Leadership Is Not a Gendered Skill

Leadership Is Not a Gendered Skill

Leadership does not live in chromosomes.
It lives in courage, competence, and conviction.

Yet from an early age, boys are encouraged to lead while girls are encouraged to comply. Boys are called confident; girls are called bossy. Boys are groomed for power; girls are taught to wait for permission.

This conditioning doesn’t erase girls’ leadership it only delays its recognition.

Women lead every day: in homes, classrooms, communities, movements, and crises. Not because they were allowed to, not because they were told to, but because taking on responsibility early shows them how to take charge.

When women are excluded from decision-making spaces, policies fail to reflect reality. When girls are discouraged from leadership, societies lose innovation, empathy, and balance.

Leadership is learned.
Leadership is practiced.
Leadership is not male.

If we want better systems, safer communities, and fairer futures, we must stop treating leadership as a privilege reserved for one gender and start nurturing it wherever potential exists.