Ms. Bennett’s book is a well-researched and thoughtful account of the potential pitfalls opting-out of the career track can have. I believe part of her motivation for writing the book stems from the heightened press that highly educated young mothers choosing to stay home have received of late. I do not think she is “out […]

When I read through the reviews of this book before reading the actual book, it became clear to me that those women who worked or were inclined to work rated it highly while those who stayed at home or were inclined to stay at home rated it poorly. Why are we on two sides of […]

As an highly educated 30-year-old woman with a decent career and a child due in June, I am actively seeking differing opinions and viewpoints regarding the work/family debate. This book has been invaluable to me.
I think most of us are familiar with the arguments in favor of staying home with the kids. If not, you […]

A panel discussion with CEO Solutions
Mohd Ashraf Iqbal
David Fuller
Datuk Peter Wentworth
Dr Hamidah Marican
Tony Heneberry acted as the moderator for this session. The first question he fielded was: ‘Why should there be more women in businesses?’, ‘ Why should there be more women board members?’
Peter Wentworth: We need more women in order to capture the full benefit […]

Are women ready for leadership? This is the wrong question for our time. This year we are celebrating two historic victories, with the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman president, in Liberia and Michele Bachelet as the first woman President of a new, democratic Chile
They are not alone. Women in high-level political leadership […]

The Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Bismillahrahmanirrahim. Assalamulaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan salam sejahtera.
Syukur Alhamdulillah kerana dengan izinNya dapat kita sekali lagi berkumpul pada tahun ini bagi menjayakan Sidang Kemuncak Wanita tahun 2006. Bagi pihak Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluraga dan Masyarakat, saya ingin mengalu-alukan kehadiran puan-puan dan tuan-tuan sekalian.
Sidang Kemuncak Wanita – Tujuan
Sidang Kemuncak Wanita […]

by MAGGIE JACKSON | BALANCING ACTS
Signs in some London subway stations remind travelers to “mind the gap” — i.e. step with care over the space between the train and the platform.
In the work world, of course, a gap in your resume isn’t so easy to cross. But the advice from the “Underground” can serve leave-takers […]

by Leslie Morgan Steiner
The good news about returning to work after staying home to raise children.From Stay-at-Home-Mom to Career Woman After the mommy track and the off-ramp, there’s a bracing reality: the empty nest and bank account. If you’ve been out of the work world for a while, read this — but don’t despair. We […]

Welcome message by Datuk Faizah Mohd Tahir
Secretary General, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development 
In Malaysia, there are more girls than boys at institutes of higher learning. Yet, top positions in the corporate world, in government, NGOs, and in academia are still predominantly occupied by men. Somewhere along the line, women are choosing not to […]

Are women ready for key positions?
Definitely. We have the knowledge and the ability. But we lack the exposure and the experience.
Choices
We need to support the choices women make in their efforts to be fully contributing members of our nation. They should be enabled/empowered to choose working and mothering as against working or mothering.
Chances
Today, we have […]