Lesotho Women led by Lesotho's 70-member Federation of Female Lawyers, are waging a vigorous campaign against sex and other forms of discrimination based on gender. This campaign is directed, in particular, at the country's laws, customs, traditions and social norms that govern the relationship between men and women. They are calling for radical legal and social reforms that will end gender inequality and thus ensure their full participation in and contribution to the process of development. But have the root causes of the problem been identified? For example, can we expect gender inequality to disappear without addressing its politics? This paper serves as a contribution to the emerging debate in Lesotho about the causes and consequences of gender inequality. It argues that any struggle against gender inequality is essentially a political struggle and must, therefore, be directed at changing the existing political structure.
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