IT WAS another day of speeches and marching as our country joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s day. Well, if only half of what we commit to do for the rights, plight and protection of our women, was actually implemented, our society would be a different place. When we look at the general picture of the plight of women, it boils down to the fact that they are still suffering from various forms of oppression. What is worse is that our women are not well represented in key decision making positions. We recall that at the beginning of the current National Assembly, Speaker Nelly Mutti expressed concern that the number of women in the August House...

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