Jamila Rizvi
Jamila Rizvi is deputy managing director at Future Women, which provides workplace gender-equality expertise and advice.
Opinion
Sunday Life
You only get so many summers with your kids. This is a way to make the most of them
Since becoming a parent, I’ve been determined that my son’s memories would be marked by stories.
- by Jamila Rizvi
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Opinion
Sunday Life
Could this be the simple fix to our growing disconnection from friends and family?
It’s one that offers simple, wholesome entertainment that can be consumed in mixed company while deepening real-world relationships.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
‘Cup of tea?’: The 4am offer that meant so much as a new mum
On this Father’s Day, Jamila Rizvi raises a cuppa to her devoted dad.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
A letter to my sister before the arrival of her first baby
Motherhood is overwhelming in its abundance – an abundance of love so powerful it can break down doors and an abundance of fear that any number of things could go wrong.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
It’s easy to take a sense of community for granted, but this is why we all need it
If you want to reap the rewards of the village, it requires effort in return.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
Everybody forgets things, but not the way I do
“While I have become adept at covering my cognitive impairment, memory loss is still a bewildering mix of frustration, uncertainty and vulnerability.”
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Gender equality
Had I ever expected to go viral, it would not have been because of toilets
In a plea for equity in public toilets I used the phrase “people who menstruate”. Previously we might have said “women”, but how we communicate with each other changes for good reasons.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
I used to roll my eyes at besotted dog-owners, now I’m one of them
Unlike human members of the family, my dog is always wildly thrilled to see me.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
What happens to your marriage when your husband becomes your carer
The impact of disability and illness has the potential to turn any relationship – romantic or otherwise – completely inside out and upside down.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
Seven is the age when kids are at their best – or is it?
“My son is sufficiently grown up to be independent in the basics, while at the same time sufficiently naïve to still think I am cool.”
- by Jamila Rizvi
Opinion
Sunday Life
My love affair with fashion shifted when the size of my body changed
For a shamefully long time, I was blissfully unaware of the fat-phobia and discrimination perpetrated by the labels I loved.
- by Jamila Rizvi
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