24
January 2021
• Tamil Writer Salma On Chronicling The Claustrophobia
Of Home
• Fashion Show In Saudi Arabia Redefines The Abaya
• Nigerian
Authorities Silent On Health Of Sheikh Zakzaky Wife
• A Nurse In Bangladesh To Get The First Jab Wednesday
• National Girl Child Day: PM Modi Hails
Accomplishments Of Nation’s Daughters In Various Fields
• Tech Can Reach The World's Unbanked Women – But Only
If They Tell Us How It Should Work
• Dane Dehaan: I Prefer Working With Women
• 'Choose - I Kill You Or Rape You': Abuse Accusations
Surge In Ethiopia's War
• Kuwaiti Architect Hend Almatrouk On The Need For
Change For Women
Compiled By New
Age Islam News Bureau
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Tamil Writer Salma On Chronicling The Claustrophobia
Of Home
by Amrita Dutta
January 24, 2021
Everything
i never told you: Salma
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The pandemic home might be a novel experience of
confinement. But for a vast majority of women, lockdown is less metaphor, more
the solid mesh of rules and restrictions that has always held them back. That
is certainly true of the characters we meet in the fiction of Tamil writer
Salma. In the opening story of The Curse: Stories (Speaking Tiger), a new
collection of her stories, three women get into a car. But even as they journey
away from their home, the claustrophobia of their shared lives pursues them.
The story is told from the point of view of a young woman, who is acutely
attuned – in a way that women are burdened by the weight of others’ emotions —
to the rift between the two elderly women. The ceaseless complaining, their
unsaid rage twisted into tussles over little things is a language that only the
women hear and respond to – the male relative in the driver’s seat is
impervious to what’s going on. Though about nothing calamitous, the narration
unsettles the reader with a persistent nervous anxiety.
Like other stories in this stellar collection of short
fiction translated by N Kalyan Raman, ‘On the Edge’ is an exposition of the
power of family ties to bind and incarcerate. “The condition of being forced to
live in a very cramped place, of leading a life of restriction and
subordination, creates a certain neurosis. It makes the women play this game of
one-upmanship. The story is the expression of this neurosis,” says Salma, 52,
over a video call from Chennai.”
Since she began writing in the 1990s, the defining
feature of Salma’s writing has been the close, uncompromising attention she
brings to bear on home and marriage, and the women who live inside its walls.
These fictional worlds make space for the tetchiness and tedium of the domestic
life. The desire, discomfort and pain of the woman’s body finds expression in a
way that is not sanitised, that is definitely rare in Anglophone fiction. In
this circumscribed world, women nonetheless strain for freedom, as we see in
two recent translations – The Curse and Women, Dreaming, the English
translation by Meena Kandasamy of Salma’s 2016 novel Manaamiyangal.
https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tamil-writer-salma-on-chronicling-the-claustrophobia-of-home-7158909/
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Fashion Show In Saudi Arabia Redefines The Abaya
LAMA ALHAMAWI
January 23, 2021
Creative director Princess Safia Hussein Guerras
(center) sits next to her daughter Princess Hannah Al-Faisal (right) and the
rest of the models following the end of the show. (AN Photo/Basheer Saleh)
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Princess Safia Hussein Guerras
and Belgian designer Christophe Beaufays have collaborated with the Lomar brand
to create a new line of abayas that redefine modest fashion.
The designers presented the Khaleeki Chic collection
in a private fashion show hosted in the Belgian embassy on Saturday. The
fashion line takes the traditional abaya and transforms it into an
international garment combining the cultural influence of Arabia with the
diverse western themes to create an abaya for all women regardless of origin.
“We have showcased a collaboration between Her
Highness Safia and Lomar to show a collection of abayas that reflects both the
Saudi and Western culture, modernity and tradition,” Beaufays told Arab News.
“We hope to dress not just Saudi women or Arab women;
this Abaya is a crossover between western clothes and Saudi garment to be
something all the women in the world would like to wear at different
occasions,” Beaufays said.
In the West, some people still view the abaya as a
symbol of oppression or lack of freedom and don’t understand the beauty and
modesty it holds. By combining international influence and themes the abaya is
viewed as a symbol of individuality in conservative fashion.
