SA WOMEN MUST MOVE FROM THE MARGIN TO THE CENTRE
BY GABRIEL MALIWA
If you draw a circle where would you put woman? On the periphery some where in the middle or perhaps in the centre.
A 3 day workshop of SASF which ended yesterday in Lilongwe has revealed that in the region women are living at the margin instead of being at the centre as same as men.
SASF says women in a region are still experiencing marginasalisation ranging from Economic, politics social, church and education.
It says women in a region are facing common problems in the area of gender based violence acts.Economically women in a region are not empowered as most economical issues are handled by men, women are at the margin as results most women are abused because they don’t have a say when it comes to the issues dealing with money as results men take advantage of abusing women in the region.
SASF also unfolded that in aregion women continue to suffer much compared with men as women are considered as un rational being which need men to think for them, men seems to forget that women too are rational being equal to men.
Number of participants from the region who were participanting shared experiences on how gender based violences have affected their women in the region.
Idaishe Chengu a Zimbabwean participant on her remarks said women is Zimbabwe are not taken in board when it comes to issues of decision process making only men are involved in this act as results most women are abused because most decision are favouring men leaving women at the margin.
Idaishe continue to say women are denied their rights of taking part in economical businesses as most lending money instution favours men and these resulted due to absence of knowledge in gender equality summed Idaishe.
Lakanda Mwalasikwanda a Zambian student says in zambia almost 70% working people are men as the country is too patriotick due to this most men are are abusing women and they are victims of poverty because they cannot afford to support themselves always they depend on men says Lakanda.
Pitsi Mokgehle a south African said the acts of gender based violences are still existing in a country and in a region.
He said the drive factor to this mal act is our culture in a region as our culture in a region does not give a room to women , based on the ground that our culture demand silence from women.
Pitsi said as our problem on gender based violence are the same in the region we hope that SAFS as it will present its millestone to the forth coming meeting in Kenya early next year the methodology on addressing the problem will bring change to our region Pitsi said.
Vanesa Mwase and Stella I ssa Malawians participants on their remaks says in Malawi gender based violences will not end if women will not be involved in policy making as most policies favour men and this has negative impact to the region leaving women at the margin instead of being at the centre of action, they said,
Tiara Lyton says women in aregion are taking as spectators of men and this will end if our leaders in region will change their attitude towards women as they are always regarding women as irrational being forgetting that all beings are equal by nature. Confessed Tiara.
SASF as preparation for the forth coming meeting which be held in Nairobi eary next year has prepared millestone which will help to address the gender based violences problems in a region and some of the millestone are to urge our leaders in the region to give a room to women to hold high postion in government set up as most top postion are taken by men leaving women at the margin, time has come whereby women should move from the margin to the centre.
It has also put millestone which will facilitate that education curriculum in aregion should have componet which enlighten negative impact on sideline women in development entities and mass campaign on promoting women in all sectors in a region.
SASF has vowed to implement and actualize millestone which have been agreed upon to bring change to our region as another southern A
frica is possible and the backbone of this change is to become one as a region and Africa.
BY GABRIEL MALIWA
If you draw a circle where would you put woman? On the periphery some where in the middle or perhaps in the centre.
A 3 day workshop of SASF which ended yesterday in Lilongwe has revealed that in the region women are living at the margin instead of being at the centre as same as men.
SASF says women in a region are still experiencing marginasalisation ranging from Economic, politics social, church and education.
It says women in a region are facing common problems in the area of gender based violence acts.Economically women in a region are not empowered as most economical issues are handled by men, women are at the margin as results most women are abused because they don’t have a say when it comes to the issues dealing with money as results men take advantage of abusing women in the region.
SASF also unfolded that in aregion women continue to suffer much compared with men as women are considered as un rational being which need men to think for them, men seems to forget that women too are rational being equal to men.
Number of participants from the region who were participanting shared experiences on how gender based violences have affected their women in the region.
Idaishe Chengu a Zimbabwean participant on her remarks said women is Zimbabwe are not taken in board when it comes to issues of decision process making only men are involved in this act as results most women are abused because most decision are favouring men leaving women at the margin.
Idaishe continue to say women are denied their rights of taking part in economical businesses as most lending money instution favours men and these resulted due to absence of knowledge in gender equality summed Idaishe.
Lakanda Mwalasikwanda a Zambian student says in zambia almost 70% working people are men as the country is too patriotick due to this most men are are abusing women and they are victims of poverty because they cannot afford to support themselves always they depend on men says Lakanda.
Pitsi Mokgehle a south African said the acts of gender based violences are still existing in a country and in a region.
He said the drive factor to this mal act is our culture in a region as our culture in a region does not give a room to women , based on the ground that our culture demand silence from women.
Pitsi said as our problem on gender based violence are the same in the region we hope that SAFS as it will present its millestone to the forth coming meeting in Kenya early next year the methodology on addressing the problem will bring change to our region Pitsi said.
Vanesa Mwase and Stella I ssa Malawians participants on their remaks says in Malawi gender based violences will not end if women will not be involved in policy making as most policies favour men and this has negative impact to the region leaving women at the margin instead of being at the centre of action, they said,
Tiara Lyton says women in aregion are taking as spectators of men and this will end if our leaders in region will change their attitude towards women as they are always regarding women as irrational being forgetting that all beings are equal by nature. Confessed Tiara.
SASF as preparation for the forth coming meeting which be held in Nairobi eary next year has prepared millestone which will help to address the gender based violences problems in a region and some of the millestone are to urge our leaders in the region to give a room to women to hold high postion in government set up as most top postion are taken by men leaving women at the margin, time has come whereby women should move from the margin to the centre.
It has also put millestone which will facilitate that education curriculum in aregion should have componet which enlighten negative impact on sideline women in development entities and mass campaign on promoting women in all sectors in a region.
SASF has vowed to implement and actualize millestone which have been agreed upon to bring change to our region as another southern A
frica is possible and the backbone of this change is to become one as a region and Africa.
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