[civsoc-mw] Women demo on equality.

Tue Oct 13 09:53:03 CAT 2020

KBD,

I am in bed now. And someone was pounding on my door just as I was reading
your email and I have thought it was someone trying to grab me for a board
appointment since I missed out in the first announcement! Of course it
wasn't but I will be waiting.

I am learning a lot, I have to admit. This platform is a great school

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 09:36, Keyboard Boyd Kilembey <kkilembe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Networking is very critical. Networking is not only about bwandilo or
> Blantyre golf club but at the church, societal gatherings, weddings etc. It
> exposes you to the decision makers. That is a fact of life. Who would know
> you if you hide yourself beneath the bedroom bed. People have no time
> breaking into your house to grab you into the board. Women should rise up.
> It is not only qualifications that matter. One area women should organise
> themselves is attending these annual conferences for various associations.
> Yesterday I saw the association of internal auditors will be meeting in
> November. Let women attend and make presentations. Gender organisations
> must also sponsor women into such conferences. Parting with K400000 is not
> an easy feat. Let's address the low hanging fruitd (kondowe pubs) before
> touching the top hanging fruits like legislating.
>
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, 07:33 Charles Golomoti, <
> cwakudabii.golomoti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> From the little I know, networking either at Bwandilo or Limbe Country
>> Club has nothing to do with these appointments. Again, ndangodutsamo
>> munthune!
>>
>> CWG.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If we did a monkey survey on CVs and application for jobs or googling
>>> for job opportunities, very few women will say they do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Agnes Mary Chimbiri, Phd
>>> Portifolio Manager
>>>
>>> Responsive Insititutions & Citizen Engangement
>>> *United Nations Development Programme*
>>>
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>>> Tel: +265 1 773500
>>>
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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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DM,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe you missed Charles Golomoti's post.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From what he posted, people in various spheres are taxed with submitting
>>> 6 names to be considered in the boards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I appreciate CWG's contribution because it contained ver useful
>>> information.
>>>
>>>
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