[civsoc-mw] Women demo on equality.

[trevor chimimba]

Inu bambo Golomoti, 

Of course I will come pouncing on you because what you are saying is nothing new. 

These are the same excuses I heard in the 1980s! We know that there are structural problems but we want to pass on the buck. 

At least you have accepted that you are MCP. Go and do something about it. Saying “trust me I am not” does not cut it. 

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> On Oct 13, 2020, at 1:33 AM, Charles Golomoti <cwakudabii.golomoti at gmail.com> wrote:
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> You raise a very good and pertinent point, Dr. Chimbiri; but what you forgot to mention in your posting is that you  guys (I mean WOMEN) have a lot of catching up to do with us men. I hope Bambo Trevor and Justice Fipamutima will not come at me with their guns blazing because I am unrepentantly displaying characteristics of a hardcore male chauvinist and an insensitive caveman. Trust me Agness, I am not. See, there are many female professionals out there who should have been elected into those boards, women with vast experience in their respective fields of specialization and stellar academic qualifications, to boot. But what some of us are saying is that we should not just appoint women into those boards because they happen to be an "Emma Kaliya",  if you know what I mean. And then we have Justice Fipamutima, whom I respect a lot for he is a very principled man, making very strange suggestions that men should give up their positions in the Boards so women can fill the deserted posts. Really? Tell me, which greedy Malawian man does that? I bet you my right arm, Agness.
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> From the little I know, networking either at Bwandilo or Limbe Country Club has nothing to do with these appointments. Again, ndangodutsamo munthune!
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> CWG.
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>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 6:32 AM Agnes Chimbiri <agnes.chimbiri at undp.org> wrote:
>> My advice would be that NGO-GCN should create a roster of women in every district and at national level by profession, education qualifications, age and residence. This should be up-dated on annual basis.
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>> I believe one problem with availability of women of substance is the limited networking of women. Men network a lot and therefore know about opportunities much easier than women and girls. Men and boys engage in clubs, sports etc more than women. When men meet wherever they do, they discuss economic opportunities. But women rarely do.
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>> So the women activists have some homework to do. Publicize the roster. Civic educate women and girls the importance of having an up-to-date CV that can be submitted to anybody at anytime.
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>> If we did a monkey survey on CVs and application for jobs or googling for job opportunities, very few women will say they do.
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>> So the CSOs should help out on this so that the next rounds of appointments, promotions and recruitments will reflect a change in women representation.
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Agnes Mary Chimbiri, Phd
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>> United Nations Development Programme
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>> From: civsoc-mw <civsoc-mw-bounces at sdnp.org.mw> On Behalf Of KPD
>> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:09 AM
>> To: civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw
>> Subject: Re: [civsoc-mw] Women demo on equality.
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>> DM,
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>> Maybe you missed Charles Golomoti's post.
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>> From what he posted, people in various spheres are taxed with submitting 6 names to be considered in the boards.
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>> If we have a Council for Lawyers, the council is contacted to submit 6 names that will be considered for a board that deals with law. 
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>> If it is ESCOM the board will include Engineers. CWG struggled to find a single woman. They eventually found 2. One was already a PS who is an ex-official and the other had a weak CV.
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>> They included the woman, for the sake of being a woman. She didn't meet the requirements and they ended up with a board of 6 men.
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>> You, Judge Mwaungulu, can easily get this information which CWG provided. It is frustrating me we debate without any facts and in the end we go in around circles.
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>> It is only CWG who gave pertinent information. The rest of us contribute as if we are all based in another planet. Surely, there should be a netter can can get information appropriate sources how the process works and share. 
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>> I appreciate CWG's contribution because it contained ver useful information.
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