{"id":21377,"date":"2017-12-08T11:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/?p=21377"},"modified":"2017-12-08T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:13:57","slug":"somya-kaushik-combatting-gender-bias-strong-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/somya-kaushik-combatting-gender-bias-strong-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Somya Kaushik on combatting gender bias through \u2018strong grace\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somya Kaushik has experienced gender discrimination all too often in the legal profession.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the founder of <\/span>Esq.Me<\/span><\/a> \u2013 a LegalTech platform which creates a marketplace for small law firms to acquire big law resources \u2013 \u00a0has refused to allow it to negatively affect her business ambitions. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, she has been inspired by it, inspired to replace any frustration or anger at the situation in 2017 with a \u201cstrong grace\u201d \u2013 which she defines as \u201cthe ability to cultivate and apply true inner self-confidence and righteousness without the presence of a destructive ego.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaushik\u2019s philosophy has struck a chord with many after she first articulated it in a LinkedIn post five months ago<\/a> (which has since been viewed almost 1 million times globally and received almost 7,000 likes). <\/span><\/p>\n

While Kaushik admits that taking to social media in such a manner is \u201cnot something I would usually do\u201d her experience in being told by a potential investor that he wouldn\u2019t invest in her company because she was a woman compelled her to share her message with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Kaushik isn\u2019t just holding a light up to the problem of gender discrimination in business, she also has practical principles for how things can be improved.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is going to change overnight but having certain objective and procedural guidelines is a good place to start so we can change the mentality,\u201d Kaushik told Legal Geek, when discussing whether positive discrimination is an appropriate solution for redressing the gender imbalance of women in business.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you can\u2019t just say \u2018be conscious of your sub-conscious\u2019, certain initiatives need to be established to resolve the way we think.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something I would look to bring in at Esq.Me when we are big enough to make it possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have to help ourselves. Women should believe in their own capabilities more. Because we have to first change our perspective of ourselves for other people to change the way they see us.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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