Dar es Salaam
February 25, 2021 Marking the second
year
of honouring inspiring Senior women leaders in Africa, Women in Management (WIMA),
in collaboration with UN Global Compact, and Tanzania Institute of Directors today
has officially announced the Women In Management Awards for 2021. The
move marks 2 consecutive years in hosting the awards which recognizes and
celebrates women who have excelled in their careers, businesses, and everyday
life while inspiring others.
Speaking at the launch, The Country Director for CV
People of Tanzania, Naike Moshi said that, “It’s been a long wait, but we are
pleased to finally announce that the second edition of the WIMA Awards is here
and set to once again celebrate the senior women leaders across Africa who have
excelled in their professional careers in different ways. The WIMA Awards were
created to promote and increase visibility for Senior-Level Women in
Management. The idea came to feature 50 Senior Women in Management to our
Social Media Pages "Career Women Wednesday" This idea created a lot of buzz and traction by inspiring emerging leaders showing them it's possible for them to reach the career ladder specifically for female professionals.
Every year the corporate industry continues to grow in
leaps and bounds and we are proud to be a part of its success story through this
initiative. For this year, we have extended our awards and we have new
categories such as SDG female champion, WIMA Stem Awards, Next Gem WIMA
Awards, “He for She” Leadership Award, WIMA abilities Award, WIMA Lifetime
Award and Exemplary Female Leadership during Covid-19 crisis. Each category
will have nominees to be voted for and award will be presented to the winner on
the 2021 WIMA awards event that will take place this year on 27th March.
There’s no doubt that WIMA awards will remain the Africa’s most prestigious awards and most reputable recognition
of senior Corporate female leaders across the continent”, said Naike.
Moreover, The Interim Executive Director for UN Global
Compact Tanzania Marsha Yambi, added that, “This initiative organized by WIMA has open many closed doors for women as well
as corporates to find best talents and it has delivered profitable results to
the country economy. “It’s not only about the award that matters, it’s all about
finding the hidden success of women and bringing them out to appreciate their
silent leadership and also to encourage them to mentor more men and women
towards gender equality, which is a SDG goal number 5 of the UN Global compact.
Gender equality is not only
a social and moral imperative, but also makes business sense. Globally,
companies are increasingly recognizing that they can gain greater competitive
advantage and improve profits by targeting women as employees, entrepreneurs,
consumers and business leaders. Increasing the share of women in corporate
leadership roles is associated with higher company profits and improved
environmental and social outcomes. We believe recognizing women who have
demonstrated success in their chosen career creates a legacy that inspires others. These awards challenge
traditional views of women’s roles as business leaders and help prompt
companies to take action to create more gender equal workplaces,
said Marsha.
The
Acting Head of Technical Training from Tanzania Institute of Directors Abdul
Kela, insisted that, It is the time for organizations to empowering
their women to participate and make
contribution to the economy and make sure that we build a sustainable future
for our country particularly in these challenging times. And here’s an open
platform let’s all take this opportunity to encourage our female participation in the
labour-force by honouring them in their careers and
motivate more women to take leadership roles in the workplace,
said Kela.
Nominations
are still open, for entry guidelines & additional information please visit
our website at info@wima.co.tz, @womenimanagementafrica
on LinkedIn and Instagram
The second edition of the WIMA Awards is brought to you by CV People
of Tanzania in association UN Global Network, Tanzania Institute of Directors,
Engender Health, CocaCola and Windhoek beer
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