ACES organized a workshop on “Practice Self-Promotion for Women with #Iamremarkable”

On June 21, 2023, the AIUB Community of Engineering Students (ACES) hosted a workshop titled "Practice of self-promotion for women with #Iamremarkable" in Room no. 3201, Annex 3, AIUB. The program started at 3 PM with 25 pre-registered attendees. The objective of the program was to empower women to promote themselves and their works confidently and effectively. This program was arranged to promote gender equality and reduce inequalities in the professional engineering sector for women.

In introductory remarks, former Integration Engineer of Ericsson Bangladesh Ltd and alumna of Department of EEE, AIUB Ms. Fariha Rahman, a certified #IamRemarkable facilitator by Google, highlighted the significance of recognizing ourselves. She inspired the participants to acquire communication skills, self-awareness, and the ability to overcome self-doubt. She briefly discussed topics including Unconscious bias & Self-promotion, strategies for effectively communicating your accomplishments and practicing self-promotion, and how to practice self-promotion in your networks, and workplaces. The workshop held with the aim of empowering and motivating more women to pursue a career in engineering.  

Mentor of ACES, Dr. Md. Saniat Rahman Zishan (Director, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), provided closing remarks and thanked the speaker with a token of appreciation. The session was concluded by taking a group picture with all participants and volunteers of the program.