Thank God for television star Oprah Winfrey? That’s one way of seeing her billionaire status. But cynics may take the view that she was permitted to rise so as to appease the gods within the female and black milieu, killing two birds with one stone as it were. Various religious sects cite their sacred texts for their stand on the
status of women within their organizations and do not see this as discrimination. So be it, but at the same time one must acknowledge the fact that while some sects remain static in their view, others are slowly relenting. I have said all of this to point out that much of the discrimination against
women that exists in the Commonwealth and the rest of the world today is capable of being “legislated away” if only there were more women in Parliaments ready and willing to bring these issues, including the informal or unofficial discrimination, to their Parliaments. Women Parliamentarians, I know that you are suffering along with your
sisters and feel their pain. I appeal to you to do what is readily within your power to ease that pain. This, of course, includes encouraging more women to join your ranks in
Parliament. The suffering women of the Commonwealth are waiting on you. DO NOT LET THEM DOWN!!!
Uneducated females in the 21st
century are
condemned to a particularly low standard of living.