The President, Women Arise for Change
Initiative, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has called on politicians in the
country to stop using women as entertainers at campaign rallies, saying
this has debased their qualities of involvement in governance.
She made the remark at a two-day
workshop for Community Women and Women Political Aspirants for Osun,
Ekiti and Ondo States, held in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti , State capital.
According to her, in most societies,
women constitute 50 percent of the population, forming a critical mass
in societal mobilization and direction.
She condemned a situation especially in
Africa, where women are denied access to government decision-making and
political processes.
She said: “It is observed that Nigerian
women over the years have not fully involved themselves in the political
space despite constitutional provisions that give them rights to
political participation”.
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