Category — Lead up to the Summit

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 →]

This year a series of Pre-Summit Focus Group meetings were held at the Women’s Summit Secretariat from 24 - 26 June. Each of the three sessions was attended by 10 - 12 women representing organisations that are affiliated with the National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO).

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