Throughout Muslim history women have been in the forefront of society, taking active part in communal life in a variety of different roles, not only as mothers, daughters, sisters and wives. Not only were these women active community members and philanthropists, they were encouraged and well respected within Muslim societies.
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Influential Muslim Women: Historic & Contemporary 3
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Mental Health & Well Being: Stress at Work
Research shows that Muslim women are unique in the sense that they face triple penalty discrimination - being women, being ethnic minorities, and Muslim. The stress that comes with having to deal with these pressures can impact one's mental health, and left unchecked can lead to serious health problems.
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Work-Life Balance – Can it be truly achieved?
Muslim women cannot be all airbrushed with the same colour, we are as diverse as the world in which we live. The aim of the session is to explore the experiences of a range of professional Muslim women and how they maintain a balance between their work and personal lives (or not!). What works, what doesn't, and what can be done better? What challenges were faced, opportunities sought, and life lessons learnt?
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The Elevator Pitch
Date: Saturday 21st July 2018 Time: 2.45-5.15pm Location: Farringdon Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, home-schooler, employee, or a sister looking for a career change, come and tell us your story! The Elevator Pitch is …
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Pass the Mic Sis Eid Party 2018
On Saturday June 30th, we were in Shephard’s Bush to celebrate #Eid as a #network of #professionalmuslimwomen with a #onedishparty. It was great to see so many lovely sisters come along whether they had attended …
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1st Anniversary: Journeys
It was good to reflect on the the journey of Pass the Mic Sis to see what was achieved within a short amount of time, with limited professional connections and resources. It just goes to prove that if one has the will to do something anything is possible.
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Influential Muslim Women: Historic & Contemporary 2
It was amazing having these two role models showcased during the session and a sense of female empowerment was felt in this group. The discussions that followed naturally were invigorating and showed how wonderful an opportunity it is for Muslim women to gather and discuss relevant topics, opportunities, and challenges we face.
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New Year New You!
The discussion focused on setting goals that were more useful to our personal or professional aspirations by breaking them down into manageable chunks and using the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time) method as a tool.
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Networking for Building and Maintaining Professional Relationships
This successful session focused on the challenges faced by Muslim women when it comes to networking at respective industry gatherings. From social customs to male dominated industries, most sisters in attendance agreed that as Muslim women the challenges we face are three-fold; firstly as women, secondly our diverse cultural backgrounds, and thirdly our Muslim identity.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work
The session highlighted how much of a taboo mental health is within the Muslim community and society at large. To the extent that most affected will not reveal their condition to employers and recruiters for fear of losing their livelihoods and/or not being selected for potential opportunities.
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Introduction to Social Media for Professional Networking and Business Development
This session was packed with lots of information for sisters to take away. We looked at the concept of social media from its root within the marketing strategy of the business plan, the various platforms available for use within a professional context, finding out who the target market is and catering the content posted to their interests and needs, whilst maintaining the integrity and ethos of one's own business/individual goals.
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Inspirational Role Models 2: Influential Muslim Women
The ladies who attended valued the presentation of female Muslim role models and it evoked a great discussion on the experiences of sisters in the workplace based on their Muslim identities. The session felt important and the networking group valued for bringing together Muslim women to provide support and network within a comfortable group of sisters who genuinely understood.
