Whoa!
No way is that correct...at least not now.
Women shouldn't preside over the meeting, but that doesn't mean they can't speak at all.
In my church, everyone, women, men, old, and young, are allowed to speak.
But there is always a man conducting the meeting.
We have what are called "youth speakers" and one boy and one GIRL are called to give a talk for the next week.
Maybe, that was a tradition or a commandment for their time and their situation.
Sometimes the bible does that.