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    "id": 1056637,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "such women as they have chosen to challenge. They deserve to be given an opportunity to prosper and mentor their significant others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, women have a major role to play in development. They play a catalytic role towards achievement of transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. Women empowerment not only benefits their families, but also the society and the country’s overall economic productivity. Although most women lack legal ownership of land, they have a major role to play in rural development, food production and poverty eradication. It is important to acknowledge that empowerment of women is a necessity for the very development of a society since it enhances the quality and quantity of human resources available for development. Women empowerment and achieving gender equality is essential for our society to ensure sustainable development of a country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to celebrate a special category of women that is rarely commended. These are women who have given birth to children with disabilities. Some of them have been abandoned, divorced by their spouses, ridiculed, labeled by the society and alienated because of the physical, social and mental orientation of their children. These women have not given up in playing their motherly role despite the odds that they encounter. May God bless them and rejuvenate their strength. As I conclude, I want to wish everyone a happy International Women’s Day and urge every one of us to deliberately endeavor to make a socio-economic impact in the lives of the women we interact with. In line with this year’s theme, I dare say that a challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So, let us all choose to challenge. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity."
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