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Sir,

The source of our problems in this world, including the misunderstanding and the mistreatment of women, is that we have lost our understanding of what it means to be human as God created us. We have lost our sense of purpose. I am convinced that in every country in the world, both men and women are suffering from this ignorance of purpose.

The best thing for us to do is to discover and live in the original plan of the one who created humanity. Only then will we learn the inherent rights of women and men, so that both female and male can live in freedom and fulfilment. These are words that were said by a famous pastor.

God made men and women equal, unique and complementary in design. A woman’s position and rights in society are God-given and inherent. Their rights are not necessarily given to them by men, but by the God who created them. Culture and traditions of men have greatly distorted this over a period of many years.

Devalued

The traditions of men and stereotypes have devalued women and prevented them from living in the fullness of who they really are. Men and women, though different in design and purpose, were created equal, and are truly equal in essence. The universal negative perceptions and devaluing of women in society can be stopped, I believe by both men and women dismantling belief systems, culture and traditions that belittle women.

However, the first battle front should be for us women to discover and embrace our identity, purpose and design. The fact that women are uniquely different from men, does not make them inferior, but rather special in design for specific unique functions in society. As women, we must know and believe that we are equal to men, even before any Cabinet or Parliament could legislate that.

Just because women have a different biological and emotional make-up, no one has the right to define that as being inferior or weak. Actually, that is what makes them uniquely valuable in society.