Imelda Molokomme

Quotes

• “"Connect girls and inspire them for the future.”
• “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”
• “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”
• “society today should rather dissect the culture to examine whether it advantages or disadvantages the girl child. There is need to educate the girl child, and the right approach to this will nurture girls with the right self-esteem and resourcefulness, she said.”
• “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 they need, their choices and what their visionary paths are”
• “I later asked my father why he chose to migrate with me of all his children and he told me he had seen that I was strong and would grow up to be even stronger”

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