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Gender diversity on boards sees slight improvement in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Gender diversity on boards of listed companies shows minor improvement, with women holding 24.82 percent of board positions on the top 100 listed companies as at Aug 31, 2020, up from 23.68 percent in 2018, according to Securities
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Perikatan Nasional needs to learn how to balance things
Yesterday, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced his list of Cabinet members. In a surprise move, Muhyiddin did not appoint a deputy. Instead, he announced that four ‘senior ministers’ will be taking charge of the nation in his absence.
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11 foreign women detained
KUALA LUMPUR: Eleven foreign women, believed to be guest relations officers, were arrested by the police in a raid at a restaurant in the Pandan Indah light industrial area, Tasik Tambahan, last night. The women, comprising 10 Chinese nationals and
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Women judakas target gold medal at SEA Games
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Kei Yi and Siti Nur Aisyah Che Adzmi @ Azmi will make their debut in the judo competition in the 2019 Philippines SEA Games from Nov 30 until Dec 11. Despite being first timers, the duo has
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Saudi Arabia lifts travel restrictions on women, grants them more control
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has allowed adult women to travel without permission and granted them more control over family matters, further eroding a heavily criticized male guardianship system at a time of heightened scrutiny over its human rights record. A series
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The Dalai Lama: Women are the Leaders of the Future
In the July 2019 issue of Lion’s Roar, five people share their meaningful moments with the Dalai Lama. Here, Danielle LaPorte recalls her meeting with His Holiness. When I was about to turn thirty, I was given an opportunity to have a
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Breast cancer highest in Penang due to self awareness
PENANG: Penang recorded the highest number of breast cancer cases in the country at 50 cases per 100,000 women due to higher level of self awareness, said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh. She said this was
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Women in violent relationships have higher risk of mental disorders
TEXAS: Women in violent relationships have an increased risk of suffering from mental disorders, suggests a new study. According to a study published in Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders journal, the unpredictable violence not only causes physical injuries to
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Marathwada’s women go wombless due to career opportunity
MAHARASHTRA: Women folk in Marathwada region opt to undergo hysterectomies to remove their wombs to boost their career opportunity in the sugar cane industry. “You will hardly find women with wombs in these villages. These are villages of womb-less women,”
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