International womens day
Empowering Diversity and Inclusion: The Inspiring Journey of Ainul Md Razib (@AinLovesCode)
Longform
March 11, 2024
Empowering Diversity and Inclusion: The Inspiring Journey of Ainul Md Razib (@AinLovesCode)
Discover the empowering journey of Ain (@AinLovesCode) and her advocacy for diversity and inclusivity in the tech industry.
Empowering Women: Kay & Elena’s Journey at The Immigration People
Longform
March 8, 2024
Empowering Women: Kay & Elena’s Journey at The Immigration People
In honour of International Women's Day, read all about Kay Cheong and Elena Kwa's journey's balancing motherhood and their own business!
Empowered Women Empower Women: 5 Questions with Grace Park, Christina Teo, and Tjin Lee on International Women’s Day 2019
Life
March 8, 2019
Empowered Women Empower Women: 5 Questions with Grace Park, Christina Teo, and Tjin Lee on International Women’s Day 2019
Today, on 8 March, we commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) – a global event that celebrates the successes of women, particularly in challenging traditional gender expectations and norm. The event also symbolises an impetus of gender parity, which is a core theme that works in tandem with this year’s IWD core theme: Balance for Better. We sat down with three women leaders: Co-Founder and President of DocDoc, Grace Park; Chief Builder of she1K, Christina Teo; and Founder of Mercury Marketing & Communications, Tjin Lee. We discussed how these leaders have embodied this year’s theme to tear down all gender expectations…
IN FLUX: A Sentimental View of Gender Gaps Through Ceramic, Steel & Personal Memorabilia
Arts
April 8, 2018
IN FLUX: A Sentimental View of Gender Gaps Through Ceramic, Steel & Personal Memorabilia
Personal and endearing, IN FLUX is an artistic endeavour by New York-based Singaporean artist, Dr Wee Hong Ling. A parallel to her constant position of flux, the collection echoes her experiences of uncertainty as she navigates the physical, metaphysical, and humanistic worlds. The project is done in commemoration of International Women’s Day – where Dr Wee expresses her sentiments of the immense gender gap in the field of ceramic production. Less than 10% of the world’s collected works are from women, and Dr Wee saw this as an opportunity to challenge the stereotype. “Perhaps because I am a product of an…
#MakeWhatsNext: DigiGirlz 2018, Empowering Girls To Pursue Careers In STEM
Tech
February 28, 2018
#MakeWhatsNext: DigiGirlz 2018, Empowering Girls To Pursue Careers In STEM
The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report finds that gender parity is still over 200 years away, and while we know that gender parity won’t happen overnight – the good news is that across the world, women are making positive gains day by day. In view of this, Microsoft has partnered with Grab, Johnson & Johnson, LinkedIn, and Shell to launch this year’s DigiGirlz 2018 – and aptly so on March 8, which is International Women’s Day. Given women’s current low participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), and for women not to be left out of…