Mugabe scorns women

MUGABE DISMISSES MALE- FEMALE EQUALITY

It’s not possible that women can be at par with men, said the incoming chairman of the African union, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe. He made the controversial comment in Addis Ababa on the eve the African union summit, many are debating what the 90-year-old leader meant to convey by this statement.

Mugabe’s remarks on women not being on par with men, fitting, comes as Africa union leaders tackle this year’s summit topic; women’s empowerment.

He spoke to VOA Zimbabwe service reporter Sandra Nyaira on the side –linesof the summit in Ethiopia. It is not easy for them, they get married, they must have babies, they must live at home, that’s a problem….

I’m saying it’s not possible that women can be at par with men. You see, we men want children .we make the very women we want in power, pregnant. You see, and we remain. It’s not possible….that aspect only,’’ said Mugabe.