Women Vow to Take Liberia's Leadership
By D. Moses Wantu

August 2, 2005 – (The Analyst) "The advocacy for women of Liberia to play active political role in the country national leadership has been alluded to men failure to administer effective government in the past" these are the exact words of Harper City Mayor Reginal Sampson.

She said the time has come for women to take the lead in improving those things their male counter part has failed to improve upon.

The Harper City Mayor made the assertion recently during a peace sensitization as voter education workshop organized by the Liberian Women Mass Action for Peace.

She noted that peace building initiatives in Liberia now were crucial, as Liberia was in the state of transit for genuine peace.

Madam Sampson stressed that the role of the Women In Peace Building Network (WIPNET) under whose auspices the workshop was held exemplified women's determination to take the nation out of war. Speaking further the Harper City Mayor maintained that women this time will not sit in the back to see men administer state affairs, noting that they too can make it and much better than men.

She used the occasion to challenge her colleagues to positively challenge their male counterparts because the transformation is the statutory obligation of every Liberian especially those women and men who are competent.

Madam Sampson admonished her male counterparts that they should see them as partners in the business of politics and not enemies.

From: http://allafrica.com/stories/200508020454.html