when she went on a crusade-like mission to safeguard the native forests in Kenya.
I remain convinced that my capacity to take risks stemmed from that confidence-boosting early. This has enabled me to take calculated risks. I would take another risk by throwing my hat in the political arena when the odds were against the party. My philosophy has always been, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
has exposed all the fault lines in our societies, whether gender, ethnicity or race. It has revealed the difference between the have and the have nots, especially in their access to care, hospitals, medications, among others.issue became a live issue in the first year of the pandemic. Those countries with female leaders were more successful in handling the pandemic. Those female leaders expressed a different kind of leadership. They showed that compassion and kindness were not weaknesses.
In Tanzania, one of the decisions that [President Samia Suluhu Hassan] has taken recently is that girl mothers can go back to school. It was a tough decision to take because in some countries this is still not the case, and during the Covid-19 era, the number of girl mothers increased. Also, these women and those who are successful in various fields have the massive responsibility of being role models to the younger generation.