AND ‘FEMINISTS’ WEPT
First published in The Nation newspaper of 15 July 2019 Yet again, we experienced another shocking post-election event. On Monday, a grouping of women, organised a press conference in Blantyre where they drummed support for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah. I am concerned with the gender and feminist lenses through which the organisers were trying to call us to look at the demonstrations organised against Justice Ansah. Seodi White, one of the major architects of the grouping and all the women who patronised the meeting are misguided to think that the demonstrations organised against Ansah were about her sex and the gender roles placed on women in Malawian culture. This contradicts the gender and feminist movement! Since the gender and feminism movement first emerged, proponents and supporters of the academy have made serious inroads in trying to achieve a more functional and conducive environment for women. Indeed, we have witnesse