Comments on: Robinson – “Women’s leadership is needed more than ever” https://www.global-briefing.org/2011/04/%e2%80%9cwomen%e2%80%99s-leadership-is-needed-in-this-century-more-than-ever%e2%80%9d/ Telephone: +44 1223 488814 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: Pammela https://www.global-briefing.org/2011/04/%e2%80%9cwomen%e2%80%99s-leadership-is-needed-in-this-century-more-than-ever%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:27:15 +0000 http://www.global-briefing.org/?p=2470#comment-85 This interview states volumes for women as well as men around the world. It needs to be noted that the conditions described above covers a wide range of issues that we encounter today, may it be climate change or environmental degradation due to people initiated wars, and people encroaching on lands where animals such as elephants are displaced. These conditions affect girl children and women alike where they don’t have safe and protected access to basic facilities and resources, among them are schools (knowledge and skills, exposure to opportunities) entrepreneurship (economic sustainability and life skills) health (quality of life in terms of holistic- health, emphasis on mental health) as well as entire communities becoming victims of forced migration (people up-rooted, encountering adverse conditions, the long lists that we now know by-heart! Yes, I do agree wholeheartedly with the concluding remark given in Ms Mary Robinson’s interview: “There’s a lot of work to be done, but we believe that women can make a difference …”

Pammela

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