By Mavis Paintsil, Accra
Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive distributor and marketer of shell- branded fuels and lubricants has held it’s maiden edition of She power Summit 2025 with call on women to own their power and not to wait for permission to lead.
The occasion formed part of the Vivo Energy’s commemoration of the international Women’s Day and ongoing commitment to promoting gender diversity and inclusivity.
The theme, Fueling change: Redefining Possibilities for Women in STEM, seeks to promote female empowerment and inclusivity in traditionally male- dominated industries including oil and gas sector.
The Founder and Group CEO, L’ANE Group and Co- Founder/ Legacy Girls College,Dr Mrs Ellen Hagan, said we must own our power, and must stop waiting for permission to lead.
The CEO, said, as women, many of us are taught to second-guess ourselves,to wait for someone else to affirm our worth, and continued that, true leaders are those who don’t wait.
To help make this shift,we must start by resetting our mindset, it is time to challenge those cultural stereotypes, internalised beliefs that limit us.
They don’t need someone to validate their authority they own it and step boldly into positions of influence, she stated.
When women lead, businesses perform better, economics grow and societies, also prosper,
The CEO, said, as a leader in business,l have seen first hand the transformative power of women in leadership.
According to her, true leaders are those who don’t wait. They don’t need someone to validate their authority they own it and step bolding into positions of influence.
She added that, we must step forward, confidently claiming the spaces that we belong in, and making sure our voices are heard.
The founder said, some have played a crucial role in pushing for legislative and institutional reforms to ensure that women are given equal access to leadership and governance roles.
The Vivo Energy Group Chief HR Officer, Madam Reinette Wessel, in her speech encouraged women to devote 80 percent passion for work and 20 percent knowledge to improve their conditions of life.
She said Vivo Energy invested in future leaders through their young talent and internship programmes such as Young Talent Programme, succession pipelines, and Resource Strategy.
She stated that, investing in young talent is part of resourcing strategy create an exciting and rewarding experience.
Under the Young Talent Programme, 400 young talents/ graduates joined their business for between 6-12 months to gain workplace experience, while the succession pipelines strengthened the talent and value the input of young talent, which brought different thinking and ideas, she added.
lnvesting in young talent is part of our resourcing strategy create an exciting and rewarding experience, she stated.
The Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey in her speech read on her behalf also added that the passage of the Affirmative Action Gender Equity Act, (Act1121) by Parliament would strengthen the efforts of increasing women and girls in decision making bodies such as the school Representation Council, among others.
The Dr said the Ghana Education Service under the auspices of the he Ministry of Education had introduced new model schools for stem schools,adding that, the Minister has taken steps to review and update the National Gender policy 2015.
She said the policy sought to create equal opportunities for all by mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns into the national development process to improve the social, legal, civic, political, economics and cultural conditions of Ghana.
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