Equality at Work Convention

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A three-day event on sustainable, measurable and actionable initiatives for better workplaces

25th October - 27th October 2022

Event Details

We spend most of our adult lives at the workplace, which can impact our lives for better or worse. The key to having a healthy and productive workplace is to have equality and mutual respect for all to thrive.

Equality at Work 2022 will introduce a framework and practical strategies to promote equality at work, regardless of location, size of business or industry – from the role of leadership in creating a more inclusive environment, to tools to assess your organisation’s gaps in achieving equality. You will hear how companies in Malaysia are tackling inequality and meet like-minded peers in the diversity space through our open networking session via Zoom Events.

Be a part of the UN Women 2022 Malaysia Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards on Day 3, where we will recognise Malaysia-based companies who have implemented practical initiatives in creating more gender-inclusive workplaces. The WEPs Awards is organised by WeEmpowerAsia, a UN Women program funded by the European Union, and supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. To learn more about WEPs click here, and to know about the WEPs Awards click here.

Ticket Price

RM250

For just RM250, you will get access to all sessions and workshops during the convention!

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Date and Time

25th October - 27th October 2022

This convention will be a 3-day event centered around diversity, equity and inclusion as a business imperative and practical ways that businesses can turn strategies into sustainable actions.

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Venue

Virtual

The event will be online via Zoom Events

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Event Details

Why Attend?

Identify barriers to equality, such as unconscious bias and harassment

Learn practical strategies to build a more inclusive and equal workplace

Learn from companies who are implementing inclusive policies in the workplace

Event Programme

Day 1 (25th October 2022)

Day 2 (26th October 2022)

Day 3 (27th October 2022)

Day 1 (25th October 2022)

Day 2 (26th October 2022)

Day 3 (27th October 2022)

Speakers

Anne was a corporate leader from the technology industry for more than 20 years before she founded LeadWomen. She is recognised as a thought leader in diversity and inclusion, both locally and regionally and is the co-founder of the Malaysian Chapter of the 30% Club, a global business campaign lobbying for increased women representation on the boards.

Anne Abraham

Founder and Chairperson, LeadWomen

Dr. Tsee Leng Choy is a trained neuroscientist and a former academic with more than 10 years of research and teaching experience. She was part of a neuroscientist team featured in a Canadian documentary on brain injury, has co-authored a book on emotions and spoken at keynotes, plenaries, workshops and seminars in Canada and Malaysia

Dr. Choy Tsee Leng

Director of Research and Content, LeadWomen

Liza's work is focused on creating inclusive and safe workplaces for all in the working industry. She is now part of the UN Women WEPs Activator project team and have facilitated several awareness sessions.

Liza Liew

Manager of Client Services, LeadWomen

Katja leads UN Women’s commitment under the women’s economic empowerment and migration focus in Asia and the Pacific. She currently oversees the ‘WeEmpowerAsia’ programme. A key component of the programme is to mobilise private sector companies to become more gender- responsive by committing to and implementing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).

Katja Freiwald

Regional Programme Manager, WeEmpowerAsia, UN Women

Suhela has an extensive experience in management of large-scale transformational programmes on women’s economic empowerment. She aims to integrate feminist principles and strategies in programmes to enable women to recognize and challenge discrimination and gender based violence; as a pre-requisite to advance their economic rights.

Suhela Khan

Country Programme Manager (India), Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women

Dr. Feroza Sanjana is a consultant at the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, focusing on women’s economic empowerment and responsible business conduct. She currently supports monitoring and evaluation for the WE RISE Together programme for advancing gender- responsive procurement in the Mekong sub-region. .

Dr. Feroza Sanjana

International Consultant, UN Women

Saraswathi was actively part of the MEF-ILO Project on Safe and Fair Project where she had prepared 2 Company Templates for the SAFE ILO Project in 2021-2022 ( i. Investigative Guideline for Handling Sexual Harassment at the Workplace and ii. The Company Policy Template on Preventing Sexual Harassment at the Workplace). She was also wrote the chapter on Pregnancy Discrimination in MEF’s book entitled Managing Discrimination at the Workplace.

Saraswathi Ravindran

Senior Consultant Industrial Relations, Malaysian Employers Federation

Ms. Suriya is a lawyer by training and has been involved in the Migrant Resource Centre in the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, which is the National Labour Centre in Malaysia, for almost 3 years. She was involved in and/or assisted more than 40000 migrant workers, train over 500 workers on labor rights, trade unionism, sexual harassments, force labor, financial literacy and more .

Suriyanandhini Doraisamy

National Coordinator of Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) which is a combination of the TRIANGLE and SAFE & FAIR Project from the International Labour Organization (ILO)