BDP women�s league is out of line
Friday, March 28, 2014
Last week the male majority of Kenyan Parliament voted into law a bill on polygamy, which among other things denies the incumbent wives the right to consultation when their husbands take another wife. This move by the male dominated Kenyan parliament is a clear violation of women´s human rights and gender equality principles. Hence, BCPWL´s expectation that the BDPWL-- supposedly a women´s rights advocacy group within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party-- would not only show solidarity with fellow women in Kenya, but also with the gender equality agenda by inviting a guest speaker whose government supports the rights of women.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...