Do hopes for development in Africa really only lie with women?

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2008-12-20 21:06

Article here. Excerpt:

'Much has been made in recent weeks about the role of women in Katine. Women are presented as the handmaidens of Africa's development and we are asked to place our hope in them. We have seen that men drink too much, and are not always good at managing family matters. Women are presented as responsible citizens, better at running businesses and investing in their children's education. There is some truth to this.

And yet, for better or worse, economic and social life in Katine is organised around households, not around individuals. If there is to be development then it will involve men and women. As we can see in the case of the Odulai family it is the rather complicated set of relationships that makes up a family (in Frances Odulai's case, two wives and 18 children) that determines the welfare of the family. The relationship between Odulai and Ajiko Salina and Alapo Sarafina, his wives, will determine whether or not the family eats, children get fed or the sick get money to buy drugs in the dispensary.'

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in fact it is the very reason that so many development efforts have failed and continue to fail in Africa. The gender feminist paradigm which is the underpinnings of most UN efforts in Africa have resulted in more famine, starvation, death and civil war. Like many of us have realized in the west, gender feminist policies are inherently flawed with negative reprocussions.

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Submitted by wanderer on Sun, 2008-12-21 08:05

of this misery really is the responsibility of "civilized"
countries, like the u.s.?

exporting their abominable practices and culture of feminism
to a people so poor they would accept food and provisions from
the devil himself, or herself.

and now we have the "queen of feminism" (no, not biden) about to
be the face the u.s. will put on foreign affairs.

if her relationship w/ her x-pres. husband gave her all these
qualifications to be s.o.s., maybe others in similar positions
deserve consideration. here's an idea, let's put Monica Lewinsky
in as head of the secret service or c.i.a. heck she seems to have
gotten similar experience from bill in "covert undercover op's".

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Submitted by daveinga on Sun, 2008-12-21 14:26

on what goes on in far-away, non-industrialized countries, but we do know that in industrialized countries, women use their tremendous spending power to serve themselves and (really) only themselves.
I find it very hard to believe that women are the solution to any problem.

S

http://gynocentricity.blogspot.com/

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Submitted by Scottie on Sun, 2008-12-21 17:46