Affected more by corrupt behavior and unethical practice? "Are women"
A few weeks back @Abel Lalagavesi, a young Anti Corruption Advocate posed a question on whether men were more affected by corruption than women. Straight out of our conscious minds (and fingers), there was a load of views expressed through our Youths for Integrity Facebook page. This is one of the many questions asked of statisticians when trying to break down the hows and the whys.
In most families, if not all, the woman holds the purse and the strings attached to it. And this emotive power has influenced whether the family settles down for a nice badjhia and tuna dinner, or tea with biscuit breakfast. This is by no means hinting that this is not healthy and the families that do so, have the right to eat and live with dignity. The point is that the mother, wife, woman, young woman, or girl in the family is affected differently from corruption than our fellow brothers or fathers.
Unfortunately, there has not been any recent findings to indicate this in our context, and understandably so, as at the end of the day Corruption affects us as humans. I want to share an article I came across, and how the attempt was made to breakdown the gender discussion re: corruption, and even more minutely into further sectors such as health and education. Although focusing on the Latin Americas and African geography, the similarities are interesting to note, and whether this rings true for us here at home, is up to our own interpretations.
http://www.u4.no/publications/the-gendered-impact-of-corruption-who-suffers-more-men-or-women/
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#IACD16
#TFiji
#mums_integrity
In most families, if not all, the woman holds the purse and the strings attached to it. And this emotive power has influenced whether the family settles down for a nice badjhia and tuna dinner, or tea with biscuit breakfast. This is by no means hinting that this is not healthy and the families that do so, have the right to eat and live with dignity. The point is that the mother, wife, woman, young woman, or girl in the family is affected differently from corruption than our fellow brothers or fathers.
Unfortunately, there has not been any recent findings to indicate this in our context, and understandably so, as at the end of the day Corruption affects us as humans. I want to share an article I came across, and how the attempt was made to breakdown the gender discussion re: corruption, and even more minutely into further sectors such as health and education. Although focusing on the Latin Americas and African geography, the similarities are interesting to note, and whether this rings true for us here at home, is up to our own interpretations.
http://www.u4.no/publications/the-gendered-impact-of-corruption-who-suffers-more-men-or-women/
#WOC_2day
#IACD16
#TFiji
#mums_integrity
In my sole opinion, women are targets of corrupt activities and elements, and often victims of corruption due to a lot of "archaic" factors such as:
ReplyDeletestatus in society, preconceived ideas like: your place is in the kitchen, i set the rules.
Here at home, women are told to stop talking and complaining so much - in church where everyone is respected : I dont see them being respected for ideas they have...and if they should question finances, they are told to accept whatever has happened, and they are not the one earning money for their families.....this may just be a common scenario across villages and communities in Fiji.
Undeniably, women are unable to speak out and speak against those in authority for fear of intimidation, for fear of getting their families into trouble - where the whole community despises them.