Gender Minister, Elizabeth Phiri, has called for increased participation of women in politics. Ms. Phiri says women have for long been left behind and not considered when it came to political participation.
She says it is high time society started supporting them to aspire for political office.
And The Minister challenged Political Parties to adopt 50 percent of women in the coming 2020 General election.
“Give women opportunity to lead. They can do much better given an opportunity in the political arena. I challenge all political parties in the country to ensure that as the 2020 election comes, they appoint 50 percent as a way of empowering the females.
Rwanda has done, we can also do it,” she says.
She was speaking during the launch of a Manual on Women Leadership and Political Violence Management by Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) today.
The manual which is done in conjunction with Hivos and Zambia National Women’s Lobby, is aimed at strengthening public influence and increase the role of women leaders in shaping the Country’s development and addressing political violence especially during elections.
She says women’s track record in shaping developmental decisions needs to be effectively profiled though it can only be done in a violence free society.
And ZCID says the launch of the manual will contribute positively to achieving more numbers of women in Politics.
Mr. Silavwe says Zambians should stand to support women in Politics if development is to take shape in the country.
Meanwhile, William Chilufya, representing Hivos says it is projects like what ZCID has embarked on that will see women be empowered and have a safe space in Politics.
He has hope that women can make it in Zambian Politics only if they are supported by society.
Leaders lead.
Followers follow.
If you need someone to invite you to lead, then you are clearly not a leader.
Quote:And The Minister challenged Political Parties to adopt 50 percent of women in the coming 2020 General election.
THIS AM AFRAID IS NOT ATTAINABLE IN A DEMOCRACY, ITS EITHER WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 50% WOMEN AND LESS MEN OR VICE VERSA, FIRSTLY YOU CAN’T IMPOSE ANY GENDER ON ANY VOTER,HOW DO YOU DO ACHIEVE THAT IN DEMOCRATIC STATE, ANYLESS YOU PUT UP RESTRICTIONS THAT 50% OF THE CONSTITUENCIES ONLY WOMEN WILL STAND AS COUNCILORS AND MPS, BUT AGAIN THAT IS DENYING ELECTORATES AN TO CHOOSE THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATES AND FOR THE PARTICIPATING WOMEN ITS LIKE DOWNGRADING, THATS MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THEY CAN’T COMPETE WITH MEN. MAYBE IN ONE PARTY STATES OR COMMUNIST STATES THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE.
Joyce Nonde, Dola, Banda (former PF VC), Mumbi Phiri, Gean Kapata,Tasila and mama Wina compared to Marry Shuma, Linda Kasonde, L Miti and Musamba Proud ……… your judgement is as good as mine.
Ms Phiri, your fellow women are being used like toilet paper, look at Mumbi Phiri and Nkandu Luo, they don’t stand for the truth. They can do anything to intimidate their fellow women.
Look at what they did to Catherine Katongo Lusaka province women’s league chairperson?
Instead of supporting or trying to reform her they hounded out of PF.
PF must!
By women I’m sure you don’t mean yourself, bena Dora Slit, Josephine Mumbi Phiri, Jean Kapata. Moono Lubezhi, Martha Mushipe, Saboi Imboela, Margaret Mwanakatwe and other vixens who’re the divas in Zed politics. Those aren’t different from the crop of jackals that have brought us here.
Possessing female genitalia is not a qualification for leadership, and so is possessing male genitalia.
It illogical to challenge political parties to adopt atleast 50% women as parliamentary candidates. What’s logical is to challenge women to take up leadership responsibilities and stand as parliamentary candidates whether adopted by political parties or as independents.
Miles Sampa was right… And Miles is very cool guy. The best he can do is to start sleeping with Chinese women.
Whenever my female boss misbehave I change my strategy, I give her love.
Not all women are meant for leadership. Certainly not those currently in government.
Maggie Mwanakatwe failed was fired
Nkandu Luo destroyed our Universities was moved to Fisheries
Sumaili most useless Minister and Ministry
Joyce Nonde most incompetent Labour Minister
. . . and the list goes on
It shouldnt be a matter of just giving Madam, this is exactly the same problem we are dealing with right now here- oh because Micheal Sata chose me. No one ll give u Leadership (even if pipo vote for u). A leader grooms & develops her/himself to lead. But, there is no such,as giving u leadership madam. Its either u rise to the party or stay back home and continue cooking for yo husband, but, But what we need now, are leaders who gave to themselves and ve something to give to Zambia – no beggars here.
Rwanda has 50% women in its cabinet for one reason: and that is to warm up seats for the chief Dictator – Paul Kagame.There jobs are not to contribute to the nations but to jst accept & agree to whatever is tabled in Parliament. Thats how nobody has be able to stand against Kagame,cos there are no numbers to do so, the 50% are all Kagame’s automatic votes. But one thing, for sure, is that, these countries always suffer terribly & infinitely when their Dictator dies….(Congo,Iraq, Libya, Sudan,Zimbabwe). Watch what ll happen to Rwanda when Kagame dies.
Oh sorry, forgot there was such a ministry. Where are they located? By the way what do they do on daily basis?