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Zeyrozabar.com: Contemporary Urdu Website For Women

by Sana Saleem on November 7, 2009

Feminism stems from a strong belief that equal opportunity; rights and respect should be given irrespective of gender. Unfortunately in the society we live in feminism has always been kept under scrutiny.  It’s considered more of an inclination towards female chauvinism than a struggle against gender bias.

Rana Tauqir
Rana TauqirCo-Founder ZeyroZabar.com, PhotoCourtesy: Uroos Ali

What most of the people fail to realize is that women right activist are like any other human right activists fighting against gender bias. Regardless of the allegations the struggle towards equal women rights and opportunities continue.

However the struggle is not only against the norms but much more is required to reach out and help. The list begins with lack of funds, opportunities, and the fear of breaking taboos. Quite often cultural barriers also play their role in snubbing voices. Fortunately we still have women who do not accept any of these as an excuse and continue their struggle irrespective of the norms.

One such woman is Rana Tauqeer, the founder of ZeyroZabar, an online Urdu magazine, which started off as women’s magazine and has now become the resource for the entire family. The idea of ZeyroZabar is not only highlighting women rights and their issues it is about emancipation of women. An ideology set to trigger a pivotal change to the society with a mere notion “empowering women for a better future.”
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Why Employees Leave Organizations by Azim Premji CEO Wipro

by MJK on December 11, 2008

Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.

Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.

He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office,and the very best technology,even a canteen that served superb food.

Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. “My learning curve is the sharpest it’s ever been,” he said soon after he joined.

Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.

Why did this talented employee leave ?

Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.

The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called “First Break All The Rules”. It came up with this surprising finding:

If you’re losing good people, look to their  manager  …. manager is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization. And he ’s the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge,experienc e and contacts with them, straight to the competition.

“People leave managers not companies,” write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.

Mostly manager drives people away?

HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought gets strengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.

When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: “If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don ‘t have your heart and soul in the job.”

Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue.

Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn’t.

(via forwarded email and thought to share with you guys)

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