Naeema Yaqoob Sajid: "Only a day, a theme and an initiative?"
International Women’s Day (IWD) has been around for over a hundred years, as have many of the issues that still impact women's advancement today. More than ever before, we need to celebrate our successes while continuing the fight for equality. Days come and ago. Themes come and go. Initiatives come and go, but inequalities remain. With this year's multiple themes, including #AccelerateAction, #For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment and #MarchForward, we dive into the purpose of this awareness day, the relevance of the themes, and why now, more than ever, we must keep pushing for change.
About the speaker:
Naeema has over 20 years of experience in the Scottish legal sector. She commenced her career as a Procurator Fiscal Depute, and later moved to the private sector where she specialised in child and family law and became a partner of a large Scottish law firm. Naeema is an avid campaigner for change and is particularly passionate about making improvements in the legal sector. Her specialism lies in diversity, equity and inclusion and the additional barriers intersectionality can create. She uses her lived experience, interpersonal skills and business insights to navigate positive change to workplace cultures and structures. With that in mind, Naeema created Diversity+, a bespoke consultancy firm designed to assist organisations specifically within the legal and financial sector to make improvements in their diversity and inclusion footprint.
This event is presented by the University of Edinburgh, and is supported by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and GENDER.ED, the cross-University hub for gender and sexualities studies from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. The lecture will be recorded for permanent archiving, and photographs will be taken during the event.
This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reserve a spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-university-of-edinburgh-international-womens-day-lecture-2025-tickets-1226570799279