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“Is there anybody with anything more meaningful to say before I close the
meeting?” The Chairperson asked. There was no response, so he declared
the meeting closed.
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On the way home, many people were talking about my reaction in the
meeting. “You’ll never get married,” one old woman told me. Others,
however, congratulated me for being so bold to stand up for my arguments
against the chairperson and his team.
This incident happened when I had just finished secondary school. I was
actually surprised to learn that, to date, there are people in our village who
consider women as second-class citizens. Women in Gao Village work
very hard, but surprisingly, decisions are made by men. This inequality is
unacceptable, and it should be stopped.

Adapted from TIE. (1996). English for Secondary Schools Book 2. TIE

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