Hillary Clinton,candidate in 2016 presidential elections in USA.........................

Fading are the days when women are treated as second class citizens.We demand equality and equity 

as human rights are God given.We now live in a world where both man and women are equal and deserve equal treatment,be it in the domestic or public sphere.Nobody should ever be allowed to suffer from inferiority complex as everyone should suffer from superiority complex.

'I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.' – https://www.hillaryclinton.com ..

All political women should have this kind of spirit if they are to make it big in the political arena.She is indeed an inspiration to all political women in the world.....At her age she is still confident that she can lead America.The  good news  is that  she is  a candidate for the 2016  elections which will be held in America.

Story from Aljazzera

 Clinton had made history with this candidacy as the first spouse of a former president to seek the office. To clarify, she made that history in 2008.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared that she is running for president in 2016, seeking to become the first female to occupy the seat that her husband Bill Clinton held for eight years, and setting up what could be the most expensive campaign in history.

Clinton campaign video

Clinton made the announcement on Sunday in a video published on her website, saying "the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top" as she sought to highlight the theme of economic inequality.

It is the second time that Clinton has run for presidency.On Saturday, President Barack Obama, who defeated her in the 2008 Democratic nomination, said Clinton "would be an excellent president".

"She was an outstanding secretary of state. She is my friend. I think she would be an excellent president," Obama said from Panama, where he attended the Summit of the Americas and held a historic meeting with the Cuban leader Raul Castro.

With her first candidacy in 2008, Clinton made history as the first ever spouse of an American president to seek the highest elective office in the US.

Opinion

This shows that women are taking one step at a time in climbing the political ladder .In the past decade there has been less participation of women in politics and there has been few women who have attained the post of presidency.

It would be quite moving if fellow women of America give Clinton their support as this marks progress not  only for herself only but every woman in America.It also would be interesting if she gains support from male politicians, even Barack Obama seems to be supporting her as he says she can make a good president.

And to those who oppose her,especially her male counterparts,its time to embrace change and accept that the status quo will not remain the same.We now live in the 21st century where both males and females are equal and there is no going back.

Domestic violence

'We will deal with that later,'said the MDC-T national organising secretary, Abedinico Bhebhe.

Those are the words that came from one of the male politicians aimed at Thabitha Khumalo who had been stripped naked.We are talking about a woman  who has been a victim of domestic violence from the alleged Zanu PF supporters.Is it because she is a woman that she has to receive attention later as it seems there are things which come first that need more attention than her being a victim of violence, worse this is coming from a fellow member of her party.

It is really absurd if not surprisingly bluffing that male politicians do not want to be united with their female counterparts.We are busy pushing for women rights but to other male politicians the word of equality and equity are swept by the wind or unheard of.

Thabitha Khumalo

In this instance it seems like Khumalo chose to be a victim of this violence she has faced.This shows that there is still a long way for male and female politicians to be united even if they fight for the same cause.To add onto that ,the headline is very subjective  as it denotes that Thabitha undressed herself and it was deliberate.It reads 'Khumalo strips at rally.'

The media is being insensitive and if one can ask why the headline in The Herald was written in this manner,the answer lies in the political economy theory which suggest that he who owns the piper dictates the tune .

We also need to ask ourselves who the media owners are in this country and in most cases they owners are of  the patriarchal society and hence they love keeping the status quo.This shows however that there is a serious problem about the media in general.Women are always portrayed  in bad as compared to their male counterparts.The media is not fair at all in the representation of male and female politicians and something has to be done about it However change is not possible if women themselves do not take a stand and fight for their rights.As long as the patriarchal society runs the world ,including the media, the word women rights is nothing but a cliche.It is just a word that has lost its meaning or we can say a word that never had a meaning.