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Momodou
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 Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 19:12:39
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Gambian women Still Vulnerable
By Sanna Camara
The Country Director of Action Aid The Gambia, Dr. Kujejatou Manneh has told participants attending the Gender Audit Validation workshop at Paradise Suites Hotel on Tuesday that despite the fact that women constitute over 50 percent of the population, they are the most vulnerable, over burdened, marginalized and disadvantaged politically, socially and economically.
She said women also occupy fewer decision-making positions than men and they have significantly lower literacy rates than men, while girls have much lower school enrollment rates at secondary level and beyond. “Many girls drop out after completing their primary education, although in recent years, there have been improvements in this area. The quality of education and retention of girls in schools above primary level remains a senior challenge”, she said.
Dr. Manneh going further, said poverty in The Gambia has a feminine face because development interventions sometimes do not promote gender equity in delivery of and access to services, thus putting women at a disadvantage. She noted that adult and early childhood education and high teacher attrition are critical factors for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Education For All targets.
Women she said, are also generally less educated than men, and hence have lower chances of getting quality jobs and occupations that will reduce their poverty. “It is no secret that gender relations and inequalities are fundamental causes of poverty. It is also a well known fact that globally, women and girls do not enjoy the same status, power or access to and to control over resources as men and boys do, said Dr. Kuje.
However, she noted that women’s rights around the world today are shaped and impacted by global trends, each of which is contributing to the worsening of the human rights situation of women, increasing violations, perpetuating and increasing denial of rights, limiting state capacity and willingness to act to address women’s rights and constraining the agency of women in the pursuit of their own rights.
For Action Aid, she said that situation is unacceptable: “Principles of equity and social justice require us to work to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity for expressing and using their potential, irrespective of sex, age, race, color, class, caste, religion, ethnic background, HIV status or disability.” Action Aid she said, is fully committed to channeling energy, effort and resources into processes that create a society that values women, men, girls and boys equally.
Meanwhile, the Gender Audit Report being validated gives a situational analysis of the organisations AATG was working with at the time, gives a report on its activities and areas of coverage on women’s rights programming and empowerment, and a profile of existing women organisations as well as potential partners. Its validation will henceforth be crucial in mapping out programmes and partnering with dedicated organisations for the liberation of Gambian women.
Source: The Daily News
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 22:35:05
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Very interesting BUT in order to bring Gambian women into the mainstream of Gambian life there has to be a MAJOR attititudinal change by GAMBIAN MEN who must stop sitting around chatting and drinking Attaya and get WORKING on a regular basis.
It is indisputable that Gambian women are far more able to WORK for their family than Gambian men who basically make the rules and use Gambian women for their pleasure and mothers to breed children.Most of the rest of the world has appriciated that women are just as good as men and in most cases better human beings.
I am not a feminist or radical I am a man who has recognised that all women can have a great input to the affairs of any country.
Taking a paragraph from the piece posted above by Momodou, what on earth does the good Doctor mean by this collection of words:?
"However, she noted that women’s rights around the world today are shaped and impacted by global trends, each of which is contributing to the worsening of the human rights situation of women, increasing violations, perpetuating and increasing denial of rights, limiting state capacity and willingness to act to address women’s rights and constraining the agency of women in the pursuit of their own rights."
All this appears to me to be is a lot of verbose clap trap designed to impress ( Can't you just visulise the delegates nodding their heads wisely in agreement?, because they have not the faintist idea of what is being spoken about! )and meaning.........WHAT?
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