Commissioner Pledges To Support Women
Torit County Commissioner German Charles Ojok has pledged to take a lead in supporting women efforts in development. 23 April 2013 German Charles Ojok said he will ensure that assessments are made in order to know the challenges facing the women in different payams so that they are easily addressed. [Gurtong | File] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 22 April 2013 [Gurtong] –“With the little power I have, I shall put my efforts at least to support some of the Women activities in Torit County and the state. If there is possibility through the help from International NGOs geared to supporting women activities in the State here in Eastern Equatoria, I will always take the lead,” he assures. The commissioner said he will ensure that assessments are made in order to know the challenges facing the women in different Payams so that they are easily addressed. “We need to build the capacity of the women in the state by empowering them through trainings, workshops, seminars, dramas, sports and traditional dances also encouraged them to join the vocational trainings where necessary,” Ojok said. The commissioner says women need to work hand in hand with the government and develop mutual understanding with a strong relationship so that some of their objectives, visions and goals are achieved within a limit of time. “As a Commissioner of Torit County, I would like to appeal to all the Women Groups in the State to be more creative and go ahead with their initiatives through sound activities to generate incomes. My county government will always be behind you as women. Any support you require from the Local Government, we are ready to support it. So, we need your support to see implementation of such because we need activities, we need organization, and women must get organized so they get support from the government. We will give recommendations to your donors so you are able to get support from them,” he said while addressing women in Torit. He urges women to play a significant role to eradicate the ongoing early marriages and promote girl-child education to enable children escape bondage where some of their rights have been deprived. He noted that the new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts on equality and emancipation and many feel that all the battles have been won for women while many feminists from the 1970s know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. “The unfortunate fact is that women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men,” he said. “However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices,” he said. He urged mothers to make a difference and think globally and act locally to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding. He recommends that women will be trained in Small Scale Business so that they are able to manage their finances during business ventures especially when they are given loan to start the business. He said the opportunity to educate women so to carry out business will be an advantage to this State because this will encourage and strengthen them so that their life cycle and sustainability will enable them to become self reliant. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
