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The Justice, Peace and Development Initiative of the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti has challenged women to take up political roles, and rewrite the wrongs in the political system of the country.
The Assistant Director, JPDI of the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti, Rev. Sis Agatha Ogbuagu, made the call in Ado Ekiti, during the quarterly dialogue with women.
The event, which dwelt on the role of women in gender-based violence in Ekiti State, was attended by gender rights activists and local government gender officers across the 16 council areas of the state.
Ogbuagu frowned on the level of women’s participation in politics which she described as “low and negatively impacting the country."
She said, “Women have been marginalised, we have been deprived, that is gender-based violence. Because we are women, we are relegated to the background, it is a great abuse.
“That is why we want this abuse to stop and we are encouraging women to rise. We have all it takes to lead the nation.
“God created us male and female. So both genders should contribute. We see things differently, the way a male looks at things is different from a female. In politics, it is the same thing and that is why we are having problems.
“We don’t have many women to look at things from the perspective of a woman. That is why we are suffering. Unless we allow women and men to complement each other in politics and government, things will continue like this. That is why we are encouraging women to come out and make things better for us.”
