Category — 2007 Highlights & Coverage

The enthusiasm generated by the Women’s Summit 2007 organised by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development was a clear indication of Malaysian’s interest in the critical issues of work-life balance. Over 2,000 women and men crowded into the Sime Darby Convention Centre to hear from the illustrious panel speakers and to weigh in on what needs to be done to change the work landscape in order to be more sensitive to the roles both men and women have as both employees and parents. 

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2007 SUMMIT ROUNDTABLE REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS

PREAMBLE
In an effort to be more responsive to the issues affecting women in the workplace and to plan for this year’s Women’s Summit, the Ministry initiated several discussions with women beginning with a brainstorming session held in March 2007. [Read more →]

Leslie Bennetts is an acclaimed journalist, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and author of a controversial new book, “The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving up too Much?” In it, Leslie highlights the many pitfalls that potentially face women that sacrifice employment and career to become full-time mothers. This has sparked a heated by timely discussion on the consequences of choices women make in order to balance home and work.

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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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August 2 2007 KUALA LUMPUR: Kaum wanita di negara ini wajar diberi kelonggaran dalam pekerjaan bagi membolehkan mereka turut menumpukan perhatian kepada keluarga masing-masing, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. [Read more →]

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan salam sejahtera.

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By PATSY KAM, The Star, August 7 2007

Women should work and earn a living rather than heap unnecessary financial burdens upon themselves

AFTER a 24-hour flight from New York, the last thing you’d want to do is give a breakfast interview. But reporter, mother-of-two and author of the book The Feminine Mistake, Leslie Bennetts, kindly obliged and so the stage was set for conversation over coffee. [Read more →]

Are Women Giving Up Too Much?

Recently I had lunch with a professional woman who has a successful career and two small children. The minute we sat down, she said, “I just can’t take the stress any more. It’s too hard trying to juggle everything. I’m going to ask my boss if I can work part-time instead of full-time.”

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By CHAI MEI LING, WONG YING SIM and ANIZA ZAINUDIN, NST, 5 August 2007

Even as working mothers worldwide mull over the decision of whether to hang up their powersuits and don the apron, they are asked to consider a different perspective. CHAI MEI LING, WONG YING SIM and ANIZA ZAINUDIN at the Women’s Summit, find out more about the options and challenges women face when juggling the work-life balance. [Read more →]

The Star, August 3 2007 By IZATUN SHARI

KUALA LUMPUR: Take a break to give birth and raise your baby. And when the child’s big enough, come back to work. This is an option that new mothers may soon have in a flexi scheme that is being studied by the Public Services Department(PSD). 

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