I am taken by this: Challenges/Barries of Women in Leadership

My Barrier which I find profoundly sad is Between us Women= Solidarity .. We preach consistently on unity and women empowerment, gender equality yet we commonly are know Not to work together in solidaity and thus working towards a common goal. We are endlessly shadowed ny men who we choose to Lead us and would very rarely empower a women to lead...

I am having a dream and a vision to establish a All Women-led Political Party in my country there is so many social injustices that is driving me sometimes a a bioling piont that I truly wish that around the world we lobby each other more as women and amplify voices of change to penetrate into the political spaces and make sure that we are there to Drive influence, Carry Impact and Be the drivers of change in how democracy and governance is done in our countries..

#EmpowerWomen
@DriversofChange
#DriversofImpact
#WomeninSolidarity

I think sexism in the workplace, or what I call "professional sexism" is probably the worst of all practices when it comes to leadership. Employsers need to work based on merits and skills and look past gender differences. 

Cultural limitation is also another aspect that limits women to occupying leadership roles.

The basic barrier which is stopping the growth of women leadership is the conservative mentality of the society. In this so called male dominated society women are getting suppressed because of various reasons. For example taking in consideration their family, guardians are scared of their daughter being suppressed in the society which stops a woman to pursue in what they want. The bitter truth is beacuse of manipulation men have captured the heart of effective leadership and the way it is done is by looking down upon women. The time the world's mentaity changes form conservative to open mindness then there would be no barriers in women leadership

The internal pressure to perform as a man, with masculine percieved strengths, suppresses some of the "organizational change" capital which can and should be leveraged from a woman's perspective. This also can hinder relationships and the approach to problem solving.

Many factors can be barriers for growth of women. Money matters most. Though mentoring is available, some can not afford the fees. In some cases families does not support. In some cases, she doesn't want to struggle and prefers comfort life. I have seen all types women around me. Some are suffering with a lot of personal issues. Some are supportive, some cometite with women. Some have taken the education but not able to get break because of lack of experience. Some are getting high resistance from me. Some are victim of politics. One thing is very sure, if they keep trying they can get their goal.  

Rehab,
      Thanks for your comment.We are living in a world of competition, men governors and leaders may not like the idea of putting "ladies" in leadership positions, but if women are well trained, believe in themselves that they have " substance to prove" that they are capable, they can take the positions," it is survival for the fittest".

Society and culture plays an extensive role in preventing women to reach their goals and potentials, laws have to be changed to make them favorable to women empowerment.

Many women have not been trained to take a decisive role at a family level, this can be observed in African families, as a result, most of them lack confidence in leadership positions.They tend to be fearful when making decisions.

Hello DR Ishart :  do you think if men are successful leaders would they prevent women from leadership? the answer is no because if they have self confidence that they are the best they would help women to be leaders as if what ever  the women did they will still the best because they deserve it but because they lack this self confidence and they are sure that women have the ability to be  the best leaders they are trying to prevent them as in my Country Egypt for example there some judges says that they are the best and that i donot deserve to represent my country because iam awoman but i challenge them to pass all the international programes which i passed or even succeed in it as instead of studying and passing it they claims that my certificates is their but this is not true because my name as awoman is on this cerificates and that is  because iam the one who passed it but iam saying to these corrupted lazy men if you want my place they have to earn it, pass all the programmes i passed , have all the qualification i had, be fluent in English like me by studying and working at the same times for long hours  and days ,at this time only we will see if you deserve it or not but not by deception and corruption NoW IT IS OUR TIME AS WOMEN TO SAY TO MEN IF YOU ARE BETTER THAN US PROVE IT
Rehab ismail is afemale from Egypt

In addition to those, I think other reasons are that they do not have the required training needed for the position, a phenomenon facilitated by patriarchal system where boys are favoured over girls and parents prefer to send their sons to school instead of girls. Another factor is family and work priorities clash, where women are faced with choosing between their jobs and their family.