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Fri Sep 25 12:35:12 CAT 2020

Dr Maybach you know as well as I do that equality is regarded as having the same prerogatives as men and doing what men do: army service, taxi and bus driving, engineering, etc. The question of dress is more a matter of women wearing trousers and jackets which is already universal in Asia and which Kamuzu banned in Malawi except for Amwenye women. In Japan noone bats an eyelid if a man wears a dress. At present it’s mostly artists and TV personalities who are so-called cross dressers. Such cross dressers are in fact very popular and make loads of money. 

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> On Sep 25, 2020, at 18:44, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I agree with you.
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> People have come up with different narratives to the effect that the outspoken Kanyongolo, Chinsinga, Madise etal have been appointed to silence them.
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> I give up. 
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> Do we actually know what we want? Parastatals have largely been messed up by appointing people for political appeasement. Now Independent, hopefully professional, people are appointed we are complaining. 
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> DPP was told to submit  2 names to replace commissioners who were found incompetent. One of commissioners was basically insulting Malawians. Instead of submitting new names they are crying for the incompetent ones to be appointed. What is wrong with us Malawians?
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>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2020, 10:17 Louis Nthenda, <louisnthenda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The people on the boards- administrative and executive- should know and propose names. And outsiders too. I cannot for example see myself writing to the appointing authority telling them I am interested in a position on the Railway Board. But I can see myself being asked by a friend or someone who knows me if I am interested because that person wants to propose my name to the appointing authority. 
>> So the responsibility is on all of us to put forward names; that would be the proper thing; not on the women themselves to come forward. That would be unseemly. 
>> I’m sure that’s what happens with the male appointments.
>> Let’s share the blame and promise ourselves to do better at the next round by proposing the women we know. 
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>>>> On Sep 25, 2020, at 16:47, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Dunstain,
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>>> I doubt if KB has followed your argument.
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>>> Your argument is the same as asking for volunteers from a group of people. You have more than enough volunteers and you select the number you need. Suddenly someone says you have left out those who didn't volunteer. 
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>>> Women participation in politics and other publicly competed for positions is rooted in our culture. Women activists in our society are looked at with disdain. Majority who dare are usually single or become single.
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>>> In a society where marriage is highly regarded and sort after, the focus by our ladies is on what can qualify them as a good wife or wife to be. Activism or competed for public office doesn't in the nicely fit as a qualification for marriage.
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>>> Back to your post. I would be happy if you provide names of women that were submitted but left out. Or names of women who are interested and are capable. Not just the usual noisy ones.
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>>> You argument suggests that we should go out there and drag out women, screaming and kicking and give them positions of responsibility. Up to, maybe, 1986 no single girl was ever admitted to do Engineering at Poly. I don't know if they were applying and never got admitted.  It was believed, at the time, that Engineering was for boys.
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>>> Your theories are jumping the gun. You are assuming that we now have liberated women who are ready to take any responsibility. It is usually very few names we keep hearing. Has the pool of such ladies grown that we are now spoiled for choice?
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>>> Putting out % for something that you don't have doesn't make sense. If someone here can give names of capable women who put up their hands and were not considered then I am game.
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>>> We can't assume that Martha or Nini want to be in parastatal  boards if they haven't shown interestor no one proposed their names. It has taken a long time for board members to be announced that during that period you could have submitted names of women who should be appointed.
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>>> If that was done then you can come here and say, "I am aware of good capable women who have been left out because I submitted their names."
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>>> What is the solution? Let us go to the basics. Give ourselves time frame, say by 2025, we should have a pool of bold daring women who can raise their hands when their services are needed.
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>>> How? Train our daughters to think independently and not believe that their survival and success is dependent on a man or marriage.
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2020, 08:39 Dunstain Mwaungulu, <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> CENTRE FOR LAW AND POLICY 
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>>>> Gender minimum levels
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>>>> The minimum 40% gender is a neutral formulation for either gender. It caters for conceptual overflows and merit beyond gender. Look at three scenarios.
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>>>> 1. Where there are many female in the spectrum. The remaining 20% can be wholly or mainly female
>>>> 2. Where there are many males, 20% can be wholly or mainly male.
>>>> 3.the 20% can cater for other things like professionalism, disability, localisation, etc BUT EQUALLY ON GENDER  ONDIDERATION
>>>> 
>>>> There was a misunderstanding about my earlier posting. I said that in the next appointment there should be the 40% rationalisation. That was in ration to judicial appointments.
>>>> 
>>>> But in relation to this, our male folk in principle should resign to enable their political parties to submit names based on this gender formulation to enable the President who, obviously, was not advised or properly advised on the matter.
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>>>> If there is any President who wants to set things right and with decorum, it is this Predident.
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>>>> I do not see how men can look in the face of women tonight and say this is right! Obviously, our women are once again victims of a Male dominated society. That is undemocratic and unacceptable in a democratic society.
>>>> 
>>>> Alot of people when I raise things like these, for example that under the Constitution, the legislature cannot legislate for the death penalty, retort and say it is done in the US or elsewhere. The answer is a weak defence. Our  constitution prides in its UNIQUENESS and is unrivalled if not the best in the world.
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>>>> We must abide by our UNIQUE Constitution. Our Constution required us to respect rights in the Constition and rights created by laws. Very progressive. We as a country and sovereign must abide by law including (customary) international law. 
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>>>> Any organisation meeting the section 15 criteria MUST access the Courts and wipe out this gross injustice against women.
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>>>> And our male folk, must resign from the appointments to enable the President, on better advice, to do the lawful and right thing.
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