Travel teaches you things no classroom can. Not just about countries, but about yourself. When I arrived at the Sheraton in Colombo to speak on risk, resilience, and crisis communications, …
Farzana Baduel
Farzana Baduel
Farzana Baduel is President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and CEO of Curzon PR. She is the Resident PR Expert at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of the CIPR, and a Chartered PR Practitioner. Farzana is also the co-founder of the Asian Communications Network, which champions Asian leadership and representation across the communications industry. Her board roles include serving as a trustee of The HALO Trust and Soho Theatre, and as a member of the English Law Promotion Panel chaired by the UK Deputy Prime Minister.
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Women Don’t Lack Ambition, They Lack a Level Playing Field
by Farzana Baduel 9 minutes readBefore school drop-offs. After the children are asleep. Between paid work, care work, and the invisible labor of holding families and communities together. During motherhood, that is exactly what entrepreneurship …
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Snow is falling on Davos again, the way it does every January, turning a Swiss ski town into something between a fortress and a film set. Police checkpoints appear overnight. …
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What I Learned About Conflict, Dignity, and Recovery While Visiting Sri Lanka’s Minefields with HALO
by Farzana Baduel 4 minutes readSometimes, life delivers a humbling reset. Last week, I traveled eight hours north from Colombo to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, with The HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian demining organization. What …
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When my parents arrived in London in the 1960s, they joined a wave of South Asians who crossed continents in search of opportunity. They left Kashmir with hope in their …