I am Priceless tournament advocates for equal treatment of girls
Achievers ladies have emerged winners of the 4th “I am Priceless” girls and young women tournament held today in Kajiado county, Kenya. They won 3-0 against Matasia Starlets in penalty shoot outs.The tournament whose main aim was to advo
cate for fairness and equal treatment of girls in the field saw the girls and young women bitterly air out their grievances.
Miss Blessings Cheruto aka “Rembo” stated: “It pains to see that girls’ tournaments do not get the much needed support. Our male counterparts often get greater awards compared to us.”
Speaking at the event, fMiss Ruth Wangu of The Priceless GYW said, “Even as we play, every kick, and every goal scored is not just a victory in the field. It is a strike against unfriendly socio-cultural norms of GBV against girls; a leap to equality and a powerful kick that shatters the glass ceiling aimed at amplifying the voices of girls and young women to dream without boundaries and to ensure she leads.”
The tournament also saw those present taken through Conflict resolution strategies by Ben Asin representing the National Cohesion and Integration Commission. They were also taken through Advocacy strategies by anti- GBV champion and philanthropist Ms. Jackline Saleiyan of A Pack A Month.
The tournament was supported by Kenya Alliance for the Advancement of Children Rights, Rotary Club of Ngong Hills, Media Focus on Africa.
Fingers were also pointed to politicians who were said to shy away from such community enriching tournaments since they are only interested in tournaments that will give them political mileage. Further they were blamed for making the players dependent on money so much so when tournaments meant to upgrade their intellectual property and welfare are held they become disinterested. ” It is the high time that youth in Kenya realise their worth so that they know they cannot be bought just to push agendas. It is now becoming a use and dump relationship,” Jackline also a peace ambassador added.
Are you an individual changemaker of community based organisation? Share your story in the form below:
Woh I like your articles, saved to favorites! .
I like what you guys are up too. Such intelligent work and reporting! Keep up the excellent works guys I have incorporated you guys to my blogroll. I think it’ll improve the value of my web site 🙂
You have brought up a very superb points, regards for the post.
An impressive share, I just given this onto a colleague who was doing a little analysis on this. And he in fact bought me breakfast because I found it for him.. smile. So let me reword that: Thnx for the treat! But yeah Thnkx for spending the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love reading more on this topic. If possible, as you become expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more details? It is highly helpful for me. Big thumb up for this blog post!
magnificent points altogether, you simply gained a new reader. What would you suggest in regards to your post that you made a few days ago? Any positive?
This web site is really a walk-through for all of the info you wanted about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse here, and you’ll definitely discover it.
I¦ve been exploring for a bit for any high quality articles or weblog posts in this sort of house . Exploring in Yahoo I eventually stumbled upon this site. Reading this info So i am glad to exhibit that I’ve an incredibly excellent uncanny feeling I found out exactly what I needed. I so much certainly will make sure to don¦t omit this site and give it a look on a continuing basis.
I truly appreciate this post. I¡¦ve been looking all over for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You’ve made my day! Thx again
Hello there, just was alert to your weblog thru Google, and located that it’s really informative. I am gonna watch out for brussels. I’ll appreciate in the event you continue this in future. Many people can be benefited out of your writing. Cheers!