This week has been hectic, online and offline with views and
opinions on the roles of the various genders in a home, especially women, as it
seems people have already resigned themselves to the belief that the sole role of men is to provide despite the
fact that in a lot of households the women work, provide for the family too and
sometimes earn more than the men.
To be a woman is not an easy feat, especially in this part of
the world. To succeed as a woman you have to work twice as hard to earn the
same respect as your male peers. I've had male subordinates greet fellow male
subordinates, but will not greet me because I'm a female and young, despite the
fact that I'm their superior at work. Opportunities are often given to men to
excel while the women are made to believe that their primary role in life
is to take care of a home.
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Feminization of Poverty has been described as "the
burden of poverty borne by women, especially in developing countries"
(UNIFEM). In families, the girl child is usually the one that stays at home so
her brothers can go to school. Some are married off early in order to raise
money to train their brothers. Whenever a home is going through hard times financially,
the woman is quick to sell her wrappers and valuables to put food on the table.
See why the cycle of poverty continues? They say that when you train a girl you
train a nation. A girl who was not given the same opportunity given to her
brother will most likely not excel and therefore remain poor and disadvantaged.
A woman is the one asked to sacrifice her job for the family and children, even
where she has a booming career and earns more than the man and can financially contribute to support the
family. The one that really pisses me off is blackmailing a woman by asking her
to choose between her career and her family! That’s just wickedness.
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To the women, to whom much is given, much is also expected.
We cannot be demanding for equal opportunities and not be prepared for it. That
appointment will not be given to you just because you’re a woman and there’s
need for gender balance. You have to earn it! Expecting things to be handed to
you just because you’re a woman is the reason why some men still believe a
woman’s place is in the bedroom and kitchen. It’s time for women to rise up to
the challenge and contribute to the society. We need to break that cycle of
poverty by training our daughters to believe that they deserve a seat at the round-table with our sons, and preparing them for that seat. Feminization of Poverty is an unfortunate reality we have to deal with now.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and see you on Monday.
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