The Gender Bill is meant to
actualize Chapter 4 Article 27 (8) of our Constitution that addresses gender
inequality in our society; the provision requires the State to make a
legislation that will ensure that no more than two-thirds of the members of
elective or appointive bodies shall be of the same gender.
My opinion advises that like
the provision that created the position of Women Reps, Article 27 (8) was also
wrong in its conception; my opinion further advices that both provisions are
classic cases of putting the cart before the horse.
To any father who is proud of
her daughters like I am, the idea of gender equality is noble and should be
supported wholesomely; however, to use the plight of the millions of
marginalized women and girls for the purpose of benefitting a few within the
society is immoral.
In my opinion, any attempt at
addressing gender marginalization should focus on the girl child and not the
woman because each and every marginalized adult woman is the product of a
marginalized girl child; sort the problem at its budding stage and you won't
have marginalized women roaming around the country; it is a fact that a marginalized
old woman is irredeemably marginalized:
Lavishing already empowered
women doctors, professors, relatives of the powerful, etc with prestigious and
lucrative government positions, does not look like addressing issues affecting
the marginalized girl or woman in any way, from, shape or manner:
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