Daily Monitor
Monday March 08 2021
This year’s theme for the International Women’s Day is ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world.’ The idea of achieving an equal future post Covid-19 seems far-fetched. Yet, it is possible to be deliberate in pursuing that goal.
The role of women in leadership has been the main topic whenever the subject of women’s empowerment is brought up.
‘Increase the number of women in leadership if you want to see results’ we are often told. Policy makers have gone ahead to not only create affirmative action to that effect, but also some, such as in Uganda, created quotas for women in politics.