Compulsive Sterotyping and its Effects on our Dreams: Puja Kapai at TEDxHKUST

Puja Kapai began her career at the Hong Kong Bar in 2002 as one of the few South-Asian women barristers and later went on to join academia as a Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong. She has taught various courses over the years including Law and Society, Contracts, the Hong Kong Legal System and Multiculturalism and the Law. Puja has led several research projects focusing on the rights of minorities and human rights in conflict. She has recently worked on projects on the interaction between law, religion and culture from the perspectives of women's rights, children's rights and access to justice in the context of domestic violence and the right to education. More broadly, she has also worked on theories of citizenship, political inclusion and deliberative democracy. At TEDxHKUST, Puja will provide a thought-provoking perspective on the need to reassess the influence of compulsive stereotyping on the development of our self-concept as to who we are, what we can become and the dreams we are allowed to pursue. She will share her personal journey through the inherent challenges and opportunities that intercept our dreams and sense of being in the form of culture, gender and identity and the importance of revisiting the question of what really stands between us and the pursuit of our passions in life! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)