Women, youth have talent to be future leaders, says expert

Socio-economic-cultural-educational-political-geopolitical views and consequences have made this temporary universe spin to its sickness of various temperament and temperature.

Yet, Indonesian medical doctor/global health practitioner Adriana Viola Miranda, albeit having been “assaulted and traumatised” years ago refuses to budge. She still believes that amidst all the highs and lows, even present leaders, alongside the next, would still have opportunities in setting everything advantageous for all.

The Jakarta native and Bandung resident is among the emerging and established young global leaders, which the UAE Government, Dubai Future Foundation and the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted at the inaugural Oct. 13-15 “Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders (AMGFL)”.

Miranda, 26, is among the 20 “Under-30 Young Global Leaders” met and honoured by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Defence of the UAE, Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation.

Emailed, the 1000 Day Fund-Monitoring/Evaluation/Research and Learning director said that engendering and enabling “more responsible, more prudent, wiser, stronger leaders with a huge sense of responsibility and accountability,” occurs when no one is excluded from becoming local to international leaders – even if they were women, the youth and indigenous peoples.

The take-away from the Dubai summit that Miranda associated this viewpoint with, was the “understanding that many knowledge systems, not just Western science, can benefit the world.”

Miranda moreover connected her outlook to her workplace orientation: “We have seen at 1000 Days Fund how working closely with indigenous leaders enables culturally-sensitive approaches creates lasting change. This includes addressing the systemic barriers behind why certain types of leaders are often not allowed to take charge, like how women were historically barred from leadership.”

Linking it with the AMGFL’s “Women Leadership Majlis” led by Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority and Vice Chairperson of the Emirates Literature Foundation, Miranda’s take-away was the zeal and decisiveness of “educating our sons to ensure more spaces can be given to women.”

“Having perspectives from different communities has been proved time and again to be the key to responsible, accountable leadership beneficial to all,” added the summit’s “Opportunity Labs: Science that Scales” facilitator, joined by Atlantic Council of the US Senior Fellow Peter Engelke and Monash University-Centre to Impact Antimicrobial Research Microbiology Professor Chris Greening.

The other panelists were Miranda’s fellow WEF-Global Shapers Saudi Arabia-based Shahad Al Attas, Health and Hospitality Strategic Marketing professional and Portugal-based Dr. Antonio Pedro Pinho, public health/global health/youth advocate.

“As long as there are ‘older’ leaders that are willing to give us, young leaders, space to show our skills and life mission, the world can still nurture future leaders. That is why I hope initiatives like the ‘Future 20’ can continue next year and beyond.”