The Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) on Sunday concluded a training for over 500 women on innovative skills and
rudiments of self-sustenance in order to cater for their individuals needs and
that of their family.
NDDC conducted the capacity building
programe in collaboration with the ‘Father's Heart Foundation' .
The workshop is part of the
commission's programme to mark the 2019 International Women's Day, which had as
its theme; “Balance for Better" and aimed at advancing gender equality in
women.
Speaking during the conference , a
resource person, Mrs Tobore Olumoye, urged women to keep updating themselves
with modern technologies in order to be relevant in society.
Olumoye, who is the President of
Sterling Toast Master Club, said that the conference is focus on innovative
ways in which women can close the gender gap and add value to tasks before them
to earn equality at the work place and business settings.
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“As you know, innovation and technology
provide unprecedented opportunities, yet trends indicate a growing gender
divide and women are underrepresented in the field of science, technology,
engineering, mathematics and design.
“This prevents them from developing
and influencing gender responsive innovations to achieve transformative gains
for the society.
“When women upgrade themselves with
advance knowledge, it makes them more relevant and afford them the opportunity
to leave the legacy of a fulfilled life, and become asset not only to the
society but to themselves. Olumoye said:
Mrs Ibelema Greene, in her own lecture urged
women to upgrade their knowledge and
follow up with innovations and skills to
sustain themselves in the challenging economy.
Green listed
practical steps on how women can upgrade themselves in an ever-changing world
through learning new things, unlearning and relearning so that they can
discover what they need to offer the world.
She explained that
"life is a balance between holding on and letting go and knowing when to
do either of the two" while pointing out that every woman thinks
differently with unique skills and individual strengths.
According to her,
women must be lifelong learners though unlearning is quite difficult especially
in trying to drop bad habits that do not yield good results.
Green enjoined
participants to try to be their selves and stop seeking approval of others' as it was a mark of low self esteem.
Green emphasized that
"The woman you are becoming will cost you. It will cost you people,
relationships, spaces and material things. Choose her over everything."
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