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Women Empowered!

5/21/2016

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Empowerment can be an intriguing process.
Whereas last  year I wasn’t sure if an action research approach would  resonate with mothers of disabled children in Khayelitsha, this year I am proven wrong week after week.


Last year mothers were shy to talk, this year they are so eager to share their experiences they keep interrupting each other. Last year some mothers could not discuss their child’s diagnosis and disability without becoming emotional, this year they share their life stories with a sense of pride. Last year they seemed to resign to their life’s fate, this year they are actively seeking small changes individually. Nomu is pushing her pediatrician to make follow-ups on a wheelchair for her child. Asa asked for a raise with her employer. Npofu has finally found the courage to leave her abusive husband and create a better life for herself and her child.

This is not to suggest that without this project mothers would not have experienced or made these same changes. They might have. They might have found different sources for empowerment within themselves or with others. It does however point towards the empowering force of bringing like-minded and/or similarly disadvantaged groups of people together. Merely sharing experiences can already have an empowering benefit. Imagine what would be possible when women heartily set their minds to fostering change!


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9/8/2016 05:36:51 am

The empowerment of women would result in overall development of society both at micro and macro level. Active participation of women in economic activities and decisions, would contribute towards overall economic development. Women population is around 50% of the total population of the world. They have every right to be treated equally with men in every spheres of life and society.

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12/15/2016 03:51:51 pm

Women are the most important part of the society. I can say that, women are much stronger than men, because women bears child for 9 months that men could not do. Women empowerment is one of the significant event for us. We feel that we are same as men. We feel that there is no gender inequality in this society. Thank you for posting this.

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7/25/2017 11:36:46 am

Women empowerment is one of the things that I advocate about. I am a feminist, so equality is important to me. It is evident, even thousands of years ago, that there is discrimination when it comes to women. People think that men are better than women because they see women as weak human beings. I don't know how all of this started, but it's definitely not true. Women are not weak human beings because women can also be a symbol of strength. Women can do the same things that men can do. We must erase the misconception that women cannot do what men can do because they can. We must empower one another to rise above the hate and eventually, I know that we can all be considered equal with men.

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12/1/2017 11:23:47 pm

I am not a woman. But I know the importance of their existence in this society and I value it just like how I value my dignity. If we will believe in equality and see that things have been made fair for everyone, we will definitely know the importance of both genders and will stop discrimination. Nowadays, women are very competitive. They can also do things what men can do so we do not have the rights to dictate their limitations because they are the ones who should tell it.

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1/29/2018 02:54:03 pm

Today, women empowerment is very important to be addressed by society. Women have vital roles in our community especially when it comes to education, health, social welfare and other sectors. Generally, their characteristic of being prim and proper help them to be disciplined in all kinds of works. Their knowledge and wisdom are always combined with their pure heart as they decide on different things. Truly, we are now in the era where men and women are both equally equipped. Thus, women empowerment would continue to rise and strengthen.

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10/9/2017 11:27:39 pm

Now it is a great time for women to live. We can get together and that's fantastic.

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10/18/2017 05:14:52 pm

Women should be given equal rights as men.

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10/18/2017 06:03:32 pm

Every religion speaks for the human rights.

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