In the far distant past, women’s major role was to bear children and care for them. As part of that caring, women got very involved in food preparation, which in many cultures expanded to include agricultural efforts to raise food as well as collecting water, gathering fuel for cooking, and making of objects needed by the family such as pottery and clothing.
We have however, entered an era where women can now compete in the workplace for jobs that were once traditionally held by men. Unfortunately the number of women with white collar jobs is still low compared to men, but it is hope to those who agree with me when I say,’’ what a man can do, a woman can do.’’ There is the exception of course, of a few key distinctions in our physiques, which hinders us from performing certain jobs but my focus is on the jobs that require one to think and use their brains.
A wise woman once said, ‘’If you can find something that you’re really passionate about, whether you’re a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.’’
Take the technology field for example; It’s not a secret that there are fewer women in tech than there are men. But let me share with you a few of the many women who have gone an extra mile, explored their potentials and landed in great positions.
If you don’t have a yahoo email, you have probably heard of yahoo but if you haven’t, Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It has over 12,200 employees. Do you know who the current CEO of yahoo is?
CEO, Yahoo
1. Marissa Mayer. She is known as a woman unafraid of controversy. Before joining Yahoo, she was employee No. 20 at Google and the company’s first female engineer. She also sits on the board of directors of Wal-Mart.
Oracle Corporation is a U.S. -based multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. The company specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly its own brands of database management systems. Oracle is the second-largest software maker by revenue, after Microsoft. It has over 122,000 employees. Do you know the person responsible for making sure that Oracle’s products don’t have big security flaws?
Chief Security Officer, Oracle
2. Mary Ann Davidson. She is the Chief Security Officer, Oracle
If you are not on Facebook, you must have at least heard of it, and if you haven’t, you need to research about it. Facebook has over 7000 employees. Do you know who the Chief Operating Officer is?
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
3. Sheryl Sandberg. Prior to Facebook, Sheryl was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Clinton, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank.
Have you ever watched a movie with robots in it? For instance, ‘’The Transformers?’’ well, I know of a woman who knows a lot when it comes to robots.
professor of robotics and pediatricss, USC
4. Maja Matarić, professor of robotics and pediatrics at the University of Southern California(USC). She builds robots to help people with special needs. Her robots can help stroke patients, children with autism, children at risk for obesity, older folks suffering from Alzheimer’s and more.
The list is too long and it’s the same thing even in other fields, check out the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Hilary Clinton among others. Great work they have done!
Lets come back home though, the pearl of Africa. Uganda has a number of phenomenal women as well. If you are not of them, you should do something about it.
The first female Vice President in Africa;
VP of Uganda from 1994 to 2003
5. Dr Specioza Kazibwe. Kazibwe became a pace setter for female politicians in Museveni’s government. She became the longest serving VP for nine years. She now heads the micro finance support center and remains an influential politician in Busoga politics.
Speaker for the parliament of the Republic of Uganda;
Speaker of Parliament, Uganda
6. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga. She is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who has been Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda since 19 May 2011. She is the first female to be elected Speaker in the history of Parliament in Uganda.
She first distinguished herself as Uganda’s first female aeronautical engineering graduate.
aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat
7. Winifred “Winnie” Byanyima. A Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat. Winnie earned engineering degrees in the United Kingdom and began her career as an engineer for Uganda Airlines. She is a grass-roots activist, human rights advocate, senior international public servant, and world recognized expert on women’s rights, is currently Executive Director of Oxfam International.
Uganda had had a 33-year wait for an athletics world title. It was broken in 2005 by a woman in Helsinki, Finland when she got the gold in the Commonwealth games.
athlete
8. Dorcus Inzikuru. Ugandan track and field athlete who took part in the steeplechase competition. She won the inaugural world title in women’s 3000 m steeplechase, as well as the first Commonwealth title in the event.Many think her running days are over, but she says otherwise.
Do you want me to go on? I could, but am going to leave that to you. If you still think that some jobs are too hard to be done by a woman, I have news for you: these phenomenal women were not born with supernatural powers; they were cute little babies just like the rest of us, but as they grew up, they chased their dreams and put their all in it. It not hard, you just need to START and the rest you will learn.
Fellow women, lets run the world, can you just imagine how exhilarating it will be! Right now am imagining every nation with either a female president or a female vice president, what a world!
For the women who do choose a tech career, the sky’s the limit. There’s plenty of opportunity to become a power player, at big companies and hot start-ups alike.
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