Empowering Women Post COVID-19 - Virtual Developers Conference 2020
Channel: Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community
Date: 06/02/2021

As the second half of 2020 approaches, we have  seen how much COVID-19 has directly affected society, the economy and everyday lives. Women's economic security and participation in business has been disproportionately  affected. 

It is critical to include women’s economic and digital empowerment as an essential component of COVID -19 responses. The current COVID-19 pandemic re-emphasizes also the need to train women entrepreneurs in digital and business skills in order to help them rise above the recent challenges and prepare them for the future.

The session will cover:
How can women be supported through Covid with useful resource, How to pivot  and how to digitally transform women's organisations  
How has COVID disrupted work environment for women with both positive and negative impacts
How to educate women to navigate the Covid crisis  turning challenges into opportunities.


About: Zulaika Sunthbocus
Co founder & ex Director of Spoon Consulting Ltd.

Zulaika Sunthbocus is Co-founder and ex Director of Spoon Consulting, one of the most innovative IT consulting and software development companies of Mauritius regrouping more than 130 experts to accompany our clients throughout the world including Mauritius in their digital transformation journey. 

Zulaika is highly engaged in the IT sector : She works in close collaboration with the IT institutions, sharing her ideas to leverage the digital incentives in the private and public sectors and connecting both foreign and local  leaders of the IT ecosystem. 

One of the major strengths of her leadership style is her ability to create talents and to make her people step out of their comfort zone to become high achievers. 

Zulaika was the only woman nominee of the IBL Tecoma Award and won the ‘Coup de Coeur du Jury’ award in 2017. This award largely contributed in recognizing Zulaika as a role model for Women Entrepreneurs. 
Besides she is an active member of AMFCE ( Agence Mauricienne des Femmes Chef d’entreprise) sustaining the new women entrepreneurship culture of Mauritius.

Zulaika is a passionate woman who also practices quite a number of sports like scuba diving, golf, trails amongst others, Last but not least, she makes an optimal use of technology to travel the world and work from wherever to keep her business going.    


About: Aysha Julie
Founder, Future Females Invest

Aysha is the founder of Future Females Invest, a company that is committed to closing the financing gap for African female founders.  Aysha is respected and renowned Gender Parity expert, consultant and speaker she has worked with leading public, private and multilateral organisations including the UN to provide support in women empowerment initiatives in UK and Africa. She is a trainer and coach and has worked with 1000s of women to build and grow their businesses. As well as  establishing, supporting and growing organisations and enterprises that bridge the public, private and third sectors.  She set up and ran a successful social enterprise in the UK that provides rehabilitation and enterprise projects for women.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysha-julie-5262514a/