INTERNALISING THE

REVOLUTION

-Dr. Deipa Singh

THE PROMISE OF EQUALITY IS NOT THE SAME AS
TRUE EQUALITY
WHY DO WE STILL FEEL UN-EQUAL?
 THE INVISIBLE HURDLES

Conscious Bias Unconscious Bias

Height Glass Ceiling
Weight Vertical Mobility
Voice Client Acceptance
Gender Pay Gap
ITS NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE SPECIES THAT
SURVIVES, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT THAT
SURVIVE. IT IS THE ONE THAT IS MOST ADAPTABLE
TO CHANGE
-CHARLES DARWIN
 WE ARE ALREADY
ADAPTABLE.
BUT IN OUR WAY
ARE
INTERNAL BARRIERS
• SELF DOUBT
• UNDER-ESTIMATION
• “IMPOSTER” SYNDROME
• ABILITY TO HANDLE SUCCESS/FAILURE
• INABILITY TO TAKE RISK
• OVERTHINKING
• INSECURITY
• PEOPLE PLEASING
• ACCEPTANCE
OVERCOMING INTERNAL BARRIERS

NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR

WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION
-ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
 FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT

• A simple change in posture can remarkably improve self-

worth
• Reaching for opportunity without worrying about how
you’re going to handle them – at worse you will fail – but
so do men!
• Deepening your voice when feeling hesitant to talk can
boost confidence
• Get rid of apologies
 WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
LESSON YOU HAVE LEARNT FROM A
MISTAKE YOU MADE IN THE PAST?

Don’t leave crumbs, the poor life choices that

come back to bite us
IT’S A JUNGLE GYM NOT A LADDER
DON’T LEAVE BEFORE YOU LEAVE
 DON’T LEAVE BEFORE YOU LEAVE

• Personal choices are not always as personal

as they appear
• Don’t enter the workforce already looking
for the exit
• Make your partner a real partner
MATERNAL GATEKEEPING
WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS
EQUALITY
CLAIM YOUR OWN CROWN!
 ENTITLEMENT TRAP

Don’t fall into the entitlement trap and think that

you are a victim of circumstances
 ACCEPTANCE

Acknowledge that Human beings have immense capacity for

greatness
&
terribleness

Stop being surprised when either happens

 DEFINE YOUR OWN SUCCESS

Don’t jeopardize your own soul to win approval

5 parameters to measure your success:-

1. Motherhood
2. Good Spouse
3. Health
4. Career
5. Friendship
 LEARN WHO YOU ARE NOT

Process of elimination is the first step to our own identity

I ASK AGAIN
WANT TO BE EMPOWERED?
OR WANT TO BE HAPPY?
IF YOU ARE HAPPY YOU ARE ALREADY
EMPOWERED

SO DO THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY

SAY THINGS THAT GENERATE

HAPPINESS
BE HAPPY!
AND HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY
THANK YOU