MONROVIA – As women, the world over, struggle daily to play active roles in states development drives, former Managing Director of the National Port Authority, Madam Matilda Wokie Parker, has urged women to exhibit more confidence in their career journey and ignore the stereotypical notion that women cannot perform certain functions. “Sit at the table”, Madam Parker urged, “If there is no seat at the table, or one is not available, then, we must create our own table” and observed most women shy away from moving forward. She spoke as Guest Speaker on Friday during a ceremony organized by the Women’s Committee of the Liberia Labour Congress (LCC) in commemoration of International Women’s Day held at the J. In spite of the current world population size of 52% women, Madam Parker, said very few women are making it to the top of any profession anywhere in the world. She admonished women to be courageous, but must not be intimidated adding, “Let us work at it together starting now.

Source: Front Page Africa March 26, 2019 00:33 UTC