Is it a coincidence that majority of our leading gender activists are divorced? Does this ‘seemingly’ noble calling discourage marriage? I believe that; activism ‘of any sort’ must promote fairness, equality, peace and prosperity for all and families in particular. Divorce is ugly, frustrating and very costly. It destroys families and particularly evil to young children. While highlighting societal/marital ills, gender activists must play a role in counselling and educating troubled homes, on the importance and benefits (social/economical) of an abuse-free and closely-knit family. It truly leaves much to be desired; when a gender activist ‘in this case’ fails to sustain four (4) marriages (i.e. divorced four times). I doubt if families and audience in general would regard such a person a unifying figure. Malawi is a very poor Sub-Sahara African country with its own unique social challenges. It definitely calls for specifically unique solutions. A tendency of cut-pasting western-world solutionson Malawian challenges will never succeed. If noble efforts are to sustainably bring desired outcomes, activists here must attend to local challenges by effectively addressing their root causes, which mainly arise from cultural, religious, poverty and lack of education. In all, Malawi has consistently remained socially, economically and educationally poor since its political independence 49+ years ago. Therefore it is an absolute responsibility for each and every citizen/resident of the country to desist from thesecheap counter-point-scoring games and play a meaningful role to ensuring that Malawi ‘with all its constituents’ comparatively develops for the better.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:04:19 +0000
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