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Ariana Magazine | Up to Code – Women in STEM

26 May 2019
Farzana Aslam

Farzana Aslam quoted in “Up to Code”, p.124 of the inaugural issue of Ariana, a Hong Kong-based magazine bringing light to social justice issues across the globe.

Girls grow up being bombarded with gender stereotypes. This often involves encouraging behaviours that are not necessarily prized in a male-dominated competitive workplace culture, such as humility, deference, kindness, and politeness.

It’s what I call “pinkification.” Although attitudes are changing, historically girls were simply not encouraged – and often discouraged – to pursue STEM subjects. So many girls and women assume that a career in STEM-related industries is either not possible or limited.

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Farzana Aslam

Farzana Aslam is the founder of Kintillo, a leadership, workplace culture and career transition consultancy working with organisations and professionals across the legal and professional services sectors. Farzana brings more than two decades of international legal, academic and organisational experience to her work. Her background includes practice as an employment law barrister at 3 Hare Court in London, in-house employment counsel at Goldman Sachs in Asia-Pacific and Japan, and Principal Lecturer at the The University of Hong Kong, where she taught Professional Ethics, Civil Litigation, Employment Law and Business and Human Rights.

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