Lebohang Ntsinyi Ambassador of Lesotho to China

and standing for a political position, because sometimes they don’t want to take that risk and be engaged in the rough and tumble of politics. In addition, women opt to stay at home and raise children, and that has an impact on their career path. That’s why I wish we could find a way where the responsibility [of raising a child] can be shared [between men and women].

We hope that China-africa cooperation can help with decentralization, and help some companies or other types of industries develop in the villages, so that there is less urban migration. If women can find jobs in their own rural areas, they will stay there. This will make sure you don’t break up the family. Socially, it will [also] benefit the children.

What I admire here is the Chinese women teach the children to be focused and to be hard workers. We have to instill that sense of duty, and the sense of the love of the country in our children. I noticed that in China you can find women in middle management, but in the higher positions there are very few women. But in Lesotho, it’s equal all the way up to the top.