LEARNING: Empower A Woman, Empower A Generation

INTRODUCTION

   And it came to pass that a Holy Man roamed the earth, He came to a small town, and the men came to him and said "Man of God, tell us of Woman's place in God's world." He sat down, raised His eyes to heaven, then to the eyes of the men before Him.
" A woman is a special creation of God - the tree of humanity - providing peace, love and sustenance - to all who rest under her shadow - and in her boughs..." The small part of this poem by Rich Reith titled Woman has truly defined a Woman.

   Over the years women have proven to be a great influence in the success or failure of a society. Brigham Young stated 'you educate a man, you educate a man; you educate a woman, you educate a generation'. I am happy that we all have heard or read the story of the first human creations, Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden, then we know the role of Eve in the sending out of the first creation which has led the human race to its current phase.

CONTRIBUTION

   The basic unit of the society is a woman. As woman make up a family, family to a home, homes constitutes a society. We all have the understanding that without education, development is either unattainable or would be 10 times difficult than it already is. Also, we know that the child's first institution is the mother's lap, From the teaching of behavior to a child's health, i would say that a mother gives the policy for a child to guide his/her strategy in the pursuit of goals/objectives(Policy are guides to action or statement of understanding that guides the thinking & action in decision making). A good mother teaches her child how to behave, how to deal with different classes of people, how to speak, these are the basic element of a healthy society and women are the strongest actor in the making & maintaining of a strong and healthy society. An important role of mothers are to teach the children how to behave knowing how & what to do.

   A good example is a story i read while surfing the web describing how a 3 years old boy saved his mother who was lying helplessly due to a total body arrest that could have killed the mother, fortunately for the mother, the story said that the mother had explained to the kid what to do if there was any emergency and thank God for blessing the kid with a retentive memory, he called 911 and the mother got rescued from the total body arrest that could have killed her. If the mother was irresponsible, i am sure she wouldn't have cared to teach the 3 years old boy.

HINDRANCES

   The first hindrance to Empowering a woman, Empowering a generation/society is the failure to recognize or ignore her responsibilities to the society as evidenced in a poem by Maya Angelou titled WOMEN WORK and it goes thus;
I've got the children to tend - the clothes to mend - the floor to mop - the food to shop - then the chicken to fry - the baby to dry - i got company to feed - the garden to weed - I've got shirts to press - the tots to dress - the can to be cut - i gotta clean up this hut - then see about the sick - and the cotton to pick.

   The second hindrance is the failure of the society & administrators to recognize the responsibilities and effect of women in the society. However, the second hindrance does not stop a responsible woman from making sure her family learns how to do the right things as this will in no time solve the second hindrance, thus we can say that the responsibility of creating a healthy society rests on the shoulders of every woman, thus they should be empowered through Learning as it is already done in most parts of the world.
   In conclusion, in order for a society to be pure and healthy, both men and women should think, dress & behave in ways that allow pure thoughts and actions to dominate the way of life and there-by creating an environment conducive to the achievement of a real good life. A good and solid society is a good harbinger of development and women play a key role.
I PRAY THAT THE ALMIGHTY GOD SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE HEART AND MIND OF OUR WOMEN TO IMPACT INTO HUMANITY GOOD & RIGHT THINGS, AMEN!!!