WinTrade Global Talks

Part of Akmaral's speech:

Wintrade asked me to do a talk on what I chose as the most important issues affecting my life as a professional woman.  So what follows are issues which impact my career as a journalist and film producer, as a professional woman,  and indeed, simply as a woman and a mother at this point in humanity’s history.

To address these issues,  I need to focus on 2 questions.

First: Why is protest so often depicted as looting? (Or you choose a question – for structure)

Second: What do COVID-19 and ISIS have in common?

So, to answer the first question, I need to go back to where it all started for me.

While studying the situation in Syria, I often communicated with politicians, diplomats, the military, think-tanks and journalists from different countries, as well as researching information from a variety of sources. These sources included independent media in different languages. I’ve seen time and again how the consciousness not only of an individual or a group of people, the population of entire countries and even on a global scale, can be skilfully manipulated using modern political technologies.

The events in Syria are one striking contemporary example of this. Before my first trip to Syria, I had already been acquainted with the position of the Syrian government and the armed opposition during The Astana Process - the peace talks which take place in the capital of Kazakhstan and are aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis.

There is a side of the Syrian conflict which has been barely mentioned in the global mass media. This side is represented by the Syrians who have not left their country, continue to live there, resist the military terror and economic and information blockade.

They study, work, and give birth to children. Many of them have written to me, telling about what they are going through and asking:  Akmaral, speak for us! Through this communication with the Syrians - both those who support President Assad and those who are against him - I have formed an insight into what has happened in Syria, and I’d like to share it with you today.

Many participants of the initial protests, who have now left Syria and live in different countries, told me that the vision of the revolution that they wanted to achieve at the beginning was exactly as they dreamed it to be - they had an opportunity to express their views and opinions.

According to the world mass media reporting at that time, president Assad brutally suppressed peaceful demonstrations using military forces, as a result, his actions led to the civil war. However, the people in Syria told me that at the time of Western politicians stating, “Assad must go!”, no media enlightened the public about the fact  that President Assad had actually met with the protesters, addressed them with a speech, negotiated with them and went on to meet their following demands:

Number 1 - Abolition of article 8 of the Constitution, which had positioned the Baath party as the leading political power in the country. This change allowed various parties to participate in the parliamentary elections.

Number 2 -  Abolition of the state of emergency law, which had prevailed in the country for decades.

Number 3 - Banning the exceptional courts.

Number 4 - Freeing thousands of political prisoners from prisons, according to the list of names presented by the protesters. The majority of them were radicals, who later joined the terrorist groups.

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To date, she has started 7 innovative brands which have all exceeded accepted industry norms with the goal of delivering better outcomes for customers by incorporating simplicity, common sense and transparency. 

She embraces the values of conscious capitalism and believes in sharing success and helping those less fortunate or drowning in the consequences of their lives. All the businesses she has started operate with a 'profit for purpose' model where a significant percentage of profits and resources are given to charities or community projects.

Bloomberg described Gina Miller as an “Establishment Wrecking Ball” but her drive for transparency, scrutiny and integrity in public and corporate life is about reform, fairness, and social justice: not wrecking. Whilst Gina became a household name for her legal challenges to preserve Parliament’s sovereignty, she has been a respected activist for over 30 years due to campaigning against modern-day slavery, discrimination, equality, domestic violence and for those with special needs. Gina’s passion for justice and fairness results in her tenacious use of her voice to exercise her civic responsibility.

Gina will answer questions about real leadership and give advice how to find your purpose in business and in life too. 

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Basma Al Said from the Sultanate of Oman on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.

COVID19 has caused a catastrophic impact across the globe on economies and the way that we lived our daily lives. Throughout the world, women have felt the brunt of this global upheaval. As women, not only have to fight to keep our businesses, everything else we have juggled in our substantive role as Superwoman has multiplied by the factor of 10. You see, as women, we are more likely to be the carers of our nuclear and extended families, not only of those who are unwell but in the prevention of our families in catching the virus. Not only does this place us in the direct firing line of the virus, it cumulatively chips away at our health and mental well-being and more importantly...our reserves.

In her WinTrade Global Talk, she will be highlighting these multi-faceted issues that we are facing during the pandemic and offer tips on, not only to deal with them but to flourish going forward in an uncertain world.

She will answer questions about the Black Lives Matter movement in Oman and give some advice for women how to support themselves if nobody will.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the Government has said it will do whatever it takes to win the fight against Covid-19.

Join our stellar line up of speakers for this important webinar.  If you are a small BAME business - you cannot afford to miss this.

Nadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for BEIS looks forward to engaging with the UK Black and African Caribbean business community to ensure they contribute to  the design and the delivery of the “UK Business Bounce  Back” in the re-start of economic activity post COVID-19 in 2020.

Given our call for equality over the last three generations, we believe that any exclusion from this process will severely increase the prospect of Black and Minority Ethnic businesses being behind the curve at the re-start of the economy, post COVID-19 ,which will have a negative economic and social impact to the country in addition to setting back community and race relations.

..everything we were not  particularly expecting from Facebook but definitely got from their VP Facebook EMEA, Lady Nicola Mendelsohn CBE. When I sat down to watch her webinar, I was expecting to be bored, if I am honest.  However, 1 hour later, it was as if the fresh wind of change had filled the room.  She was insightful, open, honest and quite frankly, almost brought me to tears.  She spoke at length about various aspects of her experience at Facebook over the last four months. And she really got very personal about her own health struggles and her response as a FACEBOOK leader to George Floyd and the  Black Lives Matter movement.  

Some of the issues she covered in the webinar:

1.What role has Facebook played assisting in the Public Health response to COVID-19?

2.How has Facebook been responding to  concerns about accurate information and removing harmful content?

3.How is Facebook making sure everyone stays connected despite social distancing?

4.Helping with economic relief efforts when it comes to small businesses

5.How is Facebook supporting women in business?

 When Nicola talks about her health, you may be surprised, and even moved to tears..

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