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Webinar for celebrating Women’s Day 2021 was arranged by the Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab in collaboration with Virtual University, Lahore on "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in Covid-19 world"
Webinar for celebrating Women’s Day 2021 was arranged by the Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab in collaboration with Virtual University, Lahore on "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in Covid-19 world"


A webinar for celebrating Women’s Day 2021 was arranged by the Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab in collaboration with Virtual University, Lahore on “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in Covid-19 world”. Dr. Mohsin Javed, Registrar Virtual University, highlighted the role of women as homemakers and as professionals with reference to Pakistani society. While reflecting upon the struggles of marginalized communities, minorities and women, Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique Director IAP highlighted the psychological impact of pandemic and lockdown on women. Crux of her key note address was that, it’s the high time that community starts recognizing the immediate as well as long-term psychological needs of women. While sharing the success of women leadership in culminating the spread of coronavirus, Dr. Rafia Rafique pinned her hopes in the women leadership in Pakistan and asserted that equal involvement of women in decision making is crucial to address the gender gaps and for the growth of communities.
Dr. Somia Iqtedar, Associate Professor of General Medicine, KEMU, shed light on the gender biasedness in the healthcare sector and how women are sidelined in the decision making task forces.
Mr. Irfan Mufti, Deputy Executive Director, SAP-PK, endorsed the viewpoint of Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique and stated how pandemic has raised the gender gap in Pakistan. Through statistics he specified that women got severely affected by the lockdown as they had to balance the domestic and professional lives. Ms. Marry James Gill, Director Center for Law and Justice talked about the struggles of minorities in Pakistan. She shared how it’s double pandemic for women minorities as they have to face discrimination because of their gender as well as their religion.
Rector Virtual university of Pakistan concluded the webinar by stating that during pandemic women at home were the real frontline workers who had to manage domestic as well as professional duties side by side. The webinar was live-streamed at the official Facebook page of IAP.