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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.
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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.
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… [Continue Reading]