Descon women empowerment events conclude

LAHORE: Descon held a ceremony for concluding the festivities of celebrating womanhood, which was initiated on March 08 on International Women’s Day (IWD) in Lahore.

The concluding ceremony was attended by Descon leadership team including CEO Abdul Razak Dawood and CHRO Ahsan Qureshi, says a press release. Under the global theme of “Press for Progress”, the event by Descon was branded with the tagline of “IMPOWER”. The celebrations which took place across all Descon entities in Pakistan and overseas were carried out to promote gender diversity and the empowerment of women.

The concluding event was organised and moderated by Gohar Nafees, Manager Talent and OD, included guest organisational psychologist Yasmeen Butt conducting a highly appreciated laughter therapy session and a power talk by senior female leaders including Aafiah Khan, Head Descon Automation and Control.

“We say not enough women are in leadership positions. But how many women put their names forward. At Descon, we provide the opportunity but women need to take ownership of their careers,” said Aafiah Khan about the event and women empowerment.

A short speech was given by the CHRO discussing the diversity and inclusion at Descon and despite the number of women already employed, the leadership team felt that was not enough, and had made plans for increasing female employment at Descon. Another prominent feature of the event was the launch of Descon Women Connect, a forum for the empowerment of female talent. This forum will be divided into three phases and focus on the development of women at Descon, as well as, encourage and inspire young women yet to enter the workforce to be career-oriented and empowered.

The event ended with a noteof appreciation from the Descon CHRO and a note of thanks from the CEO to all the females. “I can’t tell you how happy I am to attend the International Women’s Day event. There are enough studies around the world that the more women are involved in an economy, the better it performs. The same goes for our business. Having a better gender disparity is just good business,” said Abdul Razak Dawood.