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empowerment as “the process
individuals or groups to make
”. Female empowerment
has more to do with a changing
mind set than it has to do
with organizational statistics,
United Nations programs or
NGO agendas. We, as African
It is how we as women perceive
ourselves rather than how others
perceive our gender, which is
most important. Ultimately, the
power is in our own hands. So my
question to the female is: Who
runs YOUR world?
yet another Knight in Shining
Armour to come along and
empower us, when crucial to the
that it stems from changes within
ourselves. As Frank Outlaw said:
“WATCH YOUR
THOUGHTS, THEY
BECOME WORDS;
WATCH YOUR WORDS,
THEY BECOME ACTIONS;
WATCH YOUR ACTIONS,
THEY BECOME HABITS;
WATCH YOUR HABITS,
THEY BECOME
CHARACTER; WATCH
YOUR CHARACTER,
FOR IT BECOMES YOUR
DESTINY.”
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