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IWD Voices: Farheen Belgaumwala – ‘True Fairness Means Designing Systems That Enable Everyone to Thrive’

Farheen reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her as an educator, happiness coach, and researcher, and how her understanding...
Yugap Wellness

IWD Voices: Yashna Garg – ‘Fairness isn’t Sameness. It’s Context’

Yashna reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her, how her path into entrepreneurship was shaped by her mother's emphasis...
Balancehero India

IWD Voices: Manika Mittal – ‘Equitable Workplaces Are Rarely Created by Statements Alone’

Manika discusses the responsibility senior leaders carry in shaping equitable workplace cultures, and the structural changes she would like to see for...
Luminous Power Technologies

IWD Voices: Neelima Burra – ‘The Next Generation of Women Should Not Have to Navigate Ambition Alone’

Neelima reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her and how her understanding of fairness has evolved from equal opportunity...
MultiFit

IWD Voices: Mayara Sharma – ‘Don’t Wait Until You Feel Completely Ready’

Mayara reflects on what this year's theme, "Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls," means to her, how her understanding of...
Wolfzhowl Strategic Instigations

IWD Voices: Srushti Sharma – ‘Policies Are the Floor, Not the Ceiling’

In our conversation, Srushti reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her, tracing it back to the question of agency,...
CITTA

IWD Voices: Akanksha Sharma – ‘Policies Provide Structure, but Behaviour Creates Reality’

Akanksha reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her personally and professionally, and discusses how her understanding of fairness has...
Asaya

IWD Voices: Eeti Sharma – ‘Rights and Justice Becomes Meaningful Only When it Translates into Real Action’

Eeti reflects on how her two decades in data and AI led her to identify a gap in the beauty industry for...
EiferStudio

IWD Voices: Neha Chandok – ‘Consistency Matters More Than Intent’

In our conversation, Neha reflects on what this year's IWD theme means to her and what first drew her to architecture and...
Mindbowser

IWD Voices: Manisha Khadge – ‘Fairness Cannot Remain an Idea We Support Once a Year’

Manisha reflects on what the IWD 2026 theme means to her personally and professionally, and traces how her career moved from a...
NY Festivals

Jasmine Dadlani on Humor, Creative Risk, and Brands as an Antidote to a Heavy World

The Chief Strategy Officer at McKinney on insight-driven creative risk, the value of client candor, and what she’s looking for as a...
Humane World for Animals India

IWD Voices: Navamita Mukherjee – ‘True Empowerment is Built Through Small, Meaningful Gestures’

Navamita discusses how her understanding of fairness has deepened with seniority to include equity, gender, and the often-overlooked agency of animals, and...
KIT Global

IWD Voices: Olga Dulinskaya – ‘More Attention is Needed to Ensure That Women Are Encouraged and Supported to Step Into Leadership Roles’

Olga discusses the responsibility senior leaders carry in shaping equitable workplaces, and the change she most hopes to see for the next...
Virtue Asia

IWD Voices: Sumbul Khan – ‘Rights Mean Nothing if They Can’t Be Implemented’

VB Anatomy Academy

IWD Voices: Dr. Vaishaly Bharambe – ‘Real Empowerment Requires Honesty’

Dr. Bharambe discusses her research on organ donation and what it revealed about women's autonomy, the responsibility of senior leaders to move...

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