Monica Geingos

Families are supposed to play their role in the future of the youth by providing love and ensuring protection, having a sense of belonging, and offering financial support for youth development programs.

‘Be Free Youth Concert’ will establish and build a youth campus where many youth development activities will be taking place. After the building is done, it will be handed over to the ministry, because it belongs to the ministry,

We used to have 23 percent female representation in parliament but, with the stroke of a pen it went up to 48 percent. So, we managed to double our female representation with that decision,”

I abhor corruption and I have not benefited from the Namdia contract or any tender involving the government.”

Disrespecting women is an important enabler of gender-based violence as it reduces women to objects,

My son and brother are adults. As far as I am aware, the business relationship between my son and Doron was limited to the co-ownership of two small and medium enterprises, of which interest my son has been trying to dispose of for the last 12 months,

It's not only about representation at the top. It's also about hiring female talent so female talent is around when decisions are being made on leadership and key positions within an organization.

Next time you see a woman going through crude forms of abuse, remember this: it's not what they think about that individual woman, it's what they think about women and their place in society. Challenge it. By standing up for one woman, you stand up for all women,

Having sex is nice but it is only nice when it is consensual. Some people have made sex as their means of survival, they do it for money and when things go wrong they end up regretting it. Sex is supposed to be made to produce babies and not to be for transactional purposes,

Change does not come without challenge, Geingos said, I am challenging gendered insults this Women's Day.

'Funding my family's lifestyle' is an incredibly unfair characterisation,

I've decided that enough is enough... I will not be silenced anymore,"

Avoid falling prey to older men and engaging in transactional sex,”

But government help is still needed in providing better access to capital for female entrepreneurs and prioritizing government procurement from female-owned or represented businesses,

Be Free Youth Concert has already introduced a financial means, selling 30 percent of tickets to young people, elders, and stakeholders who want to contribute and participate in youth development, and hosting gala dinners among other strategies to mobilize funds.