Women Empowerment: Assertiveness Skills

Assertiveness is a skill regularly referred to in social and communication skills training. Being assertive means being able to stand up for your own or other people’s rights in a calm and positive way, without being either aggressive, or passively accepting ‘wrong’. Assertive individuals are able to get their point across without upsetting others, or becoming upset themselves. This is certainly encouraging, yet it still remains an issue for many women. One of the most e ective ways to communicate con dence is to use assertive communication and many women  nd this challenging. Assertive communication attempts to transcend these extremes by appealing to the shared interest of all parties; it "focuses on the issue, not the person". Aggressive and/or passive
communication, on the other hand, may mark a relationship's end, and reduce self-respect.