Gwendoline Etonde Burnley

Gwendoline Etonde Burnley, an haife ta a Martin (1932-2020) 'yar siyasar Kamaru ce kuma mai ba da shawara ga ci gaba. Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar Kamaru daga yammacin Mungo ta zama 'yar majalisa a majalisar dokokin Kamaru, kuma ta kasance 'yar majalisa daga shekarun 1969 zuwa 1988.

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Gwendoline Etonde Burnley

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An haifi Gwendoline Burnley a Buea a ranar 29 ga watan Fabrairu, 1932, 'yar Ernest Kofele Martin da Hannah Nene Enanga Martin, née Steane. Ta yi makarantar firamare a Makarantar Mishan ta Basel da ke Buea, kafin ta tafi Makarantar ’Yan Mata ta CMS, Legas. Bayan jami'a ta kammala digiri na biyu a fannin jin daɗin jama'a a Hague. A shekarar 1960 ta auri REG Burnley.

An zaɓi Burnley a matsayin wakiliyar mata a Majalisar Dokokin Kamaru ta Yamma:

I was teaching, then, in Kumba, I think. And I was not even among the women in the party who were helping to see that people were fed and all the things which had to be done were done. I just heard my name that I had been selected to represent the women. I think that, after they had gone through the elections process and found out that there were no women among themselves, they decided to put in a woman. And that’s how I entered politics.

Bayan wa'adi guda a Majalisar Yammacin Kamaru, an rushe majalisar. Burnley ta koma ma'aikatar inda ta yi aiki har aka kafa sabuwar majalisar ƙasa. An shigar da ita sabuwar majalisar a matsayin mace ɗaya tilo a shekarar 1969, ta yi wa’adi huɗu a can, sannan ta tafi a shekarar 1988, inda adadin ‘yan majalisar mata ta karu zuwa 17. A shekarar 2012 ta soki yadda ake ci gaba da samun ci gaba wajen kara wakilcin mata a majalisar dokokin Kamaru.

Ta mutu a ranar 7 ga watan Maris, 2020.