Mrs. Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Presidential Adviser and Special Aide to the President, has urged women in leadership positions to create pathways for others to rise.
She said that modern Ghanaian women should focus not only on their personal achievements but also on the opportunities they create for others.
“It is not enough to be educated anymore; it is not enough to be first in class; it is not even enough to arrive,” Mrs. Mogtari said during the launch of the Yellow Ladies Network, a women’s group established by MTN Ghana to empower and inspire women, in Accra.
“It is bigger and better when you build a whole city and invite others to help you build; making sure that we create an environment that is safe for other women to want to walk through; to make an opportunity available to other women just waiting for that; just make it happen for that other young woman,” she said.
Mrs. Mogtari also pointed out that there were plenty of opportunities and open doors for women, especially young ones, to succeed.
She encouraged young women to make the most of these opportunities.
“This is certainly not a generation of females who do not know what to do. It is also not a generation of females who have no opportunities or females who do not have any doors opened for them.
“Please all we have to do is to step up, step out,” she said.
The Presidential Adviser advised young women to develop a positive attitude towards work, find expression in whatever they did, build good habits, and cultivate valuable networks to reach higher heights.
She stressed the importance of attitude, stating that much could be achieved by adopting a positive approach to everything.
“These are three things that I will leave with you; for me I think that work on your attitude, nothing beats a positive attitude. Secondly find expression…and thirdly build positive habits,” she advised.
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