Sayama Zawng Naw

29, Community Leader, Myitkyina Janmaikawng KBC Camp

Women taking leadership roles is important. All my life, leaders in administrative roles in the village were men and men and men. Women can do this too.  As women, we should build our capacity more and be leaders, I support this very strongly.

Being a leader doesn’t mean it’s only you all the time, you have to help others to lead too. After me, two other women became leaders in the camp community. One of them was very shy, not confident, she always said, “no, I can’t do it.”

I always supported her and told her, “it is not that difficult, if you have difficulty, we can help you, we can support you.”

Good women should support each other, lift each other up, help each other. Those are, for me, good women.

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