Women’s role in national transformation and Development

In this new episode titled ‘Women role in national transformation and Development’’ my guest, Ejiro Umukoro of Light Ray media dived into several issues around the topic. According to the World Bank, Development is an ongoing topic and it is a multifaceted concept, which segregates countries into categories such as developed, less developed, and underdeveloped. This classification is based on their advancement across numerous sectors, including economics, politics, culture, and society. Globally. Women’s contribution to national transformation and national development have been proven invaluable. Professional and career women who are leading the stage have been seen to push for greater development than some of their male counterparts. Women are very crucial to development, their invaluable contributions acting as caregivers, educators, entrepreneurs, and leaders, contributing significantly to economic growth, social progress, and community well-being. Their empowerment is a key indicator of a nation’s progress, and their active participation in all spheres of life is essential for sustainable and inclusive development and development.
Here some of the talking points 1-Many national development’s failure to progress towards development is primarily linked to the issue of women’s empowerment as every other indices can be unstable without women empowerment, do you agree with this? 2-You are a lady with professional track records, what have been your guiding principles and how are you and other women bringing innovative solutions to your industry and national development at large?
3- Many challenges continue to be facing women trying to make meaningful contributions to national transformation and development. Some of these include gender inequality, gender pay gap, access to resources especially finance. What has been your experience and what will be your thoughts for women
4, Despite the challenges, women opportunities and forthrightness has continued to help in their increased participation, defending and advocating for human rights, community development activities, strengthening good governance
5 How can policy, implementation and stakeholders’ commitment to women development help advance women involvement in national transformation and development
For women in Journalism, media the continued cyberbullying, harassment and newsroom intimidations continue to make many promising young women via into corporate communications among others, how can we stem this to ensure full inclusion in Newsrooms leadership?
Women’s participation in politics is essential for the development of democratic societies. Women’s political participation also leads to policies that are more inclusive and address the needs of the entire population. But women’s representation in this space is being daily challenged.  What are your thoughts on these?
Women’s empowerment often leads to the promotion of gender equity and are essential for the development of a just and equitable society. To you, can you see enough commitment of stakeholders in these areas and what can still be done.
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