Having served as the Teddy Bear Clinic director for many years, Dr Shaheda Omar has dedicated her life to addressing gender based violence and child abuse and continuously tackles government, holding those in power accountable as she soldiers on to fight the injustices perpetrated against children and their families.

Omar has earned the respect of government, civil society and communities who have seen the incredible effects of her interventions in alleviating the scourge of broken homes and broken societies.

In this episode of the #987Woman Leadership Conversations Podcast Series, Omar takes us back to her young days living in a community where it was evident that inter-generational trauma existed, but through communal love and nurture, people were able to rise above the pain they had been subjected and that love could and still can replicate.

She says seeing the smile on a child’s face whose life has been saved from secondary trauma and re-victimisation, is what wakes her up each day.

Omar considers growing up in a densely populated part of Johannesburg with extended family as a privilege in a community where neighbors could help and depend on each other. It is here that was nurtured through the values of kindness, sharing and caring, guiding her throughout her journey.

Having served as the Teddy Bear Clinic director for many years, Dr Shaheda Omar has dedicated her life to addressing gender based violence and child abuse and continuously tackles government, holding those in power accountable as she soldiers on to fight the injustices perpetrated against children and their families.
Omar has earned the respect of government, civil society and communities who have seen the incredible effects of her interventions in alleviating the scourge of broken homes and broken societies.
In this episode of the #987Woman Leadership Conversations Podcast Series, Omar takes us back to her young days living in a community where it was evident that inter-generational trauma existed, but through communal love and nurture, people were able to rise above the pain they had been subjected and that love could and still can replicate.
She says seeing the smile on a child&rsquo;s face whose life has been saved from secondary trauma and re-victimisation, is what wakes her up each day.
Omar considers growing up in a densely populated part of Johannesburg with extended family as a privilege in a community where neighbors could help and depend on each other. It is here that was nurtured through the values of kindness, sharing and caring, guiding her throughout her journey.

2020 and its share of abnormality has forced all of us to rethink life, from what we knew it to be, into new imagined ways of being, of doing business, of creating, of connecting people and ideas, of expression, in its totality. As such, the much anticipated and impactful #987Woman property is no exception – it too has found itself with the challenge of how it reimagines itself in the Women’s Month memorialisation and commemoration content space.

In response to this, #987Woman seeks to expand itself as a property and observe the entire month of August to women’s leadership conversations. In a much more focused and intimate format, 20 of South Africa’s finest women, to reflect on their personal anecdotal and epiphanic moments of becoming through a one-hour long podcast of candid conversations with their various guests.

2020 and its share of abnormality has forced all of us to rethink life, from what we knew it to be, into new imagined ways of being, of doing business, of creating, of connecting people and ideas, of expression, in its totality. As such, the much anticipated and impactful #987Woman property is no exception &ndash; it too has found itself with the challenge of how it reimagines itself in the Women&rsquo;s Month memorialisation and commemoration content space.
In response to this, #987Woman seeks to expand itself as a property and observe the entire month of August to women&rsquo;s leadership conversations. In a much more focused and intimate format, 20 of South Africa&rsquo;s finest women, to reflect on their personal anecdotal and epiphanic moments of becoming through a one-hour long podcast of candid conversations with their various guests.