WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY

Women empowerment and gender equality
Focus to expose women’s ability
Some misconstrue the motive
Hence, taken another dimension to be active

Considering pervasive and persistent forms of inequality
Victims have resort to seek equality
By exhibiting their integrity
Entitle them to live in dignity

Females constitute important and vulnerable segment of population
Thus, a country to realize its full potentials requires gender coalition
Advocating and promoting legal and policy reforms
Is an appropriate strategy to form

Empowerment isn’t a catalyst to usurp power and disrespect
But to have creative power and prowess in diverse aspects
A process of sensitizing, encouraging and promoting knowledge
To be credibly acknowledge

The powerless and marginalized should have a say
In any decision taken today
With education women can seek equity and redress
Any problem and issues to address

By Cecile Enie