Well, one moron gone, others began to surface. We will always be here to
counter any lie or misinformation Yaya apologists want to peddle in this
forum. We might not do it like the 'lie-buster' does with his wealth of
knowledge, but we will register our misgivings. We find it insulting to our
mothers and sisters in The Gambia that you will come here and pretend that
Yaya is the best thing that ever happened to them. I just refer you back to
Ndey Joberteh's posting of May 23, 2000. For starters, the rhetoric you
posted from your manifesto and the report from Unicef are not worth the
paper they are written on. It is not the number of women holding ministerial
posts, it is about the power they exercise in such offices. We know you are
all impotents in front our Yaya. Too scared to think for yourselves, let
alone act on independent judgement. Tell us about one single policy
objective that has been implemented by a woman in The Gambia against the
will of Yaya. I do not think the VP will be happy to see this posting of
yours. You would have succeeded in incriminating the woman if we didn't know
better. Or do you want to say that she independently gave the orders on
April 10 to kill our children? I would not delve into how the Yaya
government did not improve the lives of women in The Gambia. As I mentioned,
there are more competent women in this forum who can do that. If your idea
of a better life for a woman is killing and raping their children,
physically assaulting women in front of their children, torturing their
children and putting them in jail, turning them to beggars by eliminating
their bread winners, lining them in streets for prostitution etc. then Yaya
is doing a great job. You have a sinking boat that no amount of lie and
propaganda can save.
KB
>From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: has APRC started to mobilize the women ?
>Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:19:40 PDT
>
>Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]>
>
>wrote:
>
>"Friends,
>has APRC changed or started a new strategy ? To enroll, engage the
>women.?.............."
>
>Mr. Nordam,
>
>This not a new strategy. The APRC has been very clear when it comes to the
>empowerment of women. If you would recall, the APRC was the only political
>party to field in a female candidate during the last National Assembly
>elections. The Jammeh Administration has always placed progress of women as
>top priority in its development agenda. The Gambia has made such progress
>in
>the status of women that it was ranked first in the number of women in at
>senior governmental decision-making levels, including the Vice President.
>(UNICEF's PROGRESS OF NATIONS 1997). The report noted that 19% 0f
>ministerial-level post, both elected and appointed, are currently held by
>women, compared with only 14% in the US, and 7% World wide.
>
>This is what the APRC Manifesto has to say about women:
>
>The need to unlock the creative potential and tap fully the productive
>capacities of women must occupy an exalted position in our development
>programme. The economic role of women must be fully recognised and their
>participation as equal and indispensable partners in our development
>efforts
>would be accorded due emphasis.
>
>Our policies would be slated to a measurable extend towards empowering
>women
>in the areas of agriculture, business, services, marketing and other
>identifiable spheres of female endeavour and assist in improving their
>entreneurial skills. No truly national development programme would be
>successful without the full participation of women and, in recognition of
>this, the APRC would continue the policy of appointing highly qualify and
>capable women into positions of authority in public administration.
>
>Women hold the following positions:
>
>1. The Vice President
>2. Secretary General
>3. Secretary of State for Tourism
>4. Secretary of State for Education
>5. Accountant General
>6. Auditor General
>7. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
>8. Permanent Secretary, Department of State for Health
>9. Permanent Secretary, Office of The Vice President
>10. Chief Executive of the Royal Victoria Hospital
>11. Managing Director of the MDI (Management Development Institute)
>12. The Director of Press, Office of The President
>
>
>
>PEACE
>TOMBONG
>
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