Category — Women in the news

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 →]

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% or about four million women. Neighbouring countries like Singapore and Brunei have higher women participation rates at 60% and 61% respectively. [Read more →]

The Star, Saturday July 25, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: A project offering jobs with flexible working hours for women will begin next week. The partnership between Wanita MCA’s women entrepreneur development centre with a South Korean company will kick-start at 10am at Wisma MCA on Tuesday.

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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 was one of 16 members appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund.

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Governance Matters, The Star, June 27, 2009
By SHIREEN MUHIUDEEN

BRIBERY and corruption are clearly incompatible with good governance and harmful to the creation of value. The cost of corruption is enormous and it undermines the markets’ trust in companies and countries. Corruption is a governance issue and a social issue, and of course, a financial issue.

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The Star Bizweek, Saturday October 4, 2008
By CECILIA KOK

DR Nirmala Menon gets asked very often about how it feels to be the “woman on top” since taking the helm as CEO/president of ING Insurance Bhd about a year ago. And she always replies that it’s a good feeling.

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The Star, Business section, 9 June 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: In times of crisis, women in business emerge well and survive better than men. The growth of women entrepreneurship in the last few decades has been extraordinary and highly successful women business owners these days pride themselves on being in charge of their own destiny, resilient and strive to find creative solutions to challenges.

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Lifefocus, The Star, June 25, 2009
By PATSY KAM

YOU would think that after coming so far and chalking up so many successes, there are no longer any doubts about what women can do. Yet, some things have not changed. In fields that are traditionally dominated by men, women often still have to prove that they are just as skilful as the men, if not better.

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In Sunday People, New Straits Times 

Reading nourishes the mind. It may even help you to get rich. Lawyer, writer and publisher Christina Chia tells RACHAEL PHILIP about her mission to get more Malaysians to read.

IF Napoleon Hill, one of the earliest personal success authors, was still alive he’d surely be proud of Christina Chia. A decade ago she had trouble talking in public. Today, not only is she giving talks but she’s tasted the power of the pen. [Read more →]

Giam Say Khoon, The Sun, 10 July 2009

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9, 2009) : Datuk Armani Mahiruddin has been elected deputy senate president, the first woman to hold the post in the Malaysian parliament’s 50-year history.

Armani Mahiruddin [Read more →]