We need more women in top leadership positions in companies and at schools.
Asnath Mahapa, first black woman in South Africa to become a pilot. She also runs her own aviation academy in Gauteng. Cape Winelands Education District hosted a Leadership Conference for Deputy Principals on Saturday. I chose to focus on the role female leaders can play to eradicate the gender prejudice with its manifestations of gross violence, injustice and abuse against women. Here is a snapshot of my talk that was entitled: Women in Leadership: It is time to bring gender balance in the top leadership structures in organizations. My argument was premised on the following three key points: 1. We need women with positional power and influence in organizations to advance the human rights of women. Globally, women are progressively being subjected to extreme forms of violence and abuse in all areas of their lives. In this past week, we had two young women violently raped and brutally murdered. The one victim, Fransziska Blochliger, went for a jog in Tokai