By Wesonga Inviolatah
Ladies first! This statement has always been the in-thing and the trend in the world. Women are given priority where opportunities arise.
A third of the total population at any workplace should comprise of women. This has led to women being reluctant to fight for their rights in the world. They believe, the chance will be granted to them without even fighting for it.
There should be free and fair competition among the transgender. If a society becomes too entrenched in protecting its members from competition, the result is stagnation and mental inertia in its citizens. Therefore, the society should encourage self-initiatives and individualism.
Government rules and policies should just come in to foster that and not discourage that power.
Women and men should be subjected to equal treatment. Education and having same policies that protect their rights is outrightly a substratum to liberation and empowerment.
However, oppression of the opposite sex is fundamentally wrong. The assumption that women are inferior to men is baseless. This should be phased out in our minds.
Traditional and religious groups that pioneer chauvinism should be kept in check. They result into stigmatisation of the other sexes. Women should be left to grow politically, in science and in any other discipline.
For instance, in the political arena, women who stand out are sabotaged by men. They are abused and threatened. They are seen to be in the wrong place and what befits them best is the kitchen and bedroom. Some even believe that, an unmarried woman should not stand to contest for any political post.
They should be given an equal chance and treatment in order to perform to their ability.
Women who contested in the positions of governors and senators all lost. We should ask ourselves, why are women not given an equal chance like men? In case one dies, the position is delegated to the heir who is always male or in the event of a by-election, then the males get the chance to scramble for the position.
No wonder there is a special post of women representation in the national assembly that helps to bring women to the house and not men representatives.