Joyce Banda Quotes
My vision is a Malawi where men and women live in peace and in harmony as equals enjoying their human rights.
Banda, Joyce. Address to the United Nations General Assembly. United Nations, New York, 25 Sept. 2012. Speech.
This remarkable statement was written in about 1840 and there was probably then few people of either gender who would think such a thing possible.
While this was a type of “Equal Rights Amendment”, It emphasized dignity rather than operations. For example, adultery was made a crime if committed by a woman (not for a man), And women could be dismissed from a job, simply because they were pregnant. And unusual aspect of this quotation is the fact that it applies to equality of dignity of Social status. In America we have this as an unwritten concept of fairness and egalitarianism, but it is not followed very much and certainly not guaranteed by our Constitution.
Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician who was the President of Malawi from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party, created in 2011.