Article – Selwa Rafi, co-president of technochic and founding CEO of KEPLR Intelligence, shares her initial experience with this group, which provides a safe space for women to share their experiences, successes, and challenges, while working together to overcome the
obstacles that hinder their professional advancement She explains that, growing up in predominantly male environments, she often wondered about the lack of female presence around her. She spoke to Le Lien MULTIMÉDIA to discuss Technochic’s initiatives in more detail and the motivations that led her to get involved.
“Even though I personally felt comfortable in these predominantly male environments, I wanted to see other women around me.
Maybe I was lucky in my career, the environment was conducive to my development, but that was definitely not the case for everyone.
I think that’s why I decided to start my own business. I wanted to create a space where women could feel comfortable and supported in their professional development.” Women are not necessarily given enough support or mentoring to pursue these careers.
However, when they are there, they dominate, as we know from statistics. When I was developing my business, I saw the description of Technochic and, since it was a support group, I wanted to find out more. I found everything I was looking for, in the sense that it was stimulating, because I was talking to women who were experiencing the same issues as me. We had a safe space to share our challenges, our problems, our successes and failures, and we realized that regardless of the industry, we face the same obstacles as women. It’s quite interesting to see because we thought these were individual problems, but they’re not.
Thanks to CEIM, we had the opportunity to hold monthly meetings and discuss things openly and honestly. I continued to get more involved, and that’s how I took on the role of co-chair, which I share with Julie Hubert,”
she said.
