Readers will discover the resilience and strength it takes to find oneself. We will see Nurjahan hook on to hope, as she finds her true and authentic self. I spent five-and-a-half years at the Home Office, but this time was sadlynegative. It was completely different from my experience in the private sector, and I didn't have anybody helping me navigate that landscape. I am a great fan of the civil service and eternally grateful because I'm still a full-time carer for my mother. It hasn't stopped me from progressing up the ladder.

Extracurricular activities worked for me because doing those things outside my day job made me a better leader in the civil service. Author Nurjahan Khatun BSc (Hons), MSc, MAPM was asked by the Lifelong Learning and Skills directorate to be a key note speaker for Scottish Government Away Day.I am sorry I did not get a chance to speak to you all so do reach out to me here, connect with me and stay in touch;

It was a great session that focussed on evidence, analysis, science and innovation, providing an invaluable chance to learn more about the science and evidence ecosystem in the Civil Service and its partners. Discussions was led by leaders in analysis, operational, delivery, policy and science. The session aimed to encourage and nurture scientific inquisitiveness and analytical curiosity and allowed the audience to gain: Female criminality is one of the important phenomena in popular media and also in academic discourse of contemporary scholastic arena like sociology, criminology, psychology and anthropology. The changing nature of female’s roles in capitalist system instigate female more to involve in violent and property crimes. The main intent of the study is to review the major theories of female criminality such as masculinization, opportunity, marginalization and chivalry. The authors also tried to shed light on the acceptability and validity of female criminality theories on female criminal activities. This study mainly relies on secondary sources. Data have been collected from journal articles, books, research reports, government documents and so on. Among the theories of masculinization, opportunity, marginalization and chivalry; marginalization theory is the most relevant and significant for analyzing causes of female criminality in contemporary third world societies. On the other hand, masculinities and opportunities theories are sometimes partially applicable to predict criminality of women in first world countries. To applyfor an SCS position is a very draining process. There are five steps: the application itself where you have to write a statement. And if you get sifted, you will go through a two-hour interview with an occupational psychiatrist and then on to a couple of hours on psychometric tests. The interview took place before Khatun's presentation at this week's Ethnic Minorities into Leadershipin Leeds. In the conversation, she revealeddetails of the challenges she encountered, the sources of resilience, and the drivers to become the leader she wanted to be. A whole new world

It took me five years of continuous interviewing for a senior civil servant position, sogetting the role is a monumental momentbecause I am not aware of any other visible female Muslimdirector anywhere in government. She traveled to Edinburgh to speak about key themes from her book, Hook of Hope, where she was able to draw upon her own personal experience of why education is so close to her heart. Having fought determinately for her own education, she considered it an absolute honor to share with the team about how what they do directly impacts young people and how powerful it is to be a part of their journey of self-development and growth. Her talk followed an introduction to the importance of their work from the Scotland's Minister for Education.

I worked my way up by working in different departments, with roles that wereup or down in grade. I joined the Home Office as an SEO and left the department to go to Treasury as a grade 7. I've been running a homeless soup kitchen for 15 years, inspired by the time I was homeless and lived on the streets of London for 21 months. Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.improved awareness of the science and evidence ecosystem especially in the policy and operational decision-making process. Thank you to our amazing chair Jason Dewhurst and my fellow panel members Christophe Prince and James Cooke for an informative and interactive session. She hopes her contribution supports their change journey and continues to impress on them that their efforts are valuable. She also hopes that the away-day allowed their staff to get to know one another, reflect on their common challenges, and increase motivation and engagement with their purpose. I've got this constant fire in my belly: I genuinely believe that we belong, and because of the difficulties I have experienced in my life and professional career, especially around discrimination, I don't want others to go through what I've gone through. It was difficult to adjust to the bureaucratic processes. I was doing things I hadn't done for a decade, and that, coupled with the fact that I took a demotion in pay and grade, made my job very unsatisfactory.Also, I experienced a lot of discrimination.