Nonetheless, the nation, especially women, seem to have forgotten why as a nation we chose to turn the tables and give women more access to political rights and participation in public offices. Women are the keepers of culture, to be differentiated from memory and history, although historical events often help shape a people’s culture. As the keepers of culture, women are supposed to be compassionate, thoughtful and the upholders of sanity when the rest of society is losing its mind. Women guard culture as the shared set of goals, values, experiences and aspirations that define a society or a community. Do not make that struggle to achieve representation in public life to be in vain, by charting a bleak agenda in your positions.

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2018 07:46 UTC