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WOMEN:girls - Empowering Women And Girls to Achieve Their Full Potential

Low Ngai Yuen, Head of Kakiseni, Founder of WOMEN:girls

01-Apr-13 15:00

WOMEN:girls - Empowering Women And Girls to Achieve Their Full Potential

 

WOMEN:girls is an initiative conceptualised by Low Ngai Yuen, a well-known director, producer and executive, a remarkable activist for women’s rights, and the 2012 winner of Malaysia’s Women Weekly Great Women of Our Time Award in the Media and Arts category. The WOMEN:girls initiative is a platform to drive accomplished women as inspiration and role model to younger girls in a series of outreach initiatives and a Mentor matching program.


Low Ngai Yuen joins Meera Sivasothy to explain more about the WOMEN:girls project and their plans for the future.

 


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Tags:  women,  girls,  empowerment,  potential,  kakiseni,  ikal mayang,  mentoring,  film


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