DOHA: The second session of the International Academy for Women Leaders will kick off on Sunday under the title 'Leadership in the Digital Age', with a high-level local, regional and international presence.
The launch of the second session of the Academy’s activities, which will last for four days at the Wyndham Doha West Bay Hotel, is jointly organized by the National Human Rights Committee, the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions, the United Nations Development Program, and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations.
The International Academy for Women Leaders aims to promote a deeper understanding of the role of equal opportunities in shaping leadership styles, including strengths and challenges, as well as provide insights into how women can leverage their leadership to drive impactful change in an increasingly digitally connected world.
Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee HE Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah said, “Through this session, we will work to benefit from advanced digital technologies to ignite the spirit of transformational leadership."
She explained that the opening day of the Academy’s activities is a cornerstone for understanding the Academy’s framework, as it links transformational leadership with intergenerational leadership, in a digital world full of challenges.
The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee indicated that the participants will explore how female leaders deal with this changing reality, which is affected by advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, with a focus on the dynamics of equal opportunities, by studying the challenges and opportunities facing female leaders.
Al Attiyah explained that the discussions on the first day will work to understand the framework of the Academy, in terms of introducing participants to the Academy’s focus on transformational leadership and intergenerational leadership in the context of a rapidly changing and increasingly unstable digital world, in addition to exploring leadership in the face of instability by providing participants with insights on how to navigate the complexities of modern leadership, including the challenges arising from instability in an environment driven by digital technology.
She added that the dynamics of equal opportunities in leadership will also be studied, and an understanding of the impact of equal opportunities on leadership styles, opportunities, and challenges will be deepened, and strategies will be explored to enable women to lead effectively in sectors and environments that lack equal opportunities.
The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee explained that the sessions of the second day will focus on empowering participants by presenting models of transformational leadership that enhance innovation and collective intelligence.
She explained that participants will acquire skills to benefit from diversity of viewpoints, and adopt inclusive and forward-looking leadership in a connected digital environment, through transformational and intergenerational leadership methods, in which women contribute to building resilience, inspiring others, and creating environments capable of adapting and thriving in the face of uncertainty.
She said, “The third day will focus on the concept of governance in the digital age, highlighting the political implications of digitization and the skills needed to lead digital transformation, noting that participants will gain practical skills in using digital tools and technologies supported by artificial intelligence, along with strategies for dealing with complexity and uncertainty.”
The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee pointed out that, based on the knowledge gained during the first three days of the second session of the Academy’s activities, the fourth day focuses on helping participants develop their unique leadership voice and build their personal brand, whether in the real world or in the digital space, as it will provide them with the necessary tools to express their vision and personal statements in an influential way that inspires others and creates a lasting impact.
Al Attiyah explained that the participants in the course will discuss how to enhance artificial intelligence and digital tools in policy analysis, decision-making, and crisis management, while the main considerations for shaping policies around these technologies will be discussed, emphasizing the link between governance and technology, and how policies interact with the development and use of artificial intelligence and digital tools.
