[civsoc-mw] Women demo on equality.

Sun Oct 11 03:44:19 CAT 2020

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On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:41 AM Louis Nthenda <louisnthenda at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How come that when I travelled around the country talking to members of
> village farmers' clubs, local manufacturing clubs and other associations at
> the very bottom of the food chain, the majority were women, most office
> holders were women, the most vociferous were women? And somehow, these
> skills don't rise to higher management levels? Who is blocking them? Who is
> afraid of Virginia Woolf?
> I saw this link to Voice of America on Malawi about Solar Engineers who
> have arrived on the scene and are making waves. Capability runs trough all
> levels of Malawi society starting from the lowest levels of the food chain.
>
> https://www.voanews.com/episode/solar-mamas-brighten-rural-malawi-4434856
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 3:48 AM KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> TC,
>> It is an African disease.
>>
>> But wait a minute! What position is Chilima holding? There is no position
>> of Vice President in the constitution?
>>
>> So let us use the title as defined in the constitution, "First Vice
>> President" and SVP position is vacant.
>>
>> These are the problems we create and face just to be politically correct
>> or for political expedience.
>>
>> Reminds me of one court case where it was dismissed because the appellant
>> sued non existence entity called "Malawi Electoral Commission" 'MEC".
>> M'maso muli gwa someone lost a case because the constitution has Electoral
>> Commission 'EC' and not Malawi Electoral Commission 'MEC'.
>>
>> Koma iwe Trevor, maLawyer sayenera kupita ku chalichi wamva.
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 20:30 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> KPD,
>>>
>>> The post of the second vice presidency was introduced later in the
>>> constitution (an unholy compromise of politicians who shall remain nameless
>>> because their mention alone makes my blood boil). It is a contingent
>>> position, and framed as such. We are better off without it being filled and
>>> the fact that it is unfilled does not mean violation.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:17 PM, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> CWG,
>>>
>>> I wish TC and DM could comment on your post.
>>>
>>> Legislating something is not the same as implementation. When I read the
>>> constitution under 'The Executive',  I find Firsf Vice President and Second
>>> Vice President. After Muluzi no one was ever made Firsf or second Vice
>>> president. But the section is still there. Or was it removed?
>>>
>>> As you have correctly stated, ignorance is making some of us bark at the
>>> wrong tree.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 06:34 Charles Golomoti, <
>>> cwakudabii.golomoti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> KPD, when I first heard that women were agitating for a countrywide
>>>> kodo kodo, I was like: "do these homo sapiens even know how boards are
>>>> constituted?".  You know what; a long time ago I attended a meeting where
>>>> we were tasked to propose names of individuals to sit on one of the boards
>>>> in my field of specialization. We were required to come up with six names
>>>> of highly qualified professionals in the country. We chose five men and one
>>>> woman as the best combo we could dream of, i.e. our dream team. But the
>>>> woman's name was turned down during the first screening process at the
>>>> Department of Statutory Corporations, way before the final vetting at OPC,
>>>> because she was already a member of another very powerful board, if you
>>>> know what I mean. The only other woman we could have chosen to sit on that
>>>> particular board, in as far as experience and academic qualifications were
>>>> concerned, was a PS in the parent ministry. So anyhow, the PS  woman was
>>>> still going to sit on the board as an ex official. To cut the long story
>>>> short, we ended up with six men and several ex-officios. Ndiye izi
>>>> zomangolirira zili zonse chifukwa chozolowera the infamous kota system
>>>> introduced into Mother Malawi by the Bibida Master Bingu,
>>>> ndizosathandiza kwenikweni; but merit, merit, and merit. Ndangodutsamo!
>>>>
>>>> CWG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:16 AM KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As much as I support the concept of equality and protection of women
>>>>> empowerment, the only Act of parliament I have seen is on GBV. On boards it
>>>>> is only Environment management Board that there is a stipulation on board
>>>>> composition.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to create CIVSOC forum board, can women here raise their hand
>>>>> so that I I include them. If the board comprise KBK,TC, LN, SK, LN, CWG,
>>>>> some women somewhere will demonstrate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Zinthu za maquota maybe politically correct but it is up to us as
>>>>> individuals to stand up and be counted. Not because of our noise but our
>>>>> worth.
>>>>>
>>>>> Inu azimai, don't normalise kumamenyedwa mapama. Don't normalise
>>>>> kumaumilizidwa kukhala house wife.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alice Namathanga, I don't know where she is, competed with me for
>>>>> position 1 in standard 7 at C.I in Blantyre. Next time ndinamva kuti ku
>>>>> secondary school sanapite or she got married. I felt like crying. Why do
>>>>> our girls drop by the way side?
>>>>>
>>>>> We need some sort of conference, commission of inquiry or whatever to
>>>>> look and hardships faced by women from girl child to adult. This will allow
>>>>> for appropriate intervention.
>>>>>
>>>>> Osangoti tizingopanga phokoso without dealing with the underlying
>>>>> issues.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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