KWEE: Liberian Literary Magazine AUGUST 1, 2015 ISSUE | Page 25

Liberian Literary Magazine actors must begin to invest more resources in women empowerment and girls’ education. The time to empower all women is now. There is no developed nation that has succeeded without the full participation of women and girls. The United States of America is the world’s superpower today because of the immense contribution of women and girls yesterday and even now. We must not continue to ignore the impact women and girls are making around us. They are shapers of global modernization, transformers of civilization, shakers of politics, and trendsetters of economic growth. The role of women and girls in society is essential to development. Empowering women and educating girls accrue opportunities for families, communities, and society in general. The days of considering women and girls as babysitters and house wives are over. The days of viewing women and girls as secondary creatures are over. Those days are no more, because the chain of self-pity and lowliness has been broken. For those of you who still hold to the traditional belief that women and girls are inferior beings, you must be existing on a different planet because your mentality is dead wrong. Our society must now realize the fact that we can no longer go back to those ancient times where women and girls were seen as July 15, 2015 ISSUE # 0715 . always left at nothing and were the back for men to take the lead. Women and girls are taking the lead now through actions. Women and girls were not made to always be at the back. They are not followers, but leaders!! They are not second in motion, but first in motion. The power women and girls have must not be devalued today and even tomorrow. The qualities most women and girls possess are unimaginable. Some of them have exceptional talents even more than their male counterparts. Their contribution to national economic development has been and continues to be crucial. Brigham Young was right when he said “when you education a woman, you education an entire generation”. In addition, Lawrence Summers, a former Harvard University President was also very farsighted in his assertion that “Educating girls may be the single highes B&WGW&ࠦ