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Women composers have made an indelible mark on Malaysian contemporary music. Local composers Jessica Cho, Adeline Wong, Jyotsna Prakash and Isabella Pek, paints every nuance and mood imaginable in their musical pieces for their latest album, Interweaves. On this CD, they are shown in all their colourful diversity, from modern art music to ethnic fusion and film, from Western and Indian classical t...

Founded by Elisabetta Ravioli, BALO is a Children's educational charity in Kolkata, India. It provides free education, medical care and nutritious food to the children in need with the objective that these children move beyond their desperate slum conditions to a more secure future. Alongside that, Elisabetta realized that women’s role was still that of doing household chores and bearing chi...

How much do you pay attention to your health? According to the HPV Information Centre, cervical cancer ranks as the 2nd leading cause of female cancer in Malaysia. We dive in with Prof. Dr. Woo Yin Ling, a gynaecologist, clinical doctor and scientist on women’s health and what it’s like for a woman to work in medicine. She was also nominated the Malaysian Women’s Weekly’s G...

Based on statistics by the Economic Census, only 19.7 percent of SMEs are owned by women - that’s about one in five women and even so, many tend to be micro-enterprises with limited capital. Be that as it may, the number of women entrepreneurs in Malaysia has evidently increased over the past decade due to the support and guidance provided by the government, private sector and non-government...

Deborah Magid represents IBM’s $25 billion dollar software business in the company’s 12-year old Venture Capital Group. Her expertise spans several industries. As a director of strategy in IBM Software Group, she brings insight from the venture community to the development of IBM’s growth strategies. On a global latitude, she is also the Chairman of the Board of SVForum, the Sili...

With a strong consumer marketing background, Sime Darby’s Head of Brand, Clare Kenny Tipton is a key part of the team driving the consumer-centricity agenda of Malaysia’s biggest listed conglomerate and is a champion of their digital transformation and brand building in this space.  She has worked for some of the world’s top marketing companies including The Coca-Cola Compan...

From stem cell research to being a chef, what caused her to make that move? Have cooking shows and celebrity chefs made the job more glamorous than it really is? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A veteran in the industry, Lilian will be sharing how the architectural scene has evolved and are more women choosing architecture as a viable career choice.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inmagine Group, co-founded by Stephanie Khor, is a leading global creative ecosystem powered by design, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship. Stephanie has led, strategized and drove global sales, marketing, operations, partnerships and establishments across Asia, Europe and US.  Spearheading the expansion into multiple countries, the Inmagine Group is one of the very few technology...

At what was once a male-dominated industry, the world of technology today sees an emergence of influential women entering tech by storm. Girls in Tech is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, intelligent and influential women in technology. How does Girls in Tech empower and encourage women to emerge in the tech world? Nadira Yusoff, the M...

Kelly Tan is one of Malaysia’s most prolific sporting figures and is the only Malaysian with membership to the LPGA Tour, the richest and most competitive ladies golf tour in the world. Hailing from Batu Pahat, Johor, Kelly began playing golf at the age of 12, and by the time she was 20 years old, she won the Malaysian Open three times. As an amateur, she represented Malaysia in major golf e...

‘Data Scientist’ has been termed as the sexiest job of 21st century. It is no surprise today that data scientist (or related roles such as data manager, statistician, data analyst, etc.) is one of the most sought career paths. The advancement of data science careers is a great thing for women, who are generally underrepresented in tech industries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

A young company based out of Penang has taken the world by storm with a simple but effective idea of developing professionally designed templates for various industries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recognizing Malaysian women’s potential for entrepreneurial success, the National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia (NAWEM) is organizing their newest event called Sharx Tank - an event focused on women with a business plan or startup idea to catalyze their businesses. Chairperson of NAWEM, Fadzilah Ahmad Din, sits down with us to give us a glimpse of the upcoming Sharx Tank eve...

Startup Weekend is an international program that provides action-based entrepreneurial education primarily through 54-hour immersive events where participants pitch ideas, form teams, and launch companies. Startup Weekend is part of Techstars, Inc., a global ecosystem that helps and supports entrepreneurs build great businesses wherever they choose to live. In line with that, Startup Weekend KL wi...

Davi has an impressive range of compositing experience and works with us as a compositing tutor. Davi was Senior Compositor on ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ and ‘Australia’. She also composited the Davy Jones character for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s...

Munas is extremely known for her business acumen, project management and business creativity skills. The key outstanding factor about Munas is her ability to juggle raising her 2 daughters single-handedly without a maid or family members in Malaysia and running several businesses and travelling globally to speak. She is commonly seen with her children travelling everywhere with her and attending h...

The 1st female British High Commissioner to Malaysia shares how doing business in the UK will evolve post-Brexit and projects on women empowerment and youth engagement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The perfume industry took over the world in the last century and we see many innovations and recently, scientists are trying to create a scent that’s out of this world; the scent of a comet.  Jo Malone London is a brand that was born in 1992 but has took on the world with scents personal to each user.   How do you build a global brand and yet keep it personalised at the same time?...

Formerly from the banking and insurance industry, Datin Zahidah is planning to define flagship corporate responsibility practices for KB Group. She is also the key Relationship Director, positioning the capabilities and potential of KB Group to further both social development and business objectives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Impacting Agenda 2030, Transforming Our Society & World.  One of the main aims of the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals is to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women.  Given that approximately half of the world population and our human capital comprise of women, their contribution to the Global GDP is stands at a mere 37%.  Hypothetically, if women & men be...

WOMEN OF WILL, was registered as a Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organisation with the Registrar of Societies Malaysia in May 2009.  The primary objective of WOMEN OF WILL is to transform the lives of disadvantaged women and their communities through micro credit financing combined with an Entrepreneurial Development Program. Disadvantaged women are classified as Single Mothers, Widows, Abando...

A journey that began with the Kechara Soup Kitchen and the principles of perseverance, acceptance and humility, Dato’ Ruby Khong discusses her achievements and future plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Cambridge postgraduate, Dr Elizabeth Lee is a veteran in the field of private higher education education provision.  She also serves on National Higher Education Research (IPPTN) and the International Academic Advisory Council (IAAC) of Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia.  She sits on the Board of Management of the Masters Builders Association of Malaysia Education Fund and a;s...

Malaysia is ranked 46th in its Female Entrepreneurship Index (FEI) out of 77 countries, higher than China and India. This could possibly indicate that the country is better at pursuing dynamic ways of promoting female entrepreneurship compared to those markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.