{"id":39468,"date":"2019-06-08T22:41:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/dr-karusisi-urges-africa-s-women-on-self\/"},"modified":"2019-06-08T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:41:10","slug":"dr-karusisi-urges-africa-s-women-on-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dr-karusisi-urges-africa-s-women-on-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Karusisi  urges Africa\u2019s women on self-confidence to unleash their potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Karusisi who was speaking to 100 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of medium sized and large institutions from Africa attending \u2018Made In Africa Leadership Conference\u2019 held in Kigali to seek ways of promoting Made in Africa, explained that women are in most cases involved in leadership of medium enterprises noting that women presence is lacking in decision making positions in large enterprises.  <\/p>\n<p>She however observed that women and girls fear to take responsibilities even when they are assigned in such positions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are often the first root causes of such exclusion because we don\u2019t have self-confidence. We have inner feelings pushing us not to expose ourselves wondering what people shall think about you. They will consider me arrogant, \u2026And this restrains you from raising hand to express an idea,\u201d noted Dr Karusisi.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nThe conference was  held for the first time on 6th June 2019 and was organized by Breakfast Club Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Breakfast Club Africa is a Pan African CEO membership organization, formed with a purpose of helping leaders of companies to become better leaders, thus benefiting their organizations and employees.<\/p>\n<p>The second day of the conference attracted different panelists including Dr Karusisi who shared insights on challenges and opportunities for African woman.<\/p>\n<p>Results from a survey conducted by Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA) in 2016 indicated that only 39.5% women among citizens who have  accounts at financial institutions.  The report also indicated that 68.9% of men have acquired loans while only 26.8% women got loans. <\/p>\n<p> \u201c I don\u2019t know the essence of this but the issue exists. I remember when I worked at the office of the presidency, he often asked me to share ideas and I would share good ideas. But I had inner feelings that I have nothing to say , like something is obstructing me to stand and share an idea,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Karusisi explained that  23% of girls drop out from primary schools while the boys are 19%.  Female teens dropping  out of school are 36% and 32% for boys.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Karusisi emphacized that giving girls opportunities to decision making positions should start  with setting up policies enhancing their access to education. <\/p>\n<p>Lusubilo Chakaniza, the CEO of Ethanol Company Ltd from Malawi was among the discussants. <\/p>\n<p>He said that girls lack confidence amidst bareers restricting them to particular opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director of BPR Atlas Mara, Maurice K. Toroitich  pointed out an example of previous graduation ceremony he attended where girls were best performers noting that girls can execute their duties articulately if they are given opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to understand  that being a girl doesn\u2019t mean you are not able to perform like boys,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda is among countries promoting gender balance in top government positions. The 2003 Constitution as amended to date stipulates that women should have at least 30% representation in decision making positions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29607 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_banki_ya_kigali_dr._diane_karusisi_yagaragaje_asanga_abagore_bo_muri_afurika_batarabasha_kwigirira_icyizere-7a7c3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Karusisi said that women presence is lacking in decision making positions in large enterprises.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29608 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hanatanzwe_ikiganiro_cyagarutse_ku_ishoramari_rikenewe_kugira_ngo_ibigo_bigere_ku_iterambere-ccc75.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29609 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hatanzwe_ibiganiro_n_impuguke_mu_bijyanye_n_ubukungu_n_imiyoborere-e1b33.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29610 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b9542-3-62f03.jpg\" alt=\"100 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of medium sized and large institutions from Africa attending \u2018Made In Africa Leadership Conference\u2019 held in Kigali to seek ways of promoting Made in Africa\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29611 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b9568-3-c1f42.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29612 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_banki_y_abaturage_bpr_maurice_k.toroitich_yavuze_ko_abakobwa_n_abahungu_bakwiye_guhabwa_amahirwe_angana-736cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29613 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b9578-812e1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29614 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abatandukanye_bari_kwigira_hamwe_icyateza_imbere_ibikorerwa_muri_afurika-71456.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29615 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobora_ibigo_bikomeye_muri_afurika_bateraniye_i_kigali-3d624.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of Bank of Kigali, Dr Diane Karusisi has said that lack of self-confidence is among major challenges holding back the progress of African woman, urging them to overcome fear to unleash their potentials. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39468"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39468"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}