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Empowering Mothers via Entrepreneurship – Gender Equality today

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:26 +0000

From Empathy to Gratitude is the theme for Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs in 2021/22 to demonstrate that empathy and gratitude – traits commonly found in mothers – can be the quality that makes mothers better leaders not only at home but also at workplaces and the community. Do mothers make better leaders at work? In this session, we will share our findings and thoughts on this topic. We will examine and discuss from the contexts of biological / psychological, social, cultural and historical perspectives from an Asian point of view.

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Community Based Management of Malnutrition

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:22 +0000

Women and child health issues among tribal communities (Baiga and Gond Community). Causes of malnutrition among these community. Present health and nutrition services and gap. What is CBMM (Community -based management of malnutrition) Challenges and sccess of initiative

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Role of Religion to Women Empowerment

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:16 +0000

We are considering a possible PowerPoint presentation of the scope of religion in relation to human behaviour, the impact and the possible benefits to realizing SDGs faster and in a lasting manner by engaging the tool of religion effectively. We intend to share years of experience, apparatus that has been built and achievements made. We also want to show efforts made over the years and areas of collaboration for prospective partners.

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The Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship for the Future of Work

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:15 +0000

coFLOWco invites new and struggling social entrepreneurs to join, hear stories of solidarity, and learn strategies protect yourself from exploitation and future-proof your workplace. Through several case studies and personal stories Collective Flow Consulting will highlight the impacts that the pandemic has had on underestimated solopreneurs, small businesses, and startups (including ourselves, our clients, and colleagues). We’ll look at the complex systems inhibiting the growth of new businesses focused on social justice and discuss accountability for social impact. We’ll suggest ways to boost the survival for gender and racially diverse founders and share resources and guidance. This session is for those who want to put their money where their mouth is with DEI, ESG, CSR, and the SDGs.

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Creating the biggest collective impact platform for gender equality

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:03 +0000

Share learnings from Bridge Institute’s collective impact programme to stop gender-based violence. This programme, called the Kalinga Fellowship, has been running for 4 years in India bringing together the state, market and society to act on solutions that emerge through conscious collaboration in the Fellowship.

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Can women thrive if men don’t change?

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:00 +0000

Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF) will take a very interesting approach to dissecting the perils of patriarchy. The event will be a panel discussion on why should men give up power and change. The interesting bit will be that the spotlight will be squarely on men and boys – an all-men panel moderated by Dr Urvashi Sahni. The purpose of this discussion is to educate men and boys to become activists and advocates of gender justice. We are motivated by the belief that in order to achieve a gender-just society, boys and girls both must receive an education that teaches them to critically examine the construction of gender in patriarchal societies. This means that boys, too, must learn to fight, resist, and end sexist oppression in the same way as girls. Boys must also learn how to deconstruct a patriarchal conception of masculinity and reconstruct an egalitarian one in its place. In a hierarchical patriarchal society like India, it is difficult to understand and conceptualize the idea of equality. It is particularly hard for boys given that they are raised with a sense of entitlement, superiority, and privilege. Regardless of the class, caste, or religion they belong to, boys always enjoy preferred status over their female counterparts. Changing these conceptual frameworks involves a paradigm shift, almost Copernican in nature. School can be a very good place to reframe boys’ worldview by challenging and transcending their perception of masculinity and other firmly entrenched notions of caste, gender, and class. With these motivations, Prerna Boys School was founded not only to provide boys with a quality education, but one with a strong critical feminist perspective. Along the same lines as our girls’ school, we adopted the following educational goals for the boys’ school. Our boys must: learn to read, write, and successfully complete the government-mandated syllabus up to class 12; develop a sense of agency and control over their lives, aspirations for a future, and the confidence and skills to realize it; learn to recognize girls as equal persons with boys; develop a critical understanding of patriarchal social and political structures that frame their lives; develop a critical feminist consciousness.

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Loving Me More by The Power of the Heels

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:59 +0000

Leadership in women begins with the empowerment of adolescent girls. The empowerment of women is directly linked to the independence and success of each one. The access to resources will allow for the growth in her practice of political, social and economic capabilities, to lead revolutionary changes in our society. Creating sustainable transformations in areas such as wage inequality, basic and practical education, job and personal training that are affected by the simple fact of being women and living with social archetypes based on ignorance.

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Circularity in Fashion: Incorporating Social and Inclusive Narratives

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:57 +0000

A gender lens approach in circularity can greatly benefit companies to identify solutions that can help them move toward SDG12, while also focusing on SDG5 and SDG8 and contributing to SDG1 and SDG 9. A great deal of importance has been given to understanding the environmental impact of the fashion industry and why the shift to circularity is important. Understanding based on circularity models such as recycling, rental, repair etc. But its also pivotal to consider the social dimension of this shift in this highly feminized and global value chain that goes to the grassroots level. Until now a tool to measure the social dimension in çircularity has been missing. Therefore, a special framework has been designed for businesses and advocates of sustainable fashion to understand the social impact of their operations. The session will coalesce with a fireside chat with 2 circular SMEs to discuss their challenges in incorporating social elements into their circular practice. The outcome of the session should be to provide evidence why it is important to work on a social-circular framework for change. It will show how a new tool can help companies/policymakers achieve different SDG such as, SDG1 (No Poverty), SDG5 (Gender Equality), SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), along with SDG12 (Responsible Production & Consumption).

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Involving Boys and Men in Initiatives towards Gender Justice

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:56 +0000

Enabled by a Collaborative grant from Ashoka’s Changemakers initiative, three female Ashoka fellows collaborated to create digital tools to showcase why a gender-just world means freedom for everyone, boys and men included. This session will share the lessons learnt from that collaboration with a focus on strategies that worked and those that didn’t.

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Inclusive Systems: Digital transformation, youth empowerment, & gender equality

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:52 +0000

How can governments, funders and the private sector work together to build more inclusive systems? An interactive roundtable discussion focused around discussions at the country level in MENA and SSA from ministers with priorities in digital transformation and ICT, youth empowerment and employment and gender equality. Moderated by DOT Jordan Country Director, Hamza Shraideh, the session will bring together funders, policymakers and implementors to co-create recommendations for systems change that help scale youth-led, community impact rooted in digital. The session will explore key themes in relationship building to re-energize the SDGs and catalyze systems change. — Panelist: Hamza Al-Shraideh is the Country Director of Digital Opportunity Trust Jordan; brings experience in developing social enterprises and supporting the creation and expansion of youth-led initiatives. Dr. Ehud is an expert on Youth Employment and Skills Development with over 20 years of professional and technical experience in youth employment programs in Kenya and abroad. He is the Director of Ajira Digital project at Kenya Private Alliance, a Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs project. Giorgia Varisco is Chief of the Youth and Adolescent Section in UNICEF Jordan, leading adolescent and youth empowerment, gender equality and supporting the digital transformation agenda to support youth with digital learning and skills for the future of work, the gig economy, and addressing the gender digital divide. Dr. Fekade Getahun is the Digital Service lead at DTP, MInT. Mr. Getahun has an extensive working experience working as ICT Project Manager, ICT advisor, digital service leader, consultant, lecturer, and researcher. Peter Ulanga is Director General for Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation, and a seasoned Telecommunications/ICT professional with over 25 years of experience in operations, regulation and provision of ICT services in rural and underserved areas.

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