Namibia: Nine Women in Cabinet Not Just About the Numbers – Gender Activist Rosa Namises

GENDER and social activist Rosa Namises says having many women in key government positions does not guarantee change, and they would need to prove themselves.

“It should be about the impact these women will have in those roles. We need to see change,” she said on Sunday.

She said the new ministers must not collect salaries only.

Namises was reacting to president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appointing eight women as heads of ministries, of which there are 14, with Lucia Witbooi as her second in command,…