Nazira Sheraly is an economist and mathematician from Kyrgyzstan who founded the LeanIn Mentorship Program in Kyrgyzstan. She is passionate about youth entrepreneurship, career development, education, and women's empowerment. The LeanIn Mentorship Program received applications from 48 potential mentees, most of whom were young women in Bishkek seeking career advice and help improving communication and self-confidence skills. The document discusses challenges for women in Kyrgyzstan and provides advice on navigating dual career relationships and family goals.

1. Nazira Sheraly, Kyrgyzstan

2.  LeanIn Mentorship Program Kyrgyzstan Founder
 Passionate aboutYouth Entrepreneurship+Career+ Education, women
empowerment
 Experienced in Green Tech, farmers union, innovations in agriculture
 LeanIn Circle in Bishkek Founder&Organizer
 Economist-mathematician
 TechWomen-2016 Alumni, John Smith Trust-2017 Alumni
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3.  LeanIn Online Mentorship Program
 Challenges for females in Kyrgyzstan
 Dual career relationships
 Female leadership

5.  48 applications received from potential Mentees;
 20 applications received from potential Mentors;
 71% of Mentees prefer English language for Mentorship;
 68% of Mentees live in Bishkek city;
 89% of Mentees are females aged 21-25;

6.  72% of Mentees wished a help with career path
 76% of Mentees wished to improve their personal communication skills;
 12% of Mentees wished to improve their professional business skills;
 81% of Mentees wished to improve their personal self-confidence;
 the top Mentor for all aged Mentees is Michelle Obama

7.  How do I find a job that I like or maybe even love?
 How do I build a career that will make me a good living?
 How do I balance my career with my family?
 How can I make a difference in the world?
 How can I be thin, sexy, and fabulously rich?

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9. My parents know what is best for me.
 They may not know about today’s work environment.
Choosing your major is a critical step in
determining your career.
 ¾ of workers are not working in a field connected to their
major
Just a marriage will bring a real happiness.
 True happiness comes from having a life that works for
you.
Making mistakes is bad
 Mistakes teach us, try stuff
Travelling abroad dangerous and unavailable
 It is a great opportunity to discover what you want

10.  Malika Mamytova, Kyrgyzstan
 SexCulture Social Project
 Magdalena Chodownik, Poland
 Media expert, producer, multimedia
journalist, mojo journalist

11.  Jyldyz Sattarova, Kyrgyzstan
 CEO in Global Compass Study Abroad
 Elena Chigibaeva, Kyrgyzstan
 CEO in TravelHub LLC

13. Career goals:
Higher education
Transfers for work
Travel for work
Salary differences
Mid-career changes
Retirement
Life goals:
Where to live
Dividing up home tasks
Who pays for what
Children: when, how many,
roles of in-laws
Major purchases like
home or car, holidays

14.  In 2009 only 9% of dual earner couples in the US shared housework,
children, breadwinning evenly.
 32% of American working women earn more than their husbands.
 Men are seen as babysitting their children while women parent.
 Men can do just as good a job of parenting as women.
 Women tend to spend twice as much time as men caring for both
their parents and their in-laws.
 “What can men do to help their partner’s career? The laundry!”

15. Potential benefits of having dual careers (US):
 Most successful women are not single, they have partners.
 When relationships are more equal, women are less depressed, conflicts, decrease, and there is
greater satisfaction in the relationship.
 Paternal involvement is good for the development of children.
 Modeling equality at home is beneficial for the future relationships of children.
Costs:
 Men pay a higher price in their careers than women for spending time with their children.
 We need more men to sit at the table…..The kitchen table!

16. Figure out what you want.
Tell your parents, get their support.
Tell your boyfriend/girlfriend what you want; find out what
he/she wants.
If the relationship is serious, talk to the others’ parents
together and tell them what is important to both of you.
Review your plans with your partner once a year and make
any necessary adjustments.

17.  Roza Otunbaeva, President of
Kyrgyzstan from 7 April 2010
until 1 December 2011
 Central Asia's first female
president and first female
president of a former Soviet
republic

18.  Self-confidence
 Support
 Mentorship
 Skills-set development
 English

19. Nazira Sheraly, Kyrgyzstan