For us to raise the girl child at the same level in rural and urban areas, we need to give them the chance to speak for themselves, to tell us what t… - Imelda Molokomme

I want us not to quarrel with this culture, we must appreciate it because after all a nation without a culture is a lost nation

When I came back home for my secondary school in Mochudi I was the only girl in a class of seven and fortunately or unfortunately I happened to be the most intelligent. This made me a subject of talk and ridicule by the boys who were somehow bitter that they were being overshadowed by a girl. It was then that I realized it was sometimes an issue to be a girl

there have been historical imbalances from the traditional socialisation of boys and girls under which the boy child was socialised to be more economically empowered.However, the pioneer gender activist warned against any attempts at tinkering with the status quo