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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE IN TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN LEDERSHIP ROLES IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 September 2012. WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE IN TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS. Presentation by Group IV.

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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE IN TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS

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  1. HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FORWOMEN LEDERSHIP ROLES IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 September 2012 WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE INTECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS Presentation by Group IV

  2. Background of Team Members National & International Government Ministries & Agencies Construction & Engineering - Minconsult, Malaysia - UEM Group Bhd, Malaysia - PLUS, Malaysia - OPUS Healthcare - KJP Healthcare Bhd Nuclear Energy Sector - Pakistan Atomic Energy Commssion - National Nuclear Energy Agency of ,& WIN Indonesia - Nuclear Malaysia Electric Utility- TNB Telecommunications (ICT) - Maxis - Madcat World Sdn BHd

  3. Contents • Background of Team Members • Introduction of Value-Chain • UKRC Guidelines as Reference • Proposed Structure to serve as effective Platform • National Gameplan for Women

  4. ISSUES MidManagement Entry Level Leadership Position Graduates Proposed Solutions

  5. UKRC Guide on Encouraging Womenin Leadership • 1. Improve Workplace Culture • 2. Manage Talent • 3. Introduce Effective Mentoring • 4. Provide Networking Opportunities • 5. Highlight Female Role Models • 6. Train Women in Leadership Skills • 7. Encourage Women onto Public Boards

  6. ISSUES - Family commiitments etcposes Challenges MidManagement Entry Level Leadership Position Graduates • Career progression • National &Organizational Policy Mandate • Family friendly or • Work Life Balance Policy • 4) Work style/workculture • 5) Mentoring Programe • 6) Create Leadership • Academy/Associatio • 7) Gender and Development(GAD) • 8) Millenium DevelopmentGoals Recoomenations Policy, strategies to increase female students Taking science & | engineering Courses • Create Workplace culture \ • -Create creche • -Introduce flexi hours- • )-Offer leadership& managementcourses to women • - Introduce exit & re-entryprogramme Proposed Solutions

  7. NATIONAL WOMEN LEADERSHIP STI Academy DATABASE WOMEN IN in STI Innovative Family Friendly Policies: Flexi work practices embedded in HR policies Conducive work cultures- meetings within work hours Leadership Skills: Coping and being executive savvy Technology Management R&D Management Structured Mentoring Networking opps Role Models

  8. 1. To Improve Workplace Culture toinclude family friendly policies • Introduce flexi working time time & embed into Organization’s HR Policies . • Job Role sharing • Conducive work practices /style eg DISCOURAGE meetings after working hours/week-ends • Introduce day care/creche (on site if possible , for certain size, small companies get tax incentives for crech allowance) - Set up a committee to review & propose & implement the above

  9. 2. MANAGE TALENT Need for data and statistics on women in STI:- Identify relevant organization that collect and publish data and statistics on women”s participation & consolidate these into a comprehensive guide/publication collating as annual report for input to policy makers - Identify one organization to collate these into a one-stop women information statistics Refer to Europen’s Experience ( see Figure below )-

  10. 5. Introduce Role Models of Women in STI • Use media to profile women icon in STI & their - highlight achievments, & their success stories, - share the challenges their face • Engage mass media companies eg English & local TVprogrammes & newspapers • 2) Invite Women leaders in STI (presently working and those retired )to give lectures at schools, univesities & public

  11. NATIONAL GAMEPLAN Women Economic Transformation Programme • POLICIES • STRATEGIES • PLANS Biotechnology Economic Transformation Programme ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME (ETP)

  12. NEXT STEPS N • Ownership – Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) • Stakeholders– Government, Industry, Academia & NGO, International Partners • Sustainability- Business Model

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