Editorial: On politics, although women participate in politics as voters, candidates, politicians, civil society activists, women and men tend to be treated very differently in the political arena, worldwide Gender Equality Men Women Society Nigeria
The International Women’s Day marked the other day, which drew the attention of the world to the plight of the female folk rightly highlighted the gender inequality challenge in the land.
Again, they are trafficked internally and across borders for cheap labour cum hazardous jobs and sexual exploitation, which is characterised by early pregnancy not discounting the issue of obstructed labour leading to vesico vaginal fistula , unsafe and clandestine abortion, and maternal mortality. Also, they suffer domestic violence; live or work on the streets; are unjustly detained and imprisoned, abducted from schools and excluded and secluded after puberty.
On the other hand, women representation in the parliament of Rwanda accounts for 55 per cent. This makes Rwanda the country with the highest representation of women in the parliament out of 193 countries presented on the global database of Inter-Parliamentary Union . In addition, Millennium Development Goal N0.3 and Sustainable Development Goal N0.5 are on achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, aimed at gender equitable development. Obviously, women’s roles in the process of development have been increasingly recognised and their contributions undisputable.
While the theme for this year’s IWD is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change;” the campaign theme is #BalanceforBetter. The campaign theme provides a unified direction to guide and galvanise continuous collective action; and runs all year long, calling for a gender-balanced world.
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