18 Aug 2015

Women empowerment and advocacy should not be misconstrued as efforts by women to undermine men as traditional heads of households.

Area President for Associated Country Women of The World-Southern Africa (ACWW), Ms Mabel Moyo said it should also not be viewed as a tension stimulator hence the need for women to make men understand the concept. 

This, she said, could be achieved by first applying the concept in a family set-up. She however called upon women to stand by each to uplift their communities.

Ms Moyo, who spent the last three decades as a volunteer in women empowerment organizations, recalled how difficult it was in yester years to convince people that advocating for women empowerment did not in any way seek to side-line men nor trample on their rights. 

Ms Moyo was a guest speaker at the Botswana Council of Women congress and her presence she said was proof that her mother organisation had a cordial relationship with its affiliates in over seventy nations globally.

She noted that her relationship with BCW is an intimate one as she had worked with all its leadership from when it was conceived.

Ms Moyo congratulated BCW former presidents for aptly theming their congress “Working Together For A Better Future.”

All eyes are on the upcoming triannual world conference that will be held in Warwick in London next year. The conference provides a platform for tangible partnerships to influence local and international decisions on women empowerment. ENDS