“In the media the abaya has been depicted as something
a bit negative and we just wanted to show the positive side that it is actually
a very elegant garment that can be accessorized and elevated into something
very chic, traditional but also modern,” Beaufays added.
“So it’s to change the image of the abaya from
negative to something positive, fun, elegant and something all the women would
like to wear, not only the Arab women.”
When asked how she was inspired to create such a
distinctive line, creative director Princess Safia said: “My mom, your mom, my
sister, my daughter, us women, all women, it’s us. I was just telling them I am
sick of the stigma and discrimination of the abaya and the hijab in the west so
I thought to myself if I bring some chic into it, some tailoring and some style
it will definitely change the image.”
When women travel outside of Saudi Arabia they usually
take off their abayas, but the designers of the line created a conservative
style that is international and stylish for any culture to dress in.
“When I travel, when I go to New York, Paris or Los
Angeles, from the plane I usually remove my abaya, but I didn’t want to remove
it anymore. I want to be proud to come out with the abaya that looks just the
way that you saw them today. I want my sisters, the Saudi or Gulf sisters and
all of my sisters around the world to be proud, because we should be proud,”
said Princess Safia.
Lomar founders Loai Naseem and his wife Mona Al-Haddad
told Arab News: “We wanted to move the abaya outside of the Kingdom, taking it
from our tradition out into the international market to show people what we
have here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We wanted to change the color of the
abaya from black, adding some colors and techniques to move it into modern
fashion like you saw today.”
Princess Safia explained the work in creating the line
with a modern twist while maintaining the modesty and tradition of the abaya,
saying: “The abaya has become my identity and I love the message behind its
modesty. It’s powerful, and it needed just a little twist in style, which is
where I came in. I really wanted to create silhouettes that bring women from day
to night.”
“I hope that by giving it a little chicness, Khaleeki
Chic, it will have an impact. That is my dream, that it will have an impact,
that there is now positivity about the abaya, not negativity anymore,” she
said.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1797301/saudi-arabia
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Nigerian Authorities Silent On Health Of Sheikh
Zakzaky Wife
Source : Hausa TV
January 24, 2021
Authorities of the Nigerian prison in Kaduna State
where Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife are detained, say they are not aware
that the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) tested
positive for COVID-19.
The statement came after the IMN called for the
release of Mallimah Zeenat after her son announced she has tested positive for
Covid-19.
Given Mallimah’s underlying medical conditions and her
age, her infection places her at heightened risk of severe illness and/or
death. Sheikh Zakzaky himself suffers from many underlying conditions which put
him at high risk of developing life-threatening symptoms should he contract the
virus.
But controller of Kaduna Correctional Service, Ibrahim
Maradun, said he has yet to receive test results after a sample was taken on
Wednesday by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
"As far as I am concerned, the Nigerian Center
for Disease Control (NCDC) officials took her sample on Wednesday around 5 pm
and I am yet to receive the result," he said.
"She has been in isolation since the day. Her
personal physician has been seeing her from time to time in the company of the
doctors representing the state and the correctional service."
Overcrowding in Nigeria’s jails, which currently
operate at over 150 per cent of capacity, has meant that the virus has spread
rapidly within the prison population. Last summer the country released 7,813
inmates from its Correctional Service centers around the country to relieve
pressure and help fight the raging pandemic.
Many of those released were freed under presidential
pardons issued by Buhari. However, the president failed to act on a request by
the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) for the clemency to be extended to
the Zakzaky.
The couple have never been convicted of any crimes and
are being held unlawfully in defiance of a 2017 court order ordering their
release.
IHRC’s letters call for efforts to be made to release
the pair immediately on humanitarian grounds so that they can receive the care
and protection they urgently need.
What compounds the situation is that Mallimah and her
husband should not be in custody in the first place. They are being tried for
culpable homicide for allegedly being responsible for ordering violence that
resulted in the death of a member of the security forces during a massacre by
armed forces of supporters of the Islamic Movement in Zaria in December 2015.
