Empowering Womanhood

In a world dominated by patriarchy, I am amazed to see strong and powerful women in our society. Very good examples are Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, Nirmala Sithraman, the current Defense Minister of India and the second woman to hold the office, and our very own Charo Santos Concio, the Chief Content Officer of ABS CBN which is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. Even though, gender discrimination is still prevalent at this day and age, let’s always instill the empowerment of women in every day of our life. There is nothing wrong with feeling confident, satisfied and gratified. Women should have rights just like everyone else regardless of the gender.

As women, we must:

Lead by example.

Empowering other women is to lead by example. Be a role model in the society. Watch what we say. Practice what we preach. Live without hurting others. Do our best in everything we do so that our little sisters, daughter, mother, and circle of women in our life will look up on us and pass on the traits to other women.

Take care of our self.

Learn to empower our self so we can empower others. Love our self. Every woman should know how to value their own self. Definitely, we can help others if we know how to help ourselves.

Embrace challenges.

Never be afraid to take challenges. Be still and tough. It feels more empowered knowing that we can overcome any difficulties we face in this so-called life as long as we accept it and be strong enough to confront it.

Always be a professional.

Along the way, we will experience unpleasant management that questions our capability or perhaps a co-worker that will attack us or look down on us. These circumstances cannot be controlled, however we can always choose to respond professionally. Understand the situation and act accordingly.

Support each other.

Women should support each other. Avoid destroying one another. Don’t gossip but build circle of supports every day. Let’s help one another to have better society rather than feeling jealous with each other.

Accept who you are.

Self-acceptance is the key to woman empowerment. When we are able to accept who we are and our flaws, it will feel easier to do our activities better. Feeling self-pity about our self only attracts negativity and stops us to be more productive.

My point is not to imply that women are better than men. I just want to cultivate the essence of empowerment for women because everyone is entitled to it whether you’re a mother, sister, aunties or friends. Whatever field or life we choose, there should be no hindrance to be our best and help the society to be better.

I want to inspire all women around the world to raise our heads up high. Let’s make the world aware that women are not weak as the society perceives us. Women can be what they want to be and can fight hard to fulfill their dreams. Empowering womanhood is giving women rights to have their own decisions, having self-confidence and independence, and most importantly being equally treated in the society.