Young women urged to create impact

Hundreds of young women have participated at the Dare2Inspire lecture organised in Lagos by the Date2Inspire initiative, a project to empower young women.

Various speakers selected from the private sector spoke on the need for young women to strive to create impact in the society.

The speakers included the Medical Director/ Psychiatrist -In- Chief of Pinnacle Medical Services, Dr. Maymunah Kadiri-Yusuf, Dr. Fateemah Habeebu Adeyemi, Mr. Feyisola Surat Abiru and Mrs. Bimpe Silifat Afolabi.

Dr. Kadiri who is also an entrepreneur and YOUWIN awardee stressed the need for young women to position themselves to emerging opportunities in their areas.

She recalled how as a young medical student decided to specialise in mental health because she saw the emerging opportunities in mental health, saying, “That is positioning. I said to myself mental health is the medicine for the past, the present and the future”.

She urged the participants drawn from some institutions of learning to “create impact. Once you create impact and people know you for something, they will know you are good and they will look for you”.

Also, Afolabi, a Director with KPMG encouraged the young women to be passionate, strive to acquire knowledge and be experts in what they do.