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How will a woman access her rightful place in public life, and fight sexism and patriarchy -- if she does not even have right to make basic decisions?
This week, one name made a lot of headlines -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
An economist and a former finance minister of Nigeria, she has become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
But she is the exception, not the norm.
This very week, another woman from Africa made headlines -- Angie Mot Shekga. She is South Africa's education minister.
She said educated men do not rape after being hit by a storm of rebukes.