南非设“处女奖学金” 鼓励女学生守贞

A South African mayor has awarded college scholarships to 16 young women for remaining virgins to encourage others to be "pure and focus on school," her spokesman said.

南非一城市为16位年轻的女大学生颁发了“处女奖学金”。市长发言人表示，此举旨在鼓励女生“洁身自爱、专注学习”。

The scholarship was introduced this year and has been awarded to young women from the Uthukela district in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, mayoral spokesman Jabulani Mkhonza said. Each year the mayor"s office awards scholarships to more than 100 promising high school and university students from the area, he said.

市长发言人亚布拉尼·姆卡恩纳称，“处女奖学金”于今年设立，已有来自夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省东部乌塔卡拉行政区的年轻女性获得此奖。他表示，市政府每年都会嘉奖100多位有发展前途的当地高中生及大学生。

The young women who applied for the scholarships voluntarily stayed virgins and agreed to have regular virginity tests to keep their funding, Uthukela Mayor Dudu Mazibuko told South African talk radio station 702.

杜度·马兹布库是乌塔卡拉行政区莱迪史密斯市的市长。她在南非702电台的谈话节目中称，申请该奖学金的女性必须甘当处子，且需同意定期接受处女检测，一旦查出非处，则立刻取消奖学金。

"To us, it"s just to say thank you for keeping yourself and you can still keep yourself for the next three years until you get your degree or certificate," Mazibuko said.

“感谢迄今为止仍保持处女身的女性，希望你们可以选择再洁身自爱三年，直至拿到学历或毕业证书为止，”马兹布库如是说。

The grants will be renewed "as long as the child can produce a certificate that she is still a virgin," she said. The scholarships focus on young women because they are more vulnerable to exploitation, teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, she said.