Media personality Pinky Ghelani has had a career in the media for more than two decades, but that is about to change.
At 11, she is following on her mothers footsteps and this was evident when she wowed everyone with her speech during this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations whose theme was to Break The Bias when she accepted her mother’s award.
During the SBM Bank Women Of Influence awards where Ms Ghelani was awarded, Ariyana Raj was tasked to receive the award on her behalf, and after her speech, she got a standing ovation.
“My mother as you all has a passion to empower women and is always encouraging people to use their voice. She wants to say thank you to SBM Bank for giving her the opportunity to be able to spread the word, the message, far and wide through YouTube. I speak on behalf of the young girls out there through troubling times. We need motivation to keep us going,” she said.
She said that through the motivation, they will be able to follow some amazing women in Kenya and Africa who can influence future generations.
She described her mother as the most passionate woman she knows, “I am the person I am today because of her, so on behalf of my mother, thank you SBM Bank for encouraging women and girls to be everything they are meant to be,” she said.
“And one more thing, I encourage you to say and find your voice to speak out on what you think.”
During the event, they took a look at the global day that has shaped society by highlighting issues that have affected women for many years.
Ms Ghelani started What Women Want during the pandemic and wanted to create a safe space where women could come together to learn, empower, network, laugh, cry, heal and feel.
“Our last pre-pandemic event was one of our biggest and when we couldn’t do any more events we had to switch it up so we decided to go online,” she said.
SBM Bank was the backbone of the online shows. “Because of them, I managed to have some amazing conversations with women from all backgrounds, each doing phenomenal things. These are stories we need to share, these are the stories we need to spread!”
“Ariyana, you make me proud daily and having a standing ovation from a room full of powerful people makes me understand why the future generations will be the change we wish to see.”
To the guests and audience of this show as well, I hold you in gratitude daily. For everyone who watched, subscribed, commented, shared and came to the events, thank you.
