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

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

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

Graduates Entry Level Mid Management Leadership Position ISSUES Proposed Solutions

UKRC Guide on Encouraging Women in 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

Graduates Entry Level Mid Management Leadership Position ISSUES Proposed Solutions - Family commiitments etc poses Challenges Policy, strategies to increase female students Taking science & | engineering Courses 1)Create Workplace culture \ -Create creche -Introduce flexi hours- )-Offer leadership & management courses to women - Introduce exit & re-entry programme 1)Career progression 2) National &Organizational Policy Mandate 3)Family friendly or Work Life Balance Policy 4) Work style/work culture 5) Mentoring Programe 6) Create Leadership Academy/Associatio 7) Gender and Development (GAD) 8) Millenium Development Goals Recoomenations

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

1. To Improve Workplace Culture to include 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

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 ) -

5. Introduce Role Models of Women in STI 1.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 TV programmes & newspapers 2) Invite Women leaders in STI (presently working and those retired ) to give lectures at schools, univesities & public

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

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