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MAEN QADDOURAH Project Director| AJ SAUDI Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Is Gender plays a vital role in PM in some areas of concern ; like construction.
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
My overall answer would be no, Maen.

Some countries still find it culturally inappropriate for women to be in leadership roles.

This was reinforced to me this week on my Royal Air Maroc flight where the male passenger refused to obey the female flight attendant's instructions. When the male flight attendant came, the passenger complied.
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PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
'NO' , Gender doesn't play any role in development and application of PM skills.
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Michelle Daigle PgMP®,PMP®, PfMP® Practitioner| Genetec Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Gender should not play a role, ever. Intelligence, skills and competence have no gender.
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MAEN QADDOURAH Project Director| AJ SAUDI Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thanks all.I agree with you Stephen , PANKAJ and Michelle for PM.; but in real life i agree with Stephen that many countries and cultures do not accept women to be in a leading role despite women succeeded in all works with various and distinguished merits.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree with my fellow colleagues. Gender should have no effect on PM or leading roles. Both genders I believe can controbute positively and efficiently. I understand that culturally it is unfortunate that in some countries they do not recognize women as being leaders but this is totally wrong. If you look around the world, you can find a huge number of successful leading women.
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MAEN QADDOURAH Project Director| AJ SAUDI Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Agree with you Rami.Thanks.
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Bruce A Hayes Project Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and freelance Trainer.| Available to partner with you. Let's review your needs to see if we are a match. Fort Wayne, IN, United States
It should not but some people have these archaic views. Turn this into an advantage. Yes, I am unique and because of this, I've had to work extra hard to get where I am (such as sitting for the PMP certification exam).
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Jennifer Brower IT Project Manager Consultant Orland Park, Il, United States
I've never had a problem.
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Julia Cunningham Manager Project Management| Battelle Richland, Wa, United States
There is still bias there, although it is not as pronounced as it was when I was early in my career. As a woman in engineering, I was in a small group. As a woman in management of construction projects, I am more often than not the only woman.
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Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom
No it shouldn't. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't in some situations.
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