Tag: Gender
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Women Leadership Program in Lahore on 17-18 April 2025
Women in Leadership Program: Breaking the Glass Ceiling If these challenges resonate with you, join our exclusive executive education workshop“Women’s Leadership Program: breaking the glass ceiling” A transformational event hosted by the South Asian Academy of Management (SAAM), from 17-18 April 2025 at Avari Lahore. Led by Dr. Jawad Syed…
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Promoting Gender Equality in Pakistan Higher Education
Promoting Gender Equality in Pakistan Higher Education: Navigating Careers with Caring Responsibilities In November 2023, Dr. Faiza Ali, PhD (SDSB-LUMS), Dr. Mina Beigi (University of Southampton), Dr. Wee Chan Au, PhD, SFHEA (Newcastle University), with Project Manager Moeeza Nisar, and Research Associate Talha Saleem, conducted capacity-building workshops as a part…
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Call for Papers: EURAM 2025 GRDO SIG
Deadline 14 January 2025 Conference dates: 22-25 June 2025 Venue: University of Florence, Italy. Excited for EURAM 2025 conference in Florence, Italy? Let’s Connect Over SIG 5 (Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organizations – GRDO)! The countdown to the European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2025 Conference has begun, and Dr…
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EURAM 2024 Conference in Bath, UK
Some clips from the meetings and events of the Gender, Race and Diversity in Organizations Strategic Interest Group (SIG) of the European Academy of Management Conference 2024 that was held at the University of Bath, UK. SIG Chairs: Dr Faiza Ali and Dr Jawad Syed
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Issues and challenges facing transgender persons in Pakistan
South Asian Academy of Management hosted a panel discussion at LUMS on issues and challenges facing transgender persons in Pakistan. In his opening talk, Dr Jawad Syed discussed how a relational lens may help us understand and address the multilevel issues facing transgender individuals in terms of their employment and…
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EURAM 2023 GRDO Social
Social meeting and dinner of officers and volunteers of Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organisations (GRDO) SIG of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2023 at the Damascus Gate Restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. GRDO Program Chair: Dr Faiza Ali Co-chair: Dr Jawad Syed
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Executive Program on Advancing Women’s Leadership
The program took place on 23-24 November 2023 at the Marriott Hotel, Karachi, bringing together 24 dynamic women leaders and managers from diverse industries. The event featured a compelling Panel Discussion on “Stories and Strategies of Success,” where participants were inspired by real-world experiences and strategies shared by accomplished professionals.…
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Role Models of Islamic Feminism and Leadership in the Early Islamic Era
Prof Jawad Syed (LUMS) There are three significant figures in early Islamic history who embodied feminist principles through their actions and leadership. They are Khadija (556-619 AD) Fatima (605-632 AD), and Zainab (626-682 AD) (PBUT), who each played crucial roles in shaping the early Islamic society and ideology. Khadija, the…
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Women Leadership Development Programme at LUMS
Barrister Hamna Zain participated in a panel discussion at the Women Leadership Development Programme hosted by REDC LUMS. Barrister Hamna and other panelists (Hina Tasleem, Sahrish Khwaja, Faeza Asad) shared their experience and commitment to empowering women in leadership roles. The program for Foodpanda employees was organized by REDC LUMS,…
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Breaking Barriers: Gender-Focused Political Empowerment
Prof Jawad Syed (LUMS) conducted a couple of sessions on “Gender and Inclusive Leadership” and “Women’s Empowerment and Political Leadership” as a part of a training program for public servants of the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. The program was led by Dr Misbah Tanveer and Dr Faiza…
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EURAM 2024 Special Online Session
Prof Jawad Syed co-chaired a paper session as part of Gender, Race and Diversity in Organisation’s SIG of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2024 Conference (special online session). Dola Akinnirany presented a fascinating study titled “Influence of subcultural variations on work-related ethical values, decision-making, and behaviors: A case of…
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AOM 2016 PDW: Gender, Generations and Leadership: Insights from South Asia
Abstract Scholars have described the global leadership literature as western-centric (Arvey et al., 2015), age-blind (Spisak et al., 2014) and male-dominated (Kyriakidou, 2012; Syed & Murray, 2008). This PDW aims to address these gaps by providing an unconventional non- western perspective (Bamberger & Pratt, 2010) and incorporating intersectionality in gender…
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Call for Papers – “Gender, Generation and Leadership: Insights from South Asia”
Special issue call for papers from South Asian Journal of Global Business Research “Gender, Generation and Leadership: Insights from South Asia” Guest EditorsShaista E. KhiljiJawad SyedMary Sully De Luque Summary Global leadership has served as a hallmark topic in leadership research for the past few decades, in response to an…
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Gender equality at work in South Asia – Special Issue of ‘Gender in Management’
This paper is a guest editorial piece in the Special Issue of the Gender in Management journal on “Gender equality at work in South Asia”. In this paper, the authors aim not only to introduce the papers selected for the Special Issue but also to offer an overview of the…
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