Women Empowerment Should Not Just Be About Numbers

Recently in Parliament the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Edwin Batshu revealed that over 100,000 women had approached his Ministry’s gender financing department for entrepreneurship development and funding.

The figure mentioned by the minister is no doubt big and if the funding and the success of the scheme is as big as the figure, we would be saying well done.

However, they say the devil is in the details and that is exactly what comes out here. Instead of over 100,000 economically empowered, prosperous women employing hundreds of thousands of fellow Batswana, the truth is we in fact have over 100,000 women knocking on the Batshu’s doors looking for empowerment, and finding none.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

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...

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