President Museveni has asked the women’s movement to help deal with and change beliefs, especially among the society if their fight for women is to be successful.
Describing the current efforts as old win in new bottles, Museveni said there is need to ensure something new is done to ensure tangible results.
The president was speaking yesterday during the opening ceremony of the three-day 17th International Association of Women Judges Africa Region Conference at the Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Munyonyo in Kampala.
Museveni explained that intellectuals, including women judges ought to push for universal education to ensure everyone, including girls attain education and this way, they will have been emancipated.
According to Museveni, there is a need to change the old setting that sees women as inferior in society, noting that this way, they will have been empowered.
He cited an example of a common belief that females don’t inherit property, especially for their fathers that he said is archaic.
The president insisted that there is a need to ensure women are part of the money economy to ensure they can provide for themselves their basic needs, other than waiting for men to provide for them.
The conference attracted over 300 delegates from 13 countries.
