanyikwa" ndipo wakati "WCC yikudandawura comene cifukwa cakuti Ŵaisrayeli ŵakususkana na ivyo WCC yikucita kuti paŵe mtende na urunji ku Ŵapalestina na Ŵaisrayeli". Mu Okutobala 2018, khoti la apilu la ku Yerusalemu likakanizga boma kuti Phiri wanjire mu charu ichi.

Mu 2018, Phiri wakawonekeranga pa chiphikiro chakuchemeka "Faith in Gender Justice" ku Nyumba ya Malamulo ya ku Scotland, pamoza na chithuzi na mazgu ghake ghakuti: "Theology ya uchimi yanovwira kuti niŵe wakugomezgeka pa nkhani ya urunji wa ŵanalume na ŵanakazi". Wakacema ŵalongozgi ŵa cisopa kuti ŵaleke kucita nkhaza pa ŵanakazi. Mu 2020 na 2021, Phiri wakakhwaskika na mabuku gha WCC pa nkhani ya kuzgorapo pa masuzgo gha umoyo na vyachuma gha nthenda ya COVID-19 na kuvikilira wanangwa wa katemera.

Mphoto

• 1995, "Woman of the Year", Nation Newspaper for bringing gender justice into public debate in Malawi
• 1998, Honorable mention, Noma Award for Publishing in Africa for Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy

Umoyo wa munthu

Phiri wakukhala ku Geneva, uko ni mulara mu mpingo wa Church of Scotland. Wakutengwa kwa Maxwell Agabu Phiri, pulofesa wa vya malonda. Ŵakalemba pamoza nkhani ya mu 2017 yakuchemeka kuti "HIV and AIDS, Gender Violence and Masculinities: A Case of South Africa" iyo yikalongosoranga umo ŵanthu ŵakutorana awo ŵakuluta ku tchalitchi ŵakugwilira ntchito. Ŵali na ŵana ŵatatu.

Vyakulemba

Mabuku

• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (1994). Christianity and African Women: Liberation Or Oppression?. Chancellor College.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2000). Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy:Religious Experience of Chewa Women in Central Malawi. CLAIM. ISBN 9783926105790.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty; Nadar, Sarojini (2002). Her-stories: hidden histories of women of faith in Africa. Cluster. ISBN 9781875053339.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Haddad, Bev; Masenya, Madipoane Joyce (2003). African Women, HIV/AIDS, and Faith Communities. Cluster Publications. ISBN 9781875053421.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Nadar, Sarojini (2012). African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honour of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye. Wipf and Stock. ISBN 9781620320921.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Werner, Dietrich; Djomhoué, Priscille; Amanze, James (2013). Handbook of Theological Education in Africa. Regnum Books International. ISBN 9781908355195.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Werner, Dietrich; Kaunda, Chammah J.; Owino, Kennedy (2016). Anthology of African Christianity. 1517 Media. ISBN 9781506474922.

Nkhani za mu manyuzipepara

• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (1997). "Doing Theology In Community: The case of African women theologians in the 1990s". Journal of Theology for Southern Africa. 99: 68–76.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2002). ""Why does God allow our husbands to hurt us?" Overcoming violence against women". Journal of Theology for Southern Africa. 114: 19–30.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2002). "Life in fullness: gender justice: a perspective from Africa". Journal of Constructive Theology. 8 (2): 71–84.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2003). "President Frederick J.T. Chiluba of Zambia: The Christian Nation and Democracy". Journal of Religion in Africa. 33 (4): 401–428. doi:10.1163/157006603322665332.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2004). "HIV/AIDS: An African Theological Response in Mission". The Ecumenical Review. 56 (4): 422–431. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6623.2004.tb00528.x.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2004). "A Theological Analysis of the Voices of Teenage Girls on 'Men's Role in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS' in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". Journal of Theology for Southern Africa. 120: 34–45.
• Phiri, Isabel (2004). "African women's theologies in the new millennium". Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 18 (61): 16–24. doi:10.1080/10130950.2004.9676034. S2CID 142650519.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Nadar, Sarojini (2006). "What's in a Name? Forging a Theoretical Framework for African Women's Theologies". Journal of Constructive Theology. 12 (2): 5–24.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2009). "Major Challenges for African Women Theologians in Theological Education (1989-2008)". International Review of Mission. 98 (1): 105–119. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.2009.00009.x. hdl:10500/4525.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Nadar, Sarojini (2009). ""Going Through the Fire with Eyes Wide Open":African Women's Perspectives on indigenous Knowledge, Patriarchy and Sexuality". The Study of Religion in Southern Africa. 22 (2): 5–21. JSTOR 24764316.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Nadar, Sarojini (2011). ""The personal is political" : faith and religion in a public university". Acta Theologica. sup-4: 81–94.
• Nadar, Sarojini; Phiri, Isabel (2012). "Charting the Paradigm Shifts in HIV Research: The Contribution of Gender and Religion Studies". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 28 (2): 121–129. doi:10.2979/jfemistudreli.28.2.121. S2CID 144142146.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel; Phiri, Maxwell Agabu (2017). "HIV and AIDS, Gender Violence and Masculinities: A Case of South Africa". Journal of Human Ecology. 53 (1): 74–86. doi:10.1080/09709274.2016.11906958. S2CID 158391037.
• Apawo Phiri, Isabel (2020). "Reaching the Champions of Social Justice: Blind Spots in the Ecumenical Racial and Gender Response". The Ecumenical Review. 72 (1): 62–72. doi:10.1111/erev.12492. S2CID 213335603.