Tasneem’s Blog Archive
Drumming Up..
Today’s Drum covered Sen. Cash’s abysmal abuse of parliamentary privilege to slut-shame staffers in a bid to avoid her failings as a Minister, new discoveries in the galaxy and why dark matter matters, embedded violence in hazing cultures and sexual assault at...
Naming the Cultural Diversity Elephant in the Room
Presenting today on the issue of Cultural Competence for #MauriceBlackburnLawyers, seeking to leverage and optimise skill sets internally and externally, towards greater client engagement. Diversity & Inclusion strategies are gaining more traction in a...
#MeToo Close to Home
On the #MeToo crisis, close to home ...an article extracted from my Confernece presentation at the ‘Agency for Muslim Women: An Australian Context’ on February 22nd "The recent spate of sexual abuse and sexual impropriety incidents have affirmed that the Muslim...
Women’s Agency: An Australian Muslim Context
In Sydney this week for the two day symposium on ‘The Agency of Muslim Women in the Australian Context’. The breadth of topics covered included: Muslim Women & Leadership; Spirituality & Scholarship; Dealing with Challenges & Islamophobia; Muslim Women,...
Five Panthers Good
Heading out to the #BlackPanther film tonight, literally bursting with excitement. And can I just say, per review: WOW! It is SUCH a relief and rarity when the hype is actually exceeded by the film. I was thoroughly taken- from storyline, symbolism, messaging,...
Thank you, Rosie..
Thank you, Rosie Batty, for your incredible work and advocacy in this field. Your impact has been appreciated by hundreds of thousands of women and children across the country , and we are indebted to you for locating the issue of family violence as one of this...
One Billion Reasons to Rise
#tb to my part in the #OneBillionRising campaign to end violence against women. Violence in all its forms is unacceptable. Changing language, attitudes, behaviour and perceptions in which women are objectified and dismissed requires a whole of society approach. The...
Colonising Human Rights- an American Analysis
This weekend I presented at in London for the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) @ihrcgallery in Euston. The Conference was called: The New Colonialism – The American Model of Human Rights, 2018 Speakers and presentations comprised of- Panel 1: Saeid...
Diversity Covered, South African Style
This was a fascinating sample I observed of magazine covers in South Africa- depicting images its consumers can connect to; a representation reflecting the diversity of black women, affirming that black is beautiful, brilliant and bold #lessons #diversitymatters
Voicing Waves on the Cape
Enjoyed some robust and critical discussions on ‘Voice of the Milennials’ for the ‘Voice of the Cape’FM program last night. Huge thanks to Irafaan Abrahams for arranging this opportunity for me. I was thrilled to speak with a panel of locally engaged activists on...