Month: November 2019

National Steering Council on Domestic Violence #1

Date: 28 November 2019 Attended by Purani Mogan I attended “Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Menangani Keganasan Rumah Tangga” in KPWKM. This committee is comprised of 16 government agency and 4 NGOs and AWAM will be one of the permanent member of the committee together with WCC, NCWO and WAO. MOH, PDRM, JKM, Jabatan Pembangunan Wanita and WAO […]

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Working with Vulnerable Groups

Date: 14 November 2019 Today, AWAM took a little trip down to PPR Lembah Subang 2 to establish contact with communities on the ground. We aim to work with vulnerable groups in tackling domestic violence and rape. While domestic violence and rape can happen to anyone, the poor and underprivileged usually lack knowledge, resources and […]

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Tasha Prabha

Tasha is an energetic feminist who is currently reading psychology at Taylor University. Tasha is driven by her strong passion to mark the world in her own unique style. Hailing from a family driven by girl-power, working in an all-women fitness studio was a natural choice when she became a Jazzercise coach. This and society-backed […]

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Betty Yeoh

Betty Yeoh is one of the founding members of All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) in 1988. A past Vice-President of AWAM, she has remained as a member to this day. Betty is a key trainer/facilitator for AWAM, her main focus being on combating sexual harassment, especially at the workplace for corporate sectors, institutions of higher […]

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Lochna Menon

Lochna understands that every person is on a personal quest towards making a meaningful existence. A strong believer that strength and power comes in many forms, Lochna is a passionate advocate for women’s human rights (WHR) and feminism. The lure in human rights and feminism, she says, lies in the idea of transformation. “Everyone has […]

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Rabiatul (Ruby) Yusoff

Rabiatul Adawiyah Yusoff or Ruby, as she prefers to be called, has been involved in the women’s rights movement in Malaysia since her university years. Born and bred in a middle-class family in the northern state of Kelantan, she has been working as an educator in a private institution in Kuala Lumpur.  A law graduate, she is […]

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Christabel Mary Divya

Christabel Mary Divya, or Belle as she likes to called, is a strong advocate on women’s human rights (WHR) and feminism in Malaysia. Currently, Belle is completing her final year as a psychology student at the Herriot-Watt University. Formerly an intern-turned-member of AWAM, Belle has already been part of two trainings pertaining to gender-based violence […]

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Gender Briefing for MPs

Date: 13 November 2019 The Ministry of Women (KPWKM) had organized a briefing for Senators and Members of Parliament (MPs) at the Parliament Building – at the behest of Women’s NGOs. AWAM thanks Deputy Minister YB Hannah Yeoh for taking the feedback and acting on it. The 1-hour session was conducted by Ministry Expert, Dr. […]

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When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive

Acknowledgements: This post is a reproduction of the original article posted on the Harvard Business Review on February 11, 2019, titled ‘Research: When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive’. The link to the original article can be found here: https://hbr.org/2019/02/research-when-gender-diversity-makes-firms-more-productive   The business world has long debated the effect of gender diversity on business outcomes. […]

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Dr Subatra Jayaraj

Dr Subatra Jayaraj is a medical doctor with experience in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in the Ministry of Health Malaysia. She has a Masters in International Development Studies, with her research focusing on Barriers to Maternal and Child Healthcare Access in migrant populations. She currently runs a primary care women’s clinic focusing on Sexual & Reproductive Health in Petaling […]

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