Reach for Gold - The Gold Ribbon Campaign .

As the men,Are we ready to stop chasing  the rats while our house is on fire? Are we ready to support a woman step out and competitively seek for a leadership position at any level? Are we ready to be there, when called upon to be, regardless of our gender? Are we ready to offer both financial and socio-political capital  required by women seeking leadership?  Are we ready to use and influence our spheres to steer, accommodate and extol the great dynamism, creativity and potential brought  more inclusion of the women in positions of influence?Are we ready to listen more, engage and dialogue more as society? Are we open to dialogue with social movement actors,particularly the women’s movement willing to have you involved?Are we ready to stir our wives, daughters, mothers and friends to rise up to the occasion?  

Are we, as the women of this country ready to leave our comfort zones and Reach for Gold? Are we ready to apply for that position that have suffered stereotype for so long? Are we ready to be counted? Are we ready to shun the myths, prejudice and all the barriers that tie us behind?Are we ready to get the murk if and when we must, Reaching for the Gold? Are we ready to competitively run for elective positions in this country in droves and numbers?  Are we ready to transform the institutions and the politics of this country with our untapped competencies? Are we ready to join, build and belong to a political party ? Are we ready to surpass the 1/3^rd provision now deeply and inaccurately perceived as your ceiling share? Are we ready to set an in depth and  visionary agenda in leadership positions across all sectors of our economy? Are we ready to offer support to a man or a woman with issue based policies across all our institutions?  

 As the youth, are we ready to shun violence against men and women in toto? Are we ready to recreate, nurture and advance a renewed generational mindset of equity and leadership through competencies?  Are we ready to challenge and discard the Traditional perceptions ,prejudices, biases and stereotypes, old order and establishments as pertains to women and leadership?  

Without a positive change of attitudes and mindsets by all, the position of women would improve at the very most, with a  ceiling’s/ snails pace , Are we ready to move ‘from paper to reality’ Are we ready to forge from the current inequality to a 50/50 gender representation in leadership and decision making?

 Are we ready? Are we ready to Reach for Gold as a people? This is the essence of the Reach for Gold Campaign . This is the essence of tucking gold ribbon.A symbol of our choice  and commitment to gender neutrality. This is an undertaking, a personal commitment,a reminder and a declaration of maximum individual and collective proactiveness  of ‘ we the people; in the implementation of the gender agenda in the new constitution. It is a clarion, a deep and conscious conviction beyond gender, tribe, age, religion, party, education background and any other ism that divide us. This is the very essence of the Men for Women Initiative. Forging our own destiny as a people. Reach out for the potential, Reach for Gold.

If you are ready for such a commitment, then you are the change driver we have been searching for. This is your Initiative.We look forward to keep you engaged, but you have a  role. Express it,Tuck in a Gold Ribbon, Start and Spread the conversation,Engage another one more person. We all  have a role,We all have a responsibility, to form an enabling environment and context of  the implementation of the gender agenda in our new constitution. Because its a cause,ABOUT US.