Drivers of Change

My name is Choolwe Maunga, 36 years old. I started my journey in Gender work in July 2012 when I became the Gender Focal Point Person for Livingstone City Council. […]

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Gender Links is a pioneering organisation in tackling this endemic issue of gender inequality with so much vigour and energy, doing it against many odds in an African society which is very conservative and backed by so many unfair traditional ways of living. I commend GL for the foresight it has.

I changed my life with the help and knowledge I gained from Gender Links. I now know what gender equality is, so I try to strengthen that even at workplace, at home and everywhere. I have learned that everybody is capable, has potential and must be given equal opportunities to explore and be everything in life regardless of their sex.

Being part of Gender Links has helped her a lot; before she only knew women as helpers of men, the minority part of human beings. She said, “I used to think women were supposed to get married to be respected in the community, and leave leadership roles to men as they have an upper hand in everything as it is in our Swazi culture.” The advocacy for women’s empowerment never made sense to her before, but now she knows that women and men are equal.

The whole idea of forming men’s support groups was to show people, especially other men, that they can also contribute in their community without being labelled. He closed that even though he did not interact with Gender Links directly, he benefited a lot from the work that is has done with the Tsoelikana council.

The most important thing I learned is that if one tackles gender issues, we have tackled service delivery issues. From that perspective, Gweru has come a long way from being skeptical of taking gender issues seriously to making it central on our agenda.

  Fact file Country Lesotho Province/Region  Botha-Bothe Baseline score  – 2013  58 Post 2015 Score 54-Green Population  15,627 Number of women councillors  5 Number of men councillors  9 Joined the […]