It was a pink themed day at the Leaders Forum for March, 9th, 2015 that marked the celebration of women in line with the International Women Day all over the world. We took time to acknowledge that women are STRENGTH IN VELVET GLOVE as GOTNI celebrates "Women as Leaders".
The evening started with warm music that inspired Nigeria's beauty from contribution from women as the Compere, Nike Aloba took the stage and in her skillful manner made all participants understand the mood of the day.
The first plenary session about the International Women's day was presented by Nkiru Linus-Okorie, as she opened up on the reason for the celebration and this session dovetailed into the panel discussion session.
The discussion centred around : Why men frown at women participating in politics, If women make better leaders than men?, How men can support women participation in leadership and politics amongst others.
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| Panelists |
It was a heated and very educative session as panelists identified a number of factors drawing from the questions and all other participant also shared their opinions. In all, young people showed enthusiasm at the concept of women in leadership and more men were receptive and showed support to women in politics.
Women participants were also charged not to play second fiddle but find their uniqueness while men were encouraged to support women and not restrict them.
Members were dressed with a touch of pink to mark this special day that celebrates the contribution of women to humanity especially in Nigeria.
Mr. Linus Okorie took time in closing to appreciate his wife and inspired other young leaders to ensure they appreciate the women in their lives, wives, mothers, sisters etc.
It was heart warming to also watch a 2 minutes video clip that had 8 men gives shout outs to women.
In all, the message rang through - that women are the soul and strength of any society and must be appreciated and allowed to be who they are made to be.
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| Compere: 'Nike Aloba |
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| Nkiru Linus-Okorie |
