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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 27 Jan 2006 : 02:05:39
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Momodou, don't you think by 2010 Gambia will be ready for a woman President. Some how I don't think for 2006 Gambian men would actually vote a woman in unless a miracle occurred. But one can dream ah 
Unless you know something we don't. Anyway a woman would be a radical step in the right direction but can Gambian change their attitude enough to hand over power to a woman now that is something I look foward to seeing as well as landrights being given to women as well.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 27 Jan 2006 : 16:09:40
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Originally posted by Sister Omega
Momodou, don't you think by 2010 Gambia will be ready for a woman President. Some how I don't think for 2006 Gambian men would actually vote a woman in unless a miracle occurred. But one can dream ah
Unless you know something we don't.Anyway a woman would be a radical step in the right direction but can Gambian change their attitude enough to hand over power to a woman now that is something I look foward to seeing as well as landrights being given to women as well.
Peace
Sister Omega
Sister Omega, Its a wishful thinking from my side that a female becomes the next president. We have some sisters who are still very active in civil organisations and I believe they are qualified as their male counterparts to run for the office.
Yeah, I think the electorate will be more prepared for a woman candidate in 2010 if the current trend of open discussion on politics continue. Civic education also needs to be intensified in the rural areas as they constutite the greater part of the electorate.
The process of selecting a flag bearer for NADD is still going on and who knows they might come up with a female candidate |
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Babylon
Sweden
691 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jan 2006 : 12:33:26
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I would like to add to this topic that I think it is a great shame that some young men make babies here and there and then leave them to their own destiny.
Single mothers are having a very hard time raising a child by themselves and playing the role of both mom and dad is almost impossible. Few can succeed with that.
Children who grow up without a father or any other positive male rolemodel are left with a great emotional scar that follows them through life. When these girls reach their teens they are often soon out there looking for any mans love, thinking sex is love and end up getting pregnant early themselves as their mother did, with someone they dont even know. The cykle repeats itself.
They may continue to seek this kind of approval from men as years go by and keep on looking for somekind of a fatherfigure. These are usually the women who also stay in bad relationships, because they dont want to be alone without a man.
Education is important indeed, but the best education starts at home and having someone who can give you love, good guidance in life and two steady feet to stand strong on for life. No school can heal emotional wounds and the feeling of being abandoned, less worth.
Fathers are very important for children.
(This one goes out especially to all those hardheaded single mothers who refuse to cooperate or donīt Want their children to see their fathers. Who actually choose to make their children fatherless for some egoistic reason. There are many of you here in the West!) |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jan 2006 : 12:57:06
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Hi Babylon I agree with much of what you've said. I think it's important that both parents play a role in their childrens lives because the most important person or people in the equation are the children, as parenting is for life then it's important the relationship between each parent and child is maintained where possible.
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ranga
USA
149 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 05:50:49
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Sister Omega, are there many girls' schools in Gambia? Is it common to have women teachers in mixed schools?
We'd love to serve girls' schools, but having trouble reaching them.
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T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan
Founder, Geoseed Project
http://www.geoseedproject.com
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jambo
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Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 13:13:34
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sister omega, some of the points you make are not just for gambia or even african continent. there was an article about teenage pregancies in the USA, and one of the factors that contributed to this was education and what was taught, it was not so much it wasn't talked about but the issues raised. Girls were taught to wait for marriage, okay no problem there, but when they went to summer camp or college and met up with other people relationships happened. Nobody taught the girls the consquences of sex outside marriage, or how to cope in relationships. just that you said no. some of the relgious fundamentalists miss the point, life happens and they should gie the child the tools to cope with life, they live in USA , have access to every piece of media you can imagine and still get preganent. George Bush's home states has a high rate of teenage pregancies.
Where there has been a drop in teenage pregancies is where the fathers family has to be involved and pay child support, this happened in Canada. but modern life is different.
In the UK our problem seems to be of attitude, so many young girls are pressured by outside influences to have sex before they are ready, some geniunely release that they can get preganent so many old wives tales need to be thrown out.
What is age of consent in Gambia, is the age of consent for the country or the age of consent by religion. some the of religious groups have a different age of consent for girls and boys.
better clariification would help a lot.
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