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.
Check and balance
August 14, 2009 By
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.
Upping The Numbers
August 14, 2009 By
By Wong Li Za, The Star, August 13, 2009 Women need to increase their participation in both government and private sectors. WOMEN hold up half the sky, or so goes a famous Chinese saying but in reality, the facts tell a different story. The rate of women participation in the workforce in 2008 was 46%… [Continue Reading]
Project to allow women flexi working hours
July 25, 2009 By
Your 10 questions to Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood
July 19, 2009 By
Star Business, 18 July 2009 It is hard to come by someone like Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood. The president and founder of Malaysian Medical Relieve Society (Mercy Malaysia) gave up the pursuit of wealth to serve full-time as a volunteer, helping those in need irrespective of their race, religion or culture. Last year, she… [Continue Reading]