Singer and performer Karole Kasita is calling for stronger support systems for single mothers while urging fathers to take greater responsibility for their children.
The “Balance” hitmaker made the remarks while speaking at Beauty Beyond Scars, an event organised by socialite Bad Black, where she addressed the responsibilities of men in homes amid wider conversations about feminism and women’s empowerment.
Kasita stressed that feminism was about equality and shared responsibility—not women being left to handle parenting and household responsibilities alone.
“Men, I’m just reminding you, when we said feminism, we meant equality and handling things together. We didn’t mean that you leave the rest of the things to us.”
She also urged women to unite and advocate for systems aimed at addressing the challenges associated with single parenthood.
“I also want to ask my fellow ladies, can we speak as one to enforce bodies that fight single motherhood? Single motherhood is not right. Let’s fight it, guys.”
Kasita further appealed to fathers to provide for their children regardless of their financial situation, arguing that limited resources should not mean abandoning parental responsibilities.
“Every man out there who has children, please look after your children with the little you have.”
She also called on the government to establish a formal child-support system and suggested a protest walk around Parliament to push for action.
Kasita’s comments were backed by fellow single mothers Sheilah Price and Nalongo Lewis, who also spoke about the difficulties women face when fathers fail to support their children.
Price made an emotional appeal for stronger enforcement of child-support obligations, asking authorities to take action against men she says abandon their parental responsibilities.
“Men should start to give women child support. Mr. CDF, as the way you arrest the rest, we request you arrest men who give birth and don’t support their children.”
Price added that women and children continue to struggle and argued that NGOs have not done enough to address the problem.
The discussion at Beauty Beyond Scars placed renewed attention on the responsibilities of both parents, with Kasita pushing for women to advocate collectively while asking men to play a more active role in raising and supporting their children.
For Kasita, the message was ultimately about shared responsibility: women should not be left carrying the full burden of parenthood when children have fathers who can contribute.