However, despite the fact that over 1000 innocent
supporters of the Islamic Movement were butchered in the attack, not a single
official has been charged or brought to trial over the killings. The massacre
is currently the subject of a preliminary investigation by the International
Criminal Court.
The couple are next due to appear in court on Monday
25 January. The length of time they have spent in custody since being arrested
in 2015 reinforces the view that the Nigerian authorities are conducting a
witch-hunt against the couple and abusing the judicial system in the hope that
they will die quietly in custody.
https://en.abna24.com/news//%e2%80%8bnigerian-authorities-silent-on-health-of-sheikh-zakzaky-wife_1108528.html
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A Nurse In Bangladesh To Get The First Jab Wednesday
January 24, 2021
Moudud Ahmmed Sujan
Piloting of the government's Covid-19 inoculation
programme will launch on Wednesday through vaccinating a nurse at the capital's
Kurmitola General Hospital.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the
programme virtually, said Abdul Mannan, secretary of the health services
division at the health ministry.
After the nurse, 24 other frontline workers, including
journalists and members of the civil society, will get the vaccine shot, he
added.
From January 28, around 400-500 people will be
inoculated at multiple vaccination points in five hospitals of the capital
every day. People getting shots will be observed for seven days for adverse
effects.
The five hospitals are Dhaka Medical College Hospital,
Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh
Friendship Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University,
"Some 80-100 employees will be vaccinated on the
first day [Jan 28]," said Col Md Nazmul Haque, director of Dhaka Medical
College Hospital (DMCH), adding that there are almost 8,000 employees at his
organisation.
"We are planning to start vaccination amid much
merriment. There will be pre-and-post vaccination waiting spaces near the
booths," said the DMCH director.
As per the National Vaccination Plan, there will be
two vaccinators -- nurses or sub assistant medical officers -- and four
volunteers in each team. A total of 7,344 teams will be deployed across the
country.
The general public will be able to register for
vaccination through a mobile app from January 26. The department of Information
and Communication Technology (DOICT) will release the app after receiving
permission from the Prime Minister's office, officials said.
However, those who do not have a national identity
card or a passport will not be able to register using the app, said N M Zeaul Alam, senior secretary at the
DOICT.
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, the local agent of
Serum, said they have yet to receive the shipping documents for the first
shipment of the vaccine doses.
"The tentative date of arrival is January 25 or
26. Once we get the details, we will be able to tell when and how many doses we
will receive. Hopefully, we will get the details tomorrow [today],"
Beximco Managing Director Nazmul Hassan Papon told The Daily Star.
On January 13, Shamsul Haque Mridha of the Expanded
Programme on Immunization, sent a letter to all deputy commissioners, asking
for lists of frontline workers. But the health department has yet to receive
the lists from every district.
https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/nurse-get-the-first-jab-wednesday-2032665
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National Girl Child Day: PM Modi hails accomplishments
of nation’s daughters in various fields
By: PTI
January 24, 2021
The central government has undertaken many initiatives
that focus on empowering the girl child including access to education, better
healthcare and improving gender sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
on National Girl Child Day on Sunday.
India celebrates the National Girl Child Day, an
initiative of the ministry of women and child development, every year on
January 24.
The central government has undertaken many initiatives
that focus on empowering the girl child, including access to education, better
healthcare and improving gender sensitivity, he said.
EAM S
Jaishankar shared a picture with his daughter on Twitter and said, “Daughters –
a special joy, a unique bond. Their accomplishments always make us proud.”
“Today is also a day to specially appreciate all those
working towards empowering the girl child and ensuring she leads a life of
dignity and opportunity,” the prime minister said in another tweet.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/national-girl-child-day-pm-modi-hails-accomplishments-of-nations-daughters-in-various-fields-7159680/
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Tech can reach the world's unbanked women – but only
if they tell us how it should work
22 Jan 2021
Joseph Thompson
Women make up 55% of the world’s unbanked population,
meaning they have no access to banking or insurance products. For many of these
almost 1 billion women globally who have no access to financial services, it
means that their money is not protected, they have no access to savings or
checking accounts, or financial products like insurance, credit facilities and
loans.
