Rosalia Nghidinwa

Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa (26 October 1952 – 14 January 2018) was a Namibian politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2000. She also entered the cabinet of Namibia after being appointed deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2000 to 2005. In 2005 she was promoted to Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, and in December 2012 she was moved to head the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Welfare.

Quotes

• Why allow yourself to get pregnant if you are not ready to have a child?
• Please use condoms and visit family planning clinics
• Family planning is not only for women, it is for both men and women, and even for young boys
  • Nghidinwa supports family planning
• It is our goal that we shall improve the lives of all Africans through this partnership, as women need to drive the engine of partnership in order to achieve the maximum impact of growth needed in Africa
  • Rosalia Nghidinwa at the Namibian and Nigerian businesswomen meeting
• Yes, the prayer day did not help and things did not change, but the prayers will continue and we will give GBV cases to God to deal with, because He sees the inside of a person and can understand them better than we do,” said Nghidinwa
• The youth should be encouraged to study social work to assist in dealing with GBV. There is a huge gap that needs to be filled in this regard
• I was told that my community are the people that hold the table which I stood on, and because I had known them and had always looked after them from where I was, I know now that I will fall back into their open arms
• The Swapo Party has already implemented gender equality in its structures and soon it will be compulsory for all political parties to do so, according to the SADC Protocol on Gender
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