ABOUT THE WOMEN’S SUMMIT
The Women's Summit was launched by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (then known as the Ministry of Women and Family Development) in 2003 to discuss critical issues affecting women’s role and status in the workplace. Since then, the Summit has been held annually in conjunction with National Women’s Day in August. It is an eagerly anticipated focal point for discussing pertinent issues that impact women and their role in nation building. The objectives of the Women’s Summit are threefold: * To explore contemporary issues and top management concerns facing Malaysian women in business and the workplace * To develop an action agenda to optimise women’s skills and management expertise for national development, and * To provide input for policy … [Read on ...]
THE 2010 SUMMIT
“There’s Nothing Stopping Women”
The Women’s Summit Debate – “There’s Nothing Stopping Women’’ – will provide a platform for speakers and participants to have a deeper discussion about the issues that continue to stand in women’s way.
Datuk Dr Rafiah Salim – The Women’s Summit Debate
Datuk Dr Rafiah Salim who is participating in The Women’s Summit Debate is director of the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) and spearheads the Institute’s programmes that are targeted at promoting and enhancing the advancement of women in Malaysia as well as in other NAM member countries.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Jen Dalitz, SHEO sphinxx
Jen Dalitz created sphinx to offer women a supportive community in which to thrive as they embark on their leadership journey. Its vision is to see women equally represented in leadership roles – in both workplaces and communities.
Minister to address Summit
The Minister of Women, Family and Social Development, Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil will address this year’s summit on Dec 8 & 9.
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-First
Most companies want more gender balance. They are increasingly convinced of its benefits, but they still struggle with how to actually implement it successfully.’’
FEATURED ARTICLES
Closing the gender gap in the tech industry
Over the past two decades women have increasingly taken on leadership positions across all sectors of our society. Even though the statistics indicate that we still have some ground to make up to close the gender gap, women are well on their way to impacting the most influential industries of the future.
Glass ceiling hampering career women, says Heng
THE progress of women in the work place is still being hampered by gender-specific glass ceiling, said Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Senator Heng Seai Kie.
How to Be Productive: Stop Working
Industrial companies put a lot of effort into “asset integrity” — which really just means protecting critical plants and machinery from damage and wear and tear. At companies like BP, it’s clearly more of an aspiration than a reality, but anyone trained in a manufacturing environment learns that asset integrity is a top priority. But what about service industries — companies where the only assets are the brains of the people who work there? Shouldn’t they worry about asset integrity, too?