Lesotho: Manoosi Khetsi
| Gender Links
| Name | Manoosi |
| Surname | Khetsi |
| Country | Lesotho |
| Give a short history of the leader | gender links came to my village the time we re about to elect a councilor for the local government, and gl encouraged us to involve ourselves as women we also have s right to be leaders |
| Objectives | I would like to achieve my goal and see myself as a successful business women and a good leader leading by examples |
| Key activities | the nature of my work is to make sure that everyone in the community live a good live and bring their basic needs upfront.even though its a good thing to help people its also challenging because our government does not provide or answer us in time |
| Key challenges | living a rural areas is very challenge due to the norms that women should submit to their husband ,men argue and complain that I am misleading their wifes and encourage them to disrespect them |
Results | |
| Change at the individual level | now that I know women's rights I am very happy because I also have a say and I make decisions in my family unlike before when my husband would just order me around even if I am not ok with what he was saying. Now I am very brave I am no more afraid to talk to people in higher places like ministers to get help for the community |
| Evidence of change at the individual level | Ntlaba Molibeli ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE TALKING AND HELPING PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY BECAUSE I AM BUILDING MY CARREER THEY ARE GOING TO ELECT YOU AGAIN SO KEEP IT UP YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND YOU HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED TO A BETTER PERSON NOW |
| Change at the household level | my family is at peace now because everyone knows about gender equality and they are taking it very seriously |
| Evidence of change at the household level | my husband once told me that ever since I new about gl there is always peace because now we sit down and fix things without fighting |
| Change at institutional level | karabelo mokoallo and the other people in my community are very impressed and once talked about how motivational and inspiring I am and how I helped the boys and girls by keeping them away from the street |
| Evidence of change at institutional level | karabelo mokoallo and the other people in my community are very impressed and once talked about how motivational and inspiring I am and how I helped the boys and girls by keeping them away from the street |
| Change at a policy level | we now know that women also can be leaders,women are also entitled to self opinions and decision making unlike before when only men were given an opportunity to lead |
| Evidence of change at a policy level | village social worker mmamookho letlatsa remembers how I helped Tb patients and encouraged them to take their medication well |
| Capacity building | I grouped young girls in my community and help them know their rights and teach them on how to defend themselves from gender abuse. and I taught them on ho to stand up for themselves and not let any one to take chances and abuse them |
| Lessons learned and shared | Conflict management,i have learnt to love people regardless their statuses and be a very passionate person in life in order to achieve my goals. |
| Next Steps | i would like to form a group whereby women will sit down and talk about their family issues and try to solve them accordingly and those who understand gender equality should help those who are still behind |
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