Compounding this issue is the fact that the benefits
of the digital age are not being shared equally. Women – especially those
living in poor and marginalized communities – are most likely to be on the
wrong side of a persistent digital divide. Two hundred million more men than
women have access to the internet, and women are 21% less likely to own the
mobile phone that helps them transfer money, run a business and connect with
their community more effectively.
One of the core reasons why women face this problem is
due to the lack of a formal identity. According to a recently released G20
paper, Advancing Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion, co-authored by the Better
Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and Women’s World Banking, one in five
unbanked women globally cite lack of a formal ID as a reason they do not have a
formal bank account. Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 states everyone should
have a legal identity by 2030.
Being outside the financial system has multiple drawbacks,
including the inability to get access to loans, insurance or life assurance. We
at AID:Tech have been thinking hard about how can we make financial services
easier, safer and simpler using innovations such as blockchain and AI. But
technology will not solve these problems alone. Just as developed countries use
successful new technology, the one thing that all great innovations have is an
excellent user experience. While building new products, it is essential to
consult the very users that the innovation is intended for.
That is why, with the support and partnership of
Women’s World Banking, together we have been focusing on innovation for women
to access financial services. The gender focus on technology is hugely skewed
towards men traditionally. But that is now changing. Despite programs targeted
at bringing women into the financial system, “Women face many barriers to
accessing the financial products and services they need – mobility constraints,
lack of collateral and limited mobile phone ownership, to name a few. One of
the persistent and lasting barriers is that financial products are not designed
with the needs and constraints of low-income women in mind, because little is
known by financial institutions about these customers,” according to Mary Ellen
Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking.
This lack of knowledge in women-centric product design
has real economic consequences. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that
fully incorporating women into the economy would add $12 trillion to global GDP
by 2025. In other words, realizing gender equality lifts all nations. There is
an obvious opportunity for private organizations to innovate and build
solutions to achieve financial inclusion for women.
Over the past number of years, we at AID:Tech have
spoken with potential end users to better fully understand their needs, their
barriers and how they view technology to better serve them. We have run pilots
from delivering international aid in refugee camps, to delivering welfare to women
to ensure there is full transparency on their entitlements. What we found was
that successfully digitizing financial services is linked to women’s ability to
prove who they are and ensure their personal information is secure. Using a
digital ID can help lead to a number of positive outcomes, such as:
One very exciting area is micro-insurance. AID:Tech
and Women’s World Banking are partnering to build an innovation platform,
called Caregiver, that will enable women to access micro-insurance policies. By
bundling health insurance together with a loan, women micro-entrepreneurs can
mitigate the risk to their households and businesses in the event of a health
emergency. At the very core of the Caregiver platform will be a decentralized
digital ID, which will enable users to have a verified single source of
identification when presenting their details to financial institutions.
Each year, more than 100 million people are pushed
into extreme poverty in order to pay for health services, according to the
World Health Organization. With UN Women estimating that at least 47 million
more women and girls will fall below the poverty line as a result of COVID-19,
the clock is ticking.
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Dane Dehaan: I Prefer Working With Women
By Celebretainment
Jan 23, 2021
The 34-year-old actor thinks the TV industry is
starting to embrace more "female-driven shows" and Dane admitted he'd
rather work with women than men.
He explained: "I’m seeing more of an opportunity
to be a part of female-driven shows in which the male is playing a part that
you would more traditionally see a female play, and I’m all about that. I’m
happy to be a part of that world.
"I prefer working with women. So anything that I
can do to help from my role as an actor in this business, I’m more than happy to
do."
Dane - who previously starred alongside Cara
Delevingne in 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' - admits to being a
"momma’s boy".
He told The Independent: "I’m a momma’s boy. I’ve
always got along better with women; they’re generally speaking more peaceful,
more collaborative, more caring, and they think more from the heart, you know?
"When you’re an actor and you’re trying to delve
into the intricacies of human behaviour and human emotion, to go on that
journey with a person who’s more emotionally intelligent is a more gratifying
experience."
Meanwhile, Dane admitted he found it tough to watch
'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' flop at the box office back in
2017.
