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Athaliah Molokomme Quotes

born 1959 Botswana

Dr Athaliah Maoka Lesiba Molokomme (born 4 December 1959) is the attorney general of Botswana and is the first woman to hold that position. Molokomme has been committed to advocacy for women's rights at conferences, workshops, and seminars around the world.

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In Setswana, we say ‘go ruta mosadi ke go ruta sechaba’ meaning that ‘to educate a woman is to educate a nation.

Bagamalete have shown us that culture and tradition are dynamic and not static, and that they can be adapted to suit socioeconomic change for the benefit of that same culture.

Women always bring something extra, I think that there's a different perspective that women can bring to the table.

The institution of chieftainship and the installation of Botswana's first woman paramount chief cannot be seen in isolation from the tremendous socioeconomic changes that have taken place in our country and the world.

I think those of us that have the opportunity and privilege to study law have a special responsibility to make sure that law does what it is meant to do, and that is to deliver justice because it doesn't always [on its own].

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Athaliah Molokomme (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.