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Breaking the double yoke

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For ages
Saddled with
Domestic chores
Confined in doors
With a traditional muzzle
Devoid of a voice
With fellow housewives
We were sweltering
Under the class
And gender yoke
Seen weak though
We were strong as a rock.

Things taking
A positive turn,
When people about
Women's potential
Came to learn,
Enjoying a level ground
And expertise,
An outshining
Women farmers
We have begun to enjoy
A handsome return.

After unremitting exertion
In a special way
Drawing attention
Investor we have indeed
Created job opportunities
For numerous in need
On their turn who have
Many mouths to feed.

We members of the fair sex
If not denied a chance
Could outsmart
Many a man, in a given
Task, grappling with his part.

In the Science
And political arena
Ladies that prove brilliant
Must come to the limelight.

In the military
And peacekeeping task
On the athletics track...,
There are also women
Who merit a tap on the back.

Breaking the double yoke
Must be the era's talk
Gender based discrimination
Should no longer pose
In development's wheels
A spoke!
Let this volubly
Resonate from
North to South
And from Beijing
To New York!

womens rights

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Alem Hailu G/Kristos

Tue 11th Oct 2016 15:49

Thank you Sir Internet was not functioning well in my country lately due to some political problem
It is today,Oct 11, I managed to open my blog and read the enthusing feedback you gave me.It will certainly lend power to my pen.

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Harry O'Neill

Fri 23rd Sep 2016 21:28

Alem,
I wish I could `come through` so understandably in a language that was not my own.

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