"It was so fun! And like, the fact that it came
out and bombed … it was a hard part of my life, but making the movie, and the
six months that I was living in Paris and working on these massive sets and
being treated so well, it was such a magical time in my life."
https://tulsaworld.com/people/dane-dehaan-i-prefer-working-with-women/article_17296f68-1612-53eb-b366-bd4ae403eaa1.html
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'Choose - I Kill You Or Rape You': Abuse Accusations
Surge In Ethiopia's War
Hamdayet, Sudan
Jan 23, 2021
The young coffee seller said she was split from family
and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and
given a harrowing choice.
"He said: `Choose, either I kill you or rape
you`," the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in Sudan
where she had fled from conflict in Ethiopia`s Tigray region.
The doctor who treated her when she arrived at the
camp in December, Tewadrous Tefera Limeuh, confirmed to Reuters that he
provided pills to stop pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases, and guided
her to a psychotherapist.
"The soldier ... forced a gun on her and raped
her," Limeuh, who was volunteering with the Sudanese Red Crescent, said
the woman told him. "She asked him if he had a condom and he said `why
would I need a condom?`"
Five aid workers for international and Ethiopian aid
groups said they had received multiple similar reports of abuse in Tigray. The
United Nations appealed this week for an end to sexual assaults in the region.
Among a "high number" of allegations,
particularly disturbing reports have emerged of people being forced to rape
relatives or have sex in exchange for basic supplies, the U.N. Office of the
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict said in a statement on
Thursday.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed`s government and the
military did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters about the
reports of rape. Ethiopian authorities have previously denied rights abuses,
pointing the finger instead at the Tigray People`s Liberation Front (TPLF), the
region`s former ruling party whose forces they accuse of insurrection.
"I call on all parties involved in the
hostilities in the Tigray region to commit to a zero-tolerance policy for
crimes of sexual violence," U.N. special representative Pramila Patten
said in the statement.
Women and girls in refugee camps within Ethiopia
appear to have been particularly targeted, and medical centres are under
pressure for emergency contraception and tests for sexually-transmitted
infections, the statement said.
Reuters could not independently verify the accounts of
rape. Media have been largely banned from Tigray, aid agencies have struggled
for access, and communications were down for weeks.
The five aid workers said other women described their
alleged assailants as being militia fighters from Ethiopia`s Amhara region or
Eritrean soldiers, both allied with Abiy`s troops. Reuters was unable to
determine the identity of the woman`s assailant.
Abiy`s spokeswoman, Tigray`s interim governor, the
mayor of the regional capital Mekelle, Eritrea`s foreign minister and
Ethiopia`s army spokesman did not immediately reply to requests for comment on
rape allegations. Reuters could not reach TPLF representatives.
Ethiopia and Eritrea have both denied that Eritrean
troops are in Ethiopia, contradicting dozens of eyewitness interviews,
diplomats and an Ethiopian general.
At a meeting of security officials in Mekelle
broadcast on Ethiopian state TV earlier this month, one soldier spoke of abuses
even after the city had been captured by federal forces.
"I was angry yesterday. Why does a woman get
raped in Mekelle city? It wouldn`t be shocking if it happened during the war
... But women were raped yesterday and today when the local police and federal
police are around," said the soldier, who was not identified.
Local authorities did not immediately respond to
efforts to seek comment on whether any soldiers might be investigated or
brought to justice.
Tewadrous, the refugee camp doctor, described two
other rape cases he had handled. One woman, who said she had escaped from
Rawyan town in Tigray, told of three soldiers she identified as Amhara special
forces knocking at her door, the doctor said. When she refused them entry, they
broke in and assaulted her.
An aid worker in the town of Wukro told Reuters
victims had recounted how a husband was forced to kneel and watch while his
wife was raped by soldiers they identified as Eritrean.
A medical worker in Adigrat said he treated six women
who had been raped by a group of soldiers and told not to seek help afterwards.
They found courage to come forward days later, but there were no medicines to
treat them, the medic said.
