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Monday, May 06, 2013
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Empowering Women of the Future, Day 6 – Ajegunle.
Who is a
leader? What are the qualities of a good leader? What are the responsibilities
of a leader? And how can we become good leaders? These were some of the topics
we discussed on Saturday the 4th of April at EWOF.
Futuristic Funmilayo – one of our Sheros that went for the Girls in ICT day celebration said she was really excited to be among girls from other schools, women from around the world, Honorable Abike Dabiri and members of the press. She also said she is determined to do her best in school so that she can study at a reputable university in or outside Nigeria.
This session
was very interactive – everyone participated and we all agreed that a good
leader is someone who is able to listen to others and put their feelings and
thoughts into consideration before taking actions; a good leader takes the lead
in everything; a good leader never puts others down; a good leader leads by
example, is able to encourage, motivate and boost the morale of teammates and a
good leader carries the team along.
We then
carried out an exercise – we all chose a partner and for 5 minutes, one person
sat quiet while the other person talked, we reversed positions after 5 minutes.
Reflecting
on the exercise, some participants said they hated the feeling of sitting and
having to listen to others without being able to talk. We then related the outcome
of the exercise to Leadership. Beautiful Bolade had this to say “now I know
what it feels like when I don’t allow my friends speak when we are discussing,
not being permitted to talk feels terrible!”
We also had
time to also reflect on some of the topics discussed at the 2nd
Public Lecture and the Girls in ICT day celebration I, Ms Blessing Ashi and 5
of our Sheros attended.
Futuristic Funmilayo – one of our Sheros that went for the Girls in ICT day celebration said she was really excited to be among girls from other schools, women from around the world, Honorable Abike Dabiri and members of the press. She also said she is determined to do her best in school so that she can study at a reputable university in or outside Nigeria.
Bold Bisoye
is 8 years old and she had this to say “those girls from Princeton College
going to Silicon Valley in America are not different from me in anyway. I want
to win awards like them too, I want to visit the world, I want the world to
know that I am not only intelligent; I am also talented!”
After
closing the session with affirmation of self, we took to the open field to
play.
Some of us
had to grow up so quick that we rarely remember the significance of playing
with our friends outdoors.
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