Lamia Bazir awarded the Harvey Picker Prize – New York
Lamia Bazir meets young girls
Lamia Bazir was invited to speak to young girls coming from several cities of Morocco including Rabat, Fez, Tetuan, and Ouarzazate. She demystified the feminist cause, and explained that advocacy, actions, and collective pressure are key for ensuring equal rights and opportunities for young girls and young boys. Lamia Bazir invited every young girl in the room to become an …
Read Lamia Bazir’s article on the history and the future of the women’s movement in Morocco
“Women’s Arab Spring”: that is the aspiration of many women around North Africa and the Middle East. As a young female Moroccan student, I am also involved in women’s empowerment in my country. However, since a very early age, I have misunderstood and rejected the opposition between so-called progressive and Islamic feminists. I have decided …
Lamia Bazir speaks on the Moroccan Women’s movement
Together with influential thinkers and social activists, Lamia Bazir was invited by the US Embassy and Jossour: Moroccan women’s forum, to meet young girls in the region of Tangiers and Tetouan in order to speak about the Moroccan Feminist Movement. Lamia saluted this initiative and spoke of the importance for the new generation to know, …
Lamia Bazir: Panelist on Morocco’s Immaterial Capital
On February 7th, 2015 Lamia was invited to speak in a panel on the theme of “Morocco’s Immaterial Capital: Challenges and Opportunities”. She emphasized that even if Morocco is rich in terms of immaterial assets (human, cultural, historical…), Morocco’s immaterial wealth is above all a potential. This potential still has to be determined, valorized, and developed …
Lamia Bazir interviews rural women in Niger
Together with her colleague Aura Martinez, Lamia Bazir visited six rural zones in Niger and participated in sensitization campaigns targeting women’s groups, youth, and local producers. In this picture, Lamia Bazir interviews a local woman in Torodo to understand the specific challenges women face and which traditional and new channels are most effective for women to …
How to better engage women in the fight against corruption?
Lamia Bazir got the opportunity to conduct research and analysis on the impediments that prevent women from engaging in the fight against corruption. Together with her colleague Aura Martinez, she visited Niger and worked jointly with Transparency International’s section in Niamey to understand how women are impacted by corruption and what prevents them from reporting …
Lamia Bazir discusses Corruption and Behavioral Change
As a young Moroccan woman who aspires to participate in the management of public affairs in my own country, I often wondered: what would prevent me from becoming a corrupt political leader? What pre-disposes so many transparent young individuals to become corruptible decision-makers? How to ensure that citizens will not abuse entrusted power for private …
Lamia Bazir’s journey to Niger: A Return to A Source
In this episode, I share my take aways from engaging discussions I had on corruption, leadership, democratization, and being a woman in Niger. But I have decided to make my first contribution as genuine and personal as my trip was. Here I am, at the airport of Niamey. Many questions come to my mind. I have chosen …
Lamia Bazir invited to speak about women and Leadership – LDI 3rd Annual Conference
On Saturday September 19th, 2015 Lamia Bazir was invited to speak at the Leadership Annual Conference organized by the Leadership Development Institute at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Her academic, social, and professional experience is a source of inspiration for many young Moroccan women and men who gathered to listen to her talk and interchange …