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Women take Lead

We as women need to start taking up leadership positions and start leading everywhere we are. I was sad when i was in a conversation with some of my colleagues, and they told me that they where not ready for a female president in our university, on the bases of gender alone.
A good leader is not based on gender rather her abilities and capabilities. A soon as we as a society move away from making leadership gender base, we can see a new wave of leadership rising, a type of leadership that is chosen on merit of their potential and ability to lead.
That is why i am an advocate for great leadership and i am an activist for women to not be afraid of taking leadership positions, that are stereotyped  as male positions. there is no male position when it comes to leadership, rather there is a leadership position, that needs to be filled by someone who is capable.

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