by Ela | Mar 10, 2024 | BD Voice, Gender, Inclusion, Stereotypes
In a world that strives for equality it is fascinating to see how emotions tend to be interpreted differently based on gender? From the classroom to the highest echelons of leadership, women frequently encounter biases that colour perceptions of their actions,...
by Sarika | Mar 8, 2021 | BD Voice, Coaching, Empowerment, Gender, Leadership, Women Matters
The world has gone through an unprecedented crisis last year. Despite the progress in women\’s issues in recent decades, the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated existing disparities, causing a reversion to traditional gender roles and with possible long-lasting...
by Sarika | Feb 2, 2021 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Mentoring Matters, Personal Development, Professional Development, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
2020 was a year that has tested our society like few others in recent memory, it’s safe to say that many of us are looking forward to putting this year behind us. We have navigated through incredibly turbulent times and we are not out of them yet, but there does seem...
by Sarika | Nov 1, 2018 | BD Voice, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
“Mom, we won the match!” shouted my 12-year-old son as he got home from school. “Akshi was too cool. She took the last goal in the last 4 minutes to spare”. I was pleasantly surprised to hear him raving about his teammate who is a girl playing in his school soccer...
by Sarika | Aug 31, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Every Day Heroes, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...
by Sarika | Jun 22, 2015 | Career Advice, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Stereotypes
I was watching reality television after a long time and to my surprise, was fascinated with it. The show – The Voice has a unique concept of blind auditions.The format of The Voice is that it will look at an artist’s singing capability and nothing more. This is an...