Category — Diversity & Inclusion

Shireen Muhiudeen began her presentation by providing a completely fresh perspective on the value of having women in the Board Room. She ran a newsclip from a CNN Business feature which revealed the findings of a recent US study of Fortune 500 companies. According to the report, companies with at least 20 percent female representation on their boards, performed significantly better than others, in spite of the global financial downturn. [Read more →]

Kuala Lumpur, August 18, 2009

At the Women’s Summit this year, participants were given plenty of tips, advice and motivation to turn breaks into breakthroughs, in line with the theme Can Women Turn Adversity Into Opportunity? More than 1,000 women and men from the public and private sectors who attended the day-long Summit held at the Sime Darby Convention Centre walked away with much more than the inspirational talks and useful learning labs that have become the hallmark of the annual event. [Read more →]

By Meera Murugesan, The New Straits Times, August 6 2009

MEERA MURUGESAN learns that addressing the problem of insufficient women board members in public-listed companies results in far more advantages than just equalisation of the gender issue. [Read more →]

New Sunday Times, August 9 2009

Bobbi Dangerfield, the managing director of Dell Global Business Centre, is passionate about promoting diversity in the work arena, writes INTAN MAIZURA AHMAD KAMAL

SHE’S someone who has navigated through the male environment and countered varying degrees of adversity with much aplomb. So really, Bobbi Dangerfield, the managing director of Dell Global Business Centre, is the right person to be on the panel of the forthcoming Women’s Summit to be held on Aug 18 at the Sime Darby Convention Centre. [Read more →]

An Article by Rhea Duttagupta, a Speaker at the 2008 Women’s Summit

” Diversity is about valuing differences it is not about policy; a strong mix of ages, genders and cultures can be made a powerhouse for unlocking and driving innovation to deliver sustainable economic growth; it can also lead to a more balanced approach to managing the business. It is building a deep understanding of the benefits and truly embracing diversity throughout organisations.”

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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.

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A panel discussion with CEO Solutions

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?’ [Read more →]

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 positions include 11 elected heads of state or government, 23 foreign ministers and 12 defence ministers. [Read more →]

Internal accountability systems are crucial to ensuring a company’s diversity. Inclusion policy must be taken to heart, not just left languishing in the mission statement, says Josefine van Zanten, culture and diversity director, EMEA, Hewlett Packard. [Read more →]