Gender and Women in Development Minister Sarah Sayifwanda has warned Zambian women involved in drug trafficking curtails cartels to desist from the practice.
Mrs Sayifwanda says women should instead engage in other development activities such as agriculture.
Mrs. Sayifwanda says Government is saddened by the increasing number of Zambian women involved in drug trafficking and illegal activities saying that this trend is denting the name of the women folk in the country.
The Minister was speaking in Lusaka on Monday during the International Women’s Day motivational talk hosted by Standard Chartered Bank Zambia.
She said there are a lot of things that women can engage themselves in to raise funds other than drug trafficking.
“As the country joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day which falls tomorrow (Tuesday) Zambian women should learn from other countries who have strived to succeed by engaging in meaningful
Activities”, she said.
Mrs Sayifwanda encouraged women staff at the bank to compete for higher posts as their male colleagues.
She said women staff and the rest in the country should shy away from contesting various positions in their work places and respective political parties.
She observed that all the Ministries and Constituencies headed by women have performed better which only indicates that women are better leaders.
Mrs Sayifwanda said government has shown its commitment to championing issues affecting women by creating a gender desk and a Ministry of Gender to represent women in Cabinet.
And Standard Chartered Bank Managing Director Mizinga Melu observed that women have contributed greatly to the world’s Growth Domestic Product (GDP).
Ms. Melu however says despite their valuable contribution, women globally do not enjoy the full benefits in the workforce as the wage gap remains sizeable with women earning 15 percent less than men for the same job.
The bank’s Managing Director noted than the unemployment levels of women is also higher than that of men.
She has called on companies to adopt measures to support stronger female talent pipelines.
[ZNBC]
Zambian needs to enact laws that protect women rights and empowering women for equal opportunities. Starting with the firing of GBM from government duties.
One thing in common is that these young girls are regular people that have no idea about international travel and are hardly aware of trafficking repurcations. It is possible that GRZ can get to the root of the matter by carefully interviewing these girls so that they reveal the true Cartel chief. I and many refuse to believe that these are random self financed errands to regions with capital punishment for this crime. the Genda minister should take this to heart since its now a threat to the girl child. Lets hear her more on this issue.
Ba L.T. it should be drug “cartels”. That written above should make the minister really angry as “curtail” means to cut short,cut off,reduce or diminish.Therefore the minister,as you’ve written, is encouraging drug trafficking and has warned women who impede or interfere to just let the drugs flow free into zambia.Eeishh.
Nigerians who are in zambia are responsible..many of these bmba womeen re innocent,chase nigerians out of zambia please,before its too late.
Nigerians + Naive Zambian girls(who think they are cool after watching Africa Magic crap).They are lazy only want high life and fast money.Tell them to concentrate on school,you will be one #1 enemy.Zambian girls nayambokaniwa ine.Worse still the mentality’Iam a girl’ just puts me off.Ofcourse they are some who are good unfortunately are in minority.
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Shud read:Zambian girls nayambokangiwa ine
Ama journalists ya mu Zambia! He he he he! They cant spell CARTELS.They cant spell MINISTER
our Zambian gal are an embarrassment..kukonda bu DIVA..
:d # 8 Pulamasaka
Thats one way to beat poverty. Here it is young man..one of zed pro footballer appeared in news paper HS 7.3 nabbed by police for match fixing with a Singapore friend of his. The idea was to make big monies out of gambbling. Negative impact is when u go against your employer and later they find out the true. It back fires > > Now in chimbokaila pending court decision :(