Panel 1 Speakers
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 […]

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.
However, with exciting […]

8:30am     Registration and Welcome coffee
9:30am     Welcome Address: Y Bhg Datuk Faizah Mohd Tahir, Secretary General, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
9:40am     Keynote Address
Putting Women at the Heart of DevelopmentYB Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Malaysia
10:10am   MERDEKA MOMENTS - A COMPELLING CONVERSATION ON MALAYSIAN WOMEN• Ar. Nafisah Radin, Principal of […]

COMMUNICATING WITH CONFIDENCE
 Facilitated by Jonathan Kohn, Director of Human Resources, Shell Malaysia, Diversity and Inclusiveness (D&I) is a business philosophy that has been embraced by Shell. The company has made it the imperative of its managers to put it into practice throughout its global operations. Given that Shell operates in more than 140 countries and […]

The 2007 Focus Groups were held in the month preceding the Summit. Four sessions were held. The Focus Groups got off to a lively start with the enthusiastic participation of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners on July 6, and included representatives from the National Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia (NAWEM) and the Women’s SME […]

2007 SUMMIT ROUNDTABLE REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS
CONTENTS
SECTION I
1 Preamble
2 Executive Summary
3 Roundtable Summary
3.1 - Work/Life Balance
3.2 - Flexibility at the Workplace
3.3 - Addressing Childcare Needs
3.4 - Whole Community Involvement
3.5 - Other Issues/Recommendations
3.6 - Moderator’s Comments
SECTION II
4 Recommendations from the corporate sector
5 Recommendations from the public sector
6 Recommendations from entrepreneurs and SMEs
7 Recommendations from NGOs
Section 1
1. […]

 The enthusiasm generated generated by this year’s Women’s Summit 2007 organised by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development was a clear indication of Malaysian women 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 […]

YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia delivering the keynote address
 
Women and girls representing each year of Malaysia’s nationhood and holding signs carryings valued national characteristics and virtues pose with the Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, his wife and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development 

YB […]

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.
Beliau berkata sektor perkhidmatan awam dan swasta perlu mengkaji kemungkinan untuk membenarkan pekerja wanita mereka berhenti sementara bagi menunaikan tanggungjawab kepada keluarga, sebelum […]

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan salam sejahtera.
YB Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat
Y.Bhg Datuk Faizah Mohd Tahir
Ketua Setiausaha
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat
YB Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun
Setiausaha Parlimen
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat
Y.Bhg Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. Hajah Aishah Ghani
Y.Bhg Tan Sri Datin Paduka Seri Hajah Zaleha Binti Ismail
Pengerusi LPPKN
Isteri […]