In Mekelle, one man was beaten up after begging
soldiers to stop raping a 19-year-old, according to a medical worker who
treated both victims. Mekelle charity Elshadai said it has prepared 50 beds for
rape victims.
https://www.wionews.com/world/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-in-ethiopias-war-358808
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Kuwaiti architect Hend Almatrouk on the need for
change for women
OLIVIA MORRIS
24-01-2021
There is a general tendency to underestimate women
working in traditionally male-dominated fields. As a woman entrepreneur in the
construction industry, operating in the middle east can be extremely
challenging. I have had to challenge the norms and overcome stereotypes to get
Studio Toggle to where it is right now. I believe my biggest challenge in the
early days was to convince potential clients that being a woman-led team does
not make Studio Toggle any less capable of designing and executing projects of
any scale and to prove that we can do it better than anybody else. I have
learnt that confidence is the key and that the power of success is within us. I
have learnt that it is okay to be scared but self-doubt should be banished at
all costs. I believe women share similar challenges and obstacles throughout
our life, regardless of what the journey is. Sometimes the societal norms may
appear restrictive and harsh but I believe there is always room for growth.
Barriers can be broken and new horizons can be explored if we want. If my
journey became an example of women empowerment in my field then I will be the
happiest. I want women to be strong, fearless and understand that their dreams
can be true.
Out of the long list of hopes I have for Kuwaiti
women, I want to highlight the need to encourage each other to fight for our
rights, our freedom of choice and freedom of speech. I believe that we need to
be unified, more connected and caring for each other. To ensure a better future
for the women in Kuwait we need to step out of our comfort zone and be more
vocal about what we want.
I’ve had the pleasure to be involved in Porsche’s most
recent campaign around the launch of the new Panamera, where Porsche has shone
a spotlight on unique and inspiring stories of Arab women from across the
region who are making significant strides within their line of work. I was
extremely proud to work alongside the region’s most talented females from the
world of business, film and beyond. It was a great experience and I hope that
the campaign will inspire ambitious young women to challenge themselves in
every aspect of their life.
A role model to me means someone who sets an example,
someone who inspires you to strive for excellence. I believe that you can have
several role models because you relate to them differently. It could be
someone’s career journey or a life experience or overcoming a tragedy. I do not
know if I am a role model to someone, but I really hope I empowered or inspired
someone and made that person realize that with hard work and determination,
everything is possible.
What do you believe it takes to break down barriers in
male-dominated professions to make positive strides for women in this region?
I believe that to break down barriers in this region
we need affirmative action to ensure equal opportunities. More training should
be offered to aspiring women to equip them for the rigours of careers in
male-dominated professions. Leadership training, mentorship programmes and
entrepreneurship guidance are vital to ensure quantifiable positive strides in
this aspect in my opinion.
I would advise them to be true to their principles, to
trust in their capabilities and to be grateful for any challenge they might
face because it makes one grow as a person. I would tell them it is ok to be
scared, to fail or to be doubtful. To keep it simple, we as women do not need
anyone’s approval for us to move forward with our dreams. The only thing you
need to do is to trust and love yourself.
One of the major hurdles that I have experienced in my
career is a general lack of support for women entrepreneurs in the region.
Second is an absence of any sort of mentorship which fosters much-needed
guidance for female business owners making strides in male-dominated fields.
Third and not the least are the restrictive social norms that disadvantage
women in general.
I believe the three major milestones that have shaped
my career are the following – firstly, one of our very first built projects,
Edges Apartments, which won the Residential Project of the Year (Mid Rise) at
the Cityscape awards in 2017. Then winning the Young Architect of the Year
award at the Middle East Architect awards in 2018 was a particular highlight
and then winning the Architizer A+ Awards for our Project Khat (Al Ula) in
2020.
This is ‘The Positivity Issue’ – how do you plan to
instil positivity in your life throughout 2021?
Positivity in life is the key to success, happiness,
and a sense of fulfilment. It is difficult to have a positive attitude and
maintain positive thoughts when we look back at how the world has been affected
by the pandemic in 2020. But as much as there was pain and suffering, there
were many silver linings and for that I am deeply grateful. I believe having a
positive attitude towards the unknown gives a sense of stability and hope for
those around me and helps me to stay focused on my passion in 2021.
https://emirateswoman.com/kuwaiti-architect-hend-almatrouk-need-change-women
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