Britain Empowers Women In Politics
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Monday September 19, 2016 16:10
“We want to see more women standing and winning political positions. This is the first of the five workshops that we are going to have in 11 constituencies.
“We are going to cover all 57 constituencies eventually,” she revealed, adding that their aim is to empower across political divide and advised women to put their political parties aside.
“You should think on ways on how you can help each other,” Ransome said.
Encouraging women, Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando said as Botswana celebrates its 50th anniversary, this is the time to reflect as to what hinders women from contesting for different political leadership.
“We have only six percent of women representation in Parliament. Other countries like Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe amongst others are doing well compared to Botswana. Women movement should stand up for rights of women and advocate for laws that could benefit them.
“For example, women movement could have advocated that if specially elected MPs are going to be increased, then 50% or more should be women. But rather, women are not doing enough to advocate for themselves,” Salesman’s said.
He said surprisingly women are doing well in various structures of political parties, but the transformation is not there nationally.
Saleshando said his wishes are that one day a woman should become a candidate for presidency.