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Here is Bonang Matheba’s message to her fans

On Monday, Bonang Matheba had a message to her fans and followers. This was during the #WeSeeEqual  Gender Equality Summit hosted by the UN Women in India.

She took to the stage as one of the panelists in a monochrome maxi dress.

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Bonang’s wish is for the society to celebrate her for her career successes.

“We always teach girls that they must aspire to be a wife or mother. I turn 32 in June, the one thing I always get asked is ‘when are you getting married? When are you having children?’

“No honey, I want to make some money, I want to travel the world. I want to come to Mumbai. I want to speak at the UN Women’s Summit. To be an inspiration,” she said.

“I don’t have a husband and children. That will come at a later stage. Why is it that the things that I have achieved with the help of my mom and sisters can’t be celebrated? Why does it have to be validated if there is a man next to me?”

In this, Bonang was advocating for girls’ education as an empowerment tool.

“To enable girls to be unstoppable we have to give them access to education.”

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