New Straits Times, August 23 2008
Women don’t have to adopt male traits to show they are competent and able to lead, says talent management consultant Rhea Duttagupta
 
DROP the manly handshake, wear more colours, and let your hair down instead.
That was what talent consultant Rhea Duttagupta did three years ago when she decided to break out […]

New Straits Times, August 23 2008
By CHAI MEI LING
A multitude of issues concerning women were raised in this year’s Women’s Summit, but ways to achieve work-life balance remained the topic of focus. CHAI MEI LING comes away feeling like the summit was a new year do served with last year’s dishes
FLEXI hours. Job sharing. Working […]

News Straits Times, 22 August 2008
By: Nisha Sabanayagam
PETALING JAYA: Women may soon be able to put in flexible hours instead of the nine-to-five workday.
Less rigid job arrangements would encourage more women into the workforce, thus boosting national productivity and economic growth, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
“Flexi-hours is an approach that […]

News Straits Times, 23 August 2008
By: Nisha Sabanayagam and Evangeline Majawat
KUALA LUMPUR: Women groups yesterday welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s support for flexible hours for female workers.
The non-governmental organisations said flexi-hours would benefit the country in terms of productivity and would also reduce the dependence on foreign maids.
National Council of […]

News Straits Times, 23 August 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Flexible hours have been practised by multinational companies for decades.

The good news is that more local companies have adopted the concept by replacing the traditional nine-to-five working hours with a more flexible, employee-oriented and result-driven work culture. This new work culture is less about the hours an employee […]

By Patsy Kam The Star, August 7 2008
THEY say if the woman of the house is happy, then so is everyone else. The same rules probably apply to the workplace.
This key idea has emerged at the Women’s Summit over the past five years. Speakers from international businesses in Malaysia and around the world have vouched […]

By Karen Arukesamy, The Sun
PETALING JAYA (Aug 5, 2008) : Faced with tough operating conditions brought on by skyrocketing fuel prices, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today unveiled a voluntary flexi employment scheme in a bid to manage cost.
A company statement said employees are given two programmes to choose from — the Voluntary Leave Programme (VLP) and […]

AUG 6 2008 SINGAPORE: A more helpful husband is the biggest wish among one in four working mothers struggling to balance domestic roles with careers, a survey said yesterday. Dads who playa hands-on role n parenting emerged as far more important than obtaining more childcare leave from employers, acoording to the findings of the Working […]

Panel 1 Speakers
Leslie Bennetts is an acclaimed journalist, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and author of a controversial new book, “The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving up too Much?” In it, Leslie highlights the many pitfalls that potentially face women that sacrifice employment and career to become full-time mothers. This has sparked […]

The number of women in formal employment has grown steadily in the past 50 years. Today, women form 36 percent of the workforce and this figure is growing. Malaysian women also continue to push into new frontiers, taking on challenging leadership and management roles, becoming entrepreneurs, and showing their mettle in international postings.
However, with exciting […]