SHEILA MHLONGO
IDemocracy Development Program NPC, isingathe iNgqungquthela yesine (4th) yaminyaka yonke yabesifazane eLangeni Hotel ngoLwesibili lomhlaka 22Agasti.Isiqubulo salonyaka besithi “The Politics of Gender Representation in the Democratic Society – Exploring Proactive Strategies for Enhancing Gender Representation in the Legislature “. Lokhu okumayelana nengqikithi yosuku.
Lengqungquthela, ibithanyelwe abesifazane abebevela emikhakheni eyehlukene okubalwa phakathi kwayo, osopolitiki, osomabhizinisi, izifundiswa (academia), abezinhlangano zemiphakathi, abezindaba kanye nama activist, ngenhloso yokudingida udaba lokumeleleka ngokobulili kwezePolitiki, kanye nokubonisana ngamasu okwenza ngcono ukumeleleka kwabesifazane esiShayamthetho.
UMhlonishwa uCeliwe Madlopha onguSihlalo we KZN Legislature Multi-Party Caucus obe yisikhulumi sosuku wethule inkulumo emayelana nohambo lokucobelelana ngolwazi ababe nalo lokuya emazweni amabili okuyi Zimbabwe kanye neMalawi echaza ngalokho abakufundile kulamazwe omabili.
Ngesikhathi izihambeli zalengqungquthela zenza inkulumo ngxoxo kuye kwagqama ukuthi umbuso wentando yeningi ophumelelayo ungenzeka uma abesifazane bebambe iqhaza kwezepolitiki yanoma iliphi izwe.
Nakuba kusekhona inhlansana yokucindezeleka kwabesifazane ezinhlakeni ezahlukene emphakathini kodwa kukhona inhlansi yethemba njengoba ngisho nasesiShayamthetho saKwaZulu-Natali abesifazane bameleleke ngokulinganayo nabesilisa (50/50) .
Intsha yabesifazane ebiyingxenye yezithunywa zeNgqungquthela izwakalise ukudumala mayelana nokuthi isalokhu izwa isikhalo esifanayo nesayo kubantu besifazane abadala, esimayelana nokucindezeleka kwabantu besifazane, yabuza ukuthi ingabe luyoba khona nini ushintsho oluyokwenza ukuthi abantu besifazane bazithole belingana nabesilisa.
Njengoba iDDP ibungaza iminyaka engamashumi amathathu (30)years iphinde yedlulisela imiklomelo yezitifiketi ihlonipha labo ebambisene nabo ngokomsebenzi wokuqhuba ukuthuthukiswa kokusebenza kwentando yeningi kuleli.
