Women go out and change the world by Mirza Yawar Baig

1. Women
Go out and change the world

2. Question
1. Think of your role model
2. For how many of you is it your mother?
3. If your children were here, what would they say
if I asked them this question?
Do you want to do something about this?

5. The purpose of all education is
to awaken the conscience.

7. Glimpse of our world
According to me

8. A world of contrasts
That speaks to us in the language of
signs – readable only by those who can
see.
“There's none so blind as those who will not listen.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

9. What we claim
Versus what the data shows

10. We’re committed to
Eradicating hunger

11. Basic Necessities
1. 3 billion live on less than $2.5 per day.
2. Tonight more than 1 billion children will go to bed hungry.
3. 22,000 children die everyday due to poverty
4. 805 million people do not have enough food to eat.
5. > 750 million lack adequate access to clean drinking water.
What is a basic necessity?

12. Hunger kills
1. The World Food Programme says, “The poor are
hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty.”
2. Hunger is the #1 cause of death in the world, killing
more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis
combined.
Believe it or not

14. We’re committed to
Protection of people and the
environment

15. Suicides
1. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects
data about mortality in the U.S., including deaths by suicide.
2. In 2013 (latest data), 41,149 suicides were reported, making
suicide the 10th leading cause of death
3. In 2013 someone died by suicide every 12.8 minutes
Happiness doesn’t cause suicide – despair does

16. Our Dying Planet?
1. WWF’s (Worldwide Fund for Nature) Living
Planet Report – 2014, the number of wild animals
in the world has been halved during the last 40
years!
And that’s only the ones we counted

17. We’re committed to
Eradicating Poverty

20. Is this a logistics or resources
issue?
Or is it an issue of
Conscience?

21. Cancer
1. A phenomenon where a few cells start
acting against the interests of the rest of
the body, leading to its eventual demise.
Growth for the sake of growth is the
philosophy of the cancer cell.
~ Prof. Madhukar Shukla

23. WE MUST
CHANGE

24. Perspective
How do I define the problem?

25. Change the definition
Their
Our

26. Narayanan Krishnan was a top chef in Madurai,
but gave it all up to feed the destitute & demented

27. Our Criteria
For decision making

28. Our actions define us
Qur’an 49: 13. O mankind! We have created you from a male
and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you
may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with
Allah is the one who has the greatest Taqwa [the concern to
please Allah].
Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
The best one is the one whose actions are best

30. “It is no measure of health to be
well adjusted to a profoundly sick
society.”
~ J. (Jiddu) krishnamurthy

31. To have hope
When all around them is despair

32. Edhi Foundation runs the world's largest ambulance service and operates free nursing homes,
orphanages, clinics, women's shelters, and rehab centres for drug addicts and the mentally ill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Sattar_Edhi

33. ‘Master’ or ‘Victim’
Stances of Success

34. Window of Opportunity
1. In the life of every man and woman comes a
time when they have a unique opportunity to
make an impact and influence others.
2. To succeed we need to anticipate, prepare and
act with courage when it opens
The window remains open only for a time

35. Once our window
shuts, our life is over,
even if we remain alive
Living is not merely breathing

36. The Essential Truth
1. Living life is about making choices:
1. Choosing to be a “Victim”
2. Or choosing to be a “Master”
2. Both stances are subject to the same givens of society,
environment, organization etc.
3. But have very different implications in terms of your
development and happiness
The time to choose is NOW

37. Distinguishing features
Victims
1. Whine about what
happened
2. Think of excuses
3. Blame others
4. Lose hope & give up
5. Perish
Masters
1. Say, “What can I do?”
2. Think of solutions
3. Own responsibility
4. Have courage to try new
ways
5. Win, even if they fail
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Possible only for those serious about success

39. Price of My success?
1. In terms of the challenges that I face today,
what do I need to do if I want to be a ‘Master’
and not a ‘Victim’?
2. What is the investment that I need to make in
myself, in order to succeed?
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Clarity about reward, sustains effort

41. I will not allow what is not in
my control to prevent me from
doing what is in my control.

42. Thought-share
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