Technology as a fight song

One of my teachers sent me a link to an article a while ago. It was an article about girls leadership and the Girls Leadership Institute. I thought it was really interesting to read. Therefore, I contacted them and we shared ideas about empowerment of people and empowerment training sessions. So for this week’s post I collaborated with the Girls Leadership Institute. You might guess it already, this post covers the topic empowerment of women.

The institute focuses on young girls. They try to teach them a variety of skills to stick to their true selves, learn to say no and learn to fail. In short, the institute tries to empower girls. I got inspired by what they do since I think it is great that they actually empower women. I wanted to know how they train girls. Therefore I got in contact with them and asked them how they do it. They feel that emotional intelligence is the base of empowerment because it helps people to gain self- knowledge. Therefore, you grow more empathy towards others. They want to turn girls into new leaders who dare to follow their own path and dare to be who they are, without society telling them how they should act. If you have been reading my previous blog posts, you can probably see a lot of similarities.

I think it is great idea to empower women. Research shows that there are still not a lot of women on top of companies. Most leaders are men while research also has shown that women are good leaders. Most women have a more personal approach in comparison to men. Nowadays employees want that personal touch, they want to be appreciated for what they do. However, the biggest reason why women are better leaders according to the research is that they get things done. So there is no reason why women should not be on the top. The work floor needs female and male leaders. We need diversity so it is very important to give women the chance to develop themselves as a leader.

In general, the institute focuses on young girls and they try to teach them some skills, their parents are also involved. I think the institute is amazing, they have great ideas. However, I think they can do more. They made me think about other ways to empower women. I asked them if they used technology to empower the girls but they do not. This made me do some research in the area (link to the articles you can find all over this post).  I found a lot of articles online, saying that technology is needed to empower people. When you look at the world you can see that technology gains more and more importance. If we want to empower people, I feel we need to teach women how to use technology!

Women’s WorldWide Web stated in the article ‘Information and communication technologies’ that technology will have tons of possibilities for women. It has potential to empower women all over the world. It can finally get women on top of the world. Unfortunately, a lot of women do not have the manufacturers to learn to use technology. Therefore, they still lack technological skills and find it hard to become more empowered. However, one day everyone will probably have full access to technology. The mobile phones usage has been increasing globally and I believe this will keep increasing. In conclusion, we should make technology training sessions available for everyone all over the world. Sessions that will teach everyone how to use technology efficiently. We cannot stop technology so maybe women will be able to get access to the top of companies easier in the future.

“Gender discrimination is the most tolerated violation of rights on earth today. We cannot have an open-ended struggle as far as women are concerned — there has to be an expiration date.” Mlambo

I found this amazing quote from Mlambo. I feel very optimistic about technology and women empowerment. I feel that this is the way to empower the female gend and stop discrimination against women. Since technology is globalizing more and more I believe that every woman will have the manufacturers to learn to use it. I believe and hope that technology will help women to conquer the higher positions.