R&G|MAGAZINE Edition #14 - September 2015 | Page 45

PERHAPS THE POWER OF THE GENDERS HAS MORE
TO DO WITH ONE’S DEFINITION OF POWER THAN WITH
ORGANISATIONAL STATISTICS. AFTER ALL, THERE
IS NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF “POWERFUL” WOMAN. A
WOMAN NEED NOT “RUN THE WORLD” LIKE BEYONCE
TO BE A WOMAN OF INFLUENCE; AND MONEY OR
FINANCIAL FREEDOM NEED NOT BE THE SOLE
MEASURE OF POWER. ADICHIE DEFINES A FEMINIST AS
“THE PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY OF THE SEXES”.
By Chobela Ndilila

Many consider gender inequality
in Zambia and in Africa in general
to be something stemming from
a traditional or old-fashioned

Apart from stemming from the
African adjustment to modern
thinking, gender inequality
in Africa is also largely related

does however seem that the issue

religious practices and teachings.
In December 1991, President
Chiluba declared Zambia a
Christian Nation, thus favouring

African situation is one in which
modern priorities and lifestyles
are introduced to societies which
are still in an immature stage
develop to adjust to modern
thinking.
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colonizers
states: “

over

traditional