She explained that women had continued to face many challenges while trying to become leaders. The WTO-DG added during the deliberations, the women and the Duchess exchanged their views on various issues and also discussed the way forward in ensuring more women in leadership positions. According to her, it was imperative to increase the percentage of women in leadership positions both in the states and at the federal government levels.
Okonjo-Iweala said that they also discussed how women could support themselves and also improve their position in the country. “How do we improve the position of women in the country? We have a very low percentage of women in the National assembly. We have never had a woman governor, let alone something higher. “That has to change but no one is going to hand it to the women.
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