{"id":34869,"date":"2017-12-02T11:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34869"},"modified":"2017-12-02T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:36:38","slug":"gender-equality-rwanda-and-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/gender-equality-rwanda-and-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender equality  Rwanda and elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the genocide<br \/>\nThe burden for all<br \/>\nSurvivors demanded<br \/>\nAnd essential tool<br \/>\nThe heart and the soul of a nation<br \/>\nTo be<br \/>\nBrought closer together<br \/>\nFor eternity<\/p>\n<p>Women those widowed<br \/>\nAnd mentally stressed<br \/>\nWithin their pure gender<br \/>\nWere always on test<br \/>\nThey struggle with life now<br \/>\nMore so than men do<br \/>\nthough maybe in the  background<br \/>\nThat is my view<\/p>\n<p>A realization that is often lost<br \/>\nIn actuality really its cost<br \/>\nWomen a great deal<br \/>\nWhich life seldom sees<br \/>\nBut this is whats happened<br \/>\nDespite all  their pleas<\/p>\n<p>Societies listening ability fails<br \/>\nTo see how they suffer<br \/>\nCompared to the males<br \/>\nIts like this all over<br \/>\nThe planet today<br \/>\nThey are taken for granted<br \/>\nIn everyway<\/p>\n<p>So much of their burden<br \/>\nInfact is unpaid<br \/>\nNo job descriptions<br \/>\nBut on them is laid<br \/>\nVast responsibility<br \/>\nAnd many do<br \/>\nWork outside of the home<br \/>\nThey do this too<\/p>\n<p>There should be equality<br \/>\nIt has to be<br \/>\nA balance in all things<br \/>\nIntrinsically<br \/>\nRespect for all of the work<br \/>\nWomen do<br \/>\nUnpaid or paid<br \/>\nThat matters that view<\/p>\n<p>Of life and its consequences<br \/>\nDo Matter so<br \/>\nGender equality<br \/>\nThen it will flow<br \/>\nThe blockage is often male domination<br \/>\nPrejudiced really base exploitation<\/p>\n<p>Much of it lost in the ether of life<br \/>\nThe lack of experience causes the strife<br \/>\nWhat was expected traditionally<br \/>\nBut is often unutterable tragically<br \/>\nAnd those demands affect temperament<br \/>\nCardinal points when the body is spent<br \/>\nTo still be expected to labour so long<br \/>\nGets into the marrow and really its wrong<\/p>\n<p>So confrontation is an issue abroad<br \/>\nThere isnt an antidote most can afford<br \/>\nA world of difference apparently<br \/>\nBut as truth would have it reality<br \/>\nIs that we have to be  equal<br \/>\nThats the only way<br \/>\nWe need that awareness to work through each day<\/p>\n<p>And so opportunities have to be shared<br \/>\nWith a level playing field problems are aired<br \/>\nNo discrimination   reciprocity<br \/>\nThat is the way out and how it should be<br \/>\nBased on respect, set on an even keel<br \/>\nSo the springboard of life<br \/>\nCan then only appeal<br \/>\nIf we enter lifes journey with a disparate view<br \/>\nThen even the minutiae become unmanageable too<\/p>\n<p>There has to be change respect has to be<br \/>\nThere on the board so all of us see<br \/>\nIgnorance that too needs filing away<br \/>\nAnd arrogance gentleman what can I Say<br \/>\nWe need to value the ladies and we<br \/>\nNeed to give them respect and we hopefully<br \/>\nWill channel our thoughts into a mindful need<br \/>\nAnd if we can do that, then we all will succeed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the genocide The burden for all Survivors demanded And essential tool The heart and the soul of a nation To be Brought closer together For eternity Women those widowed And mentally stressed Within their pure gender Were always on &hellip; 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