The full Press Release as shown below can be downloaded here. The nomination form can be downloaded here.
The search is on to recognize and honour Women Leadership in our country through the WIM Tan Sri Dato Napsiah Omar (TSDNO) Women Leaders Award. This Award is one of the several initiatives to be undertaken by the Tan Sri Dato Napsiah Omar Chair for Women’s Leadership, setup by WIM and aptly named after the founder, with the mission to upskill and uplift the status of women through dialogue, collaborative efforts, research, forums, conferences, training and educational programmes with the theme, “Empower Women to Lead”.
WIM as an organization that has worked towards empowering women on many platforms, has initiated this Award under the TSDNO Chair for Women’s Leadership to appreciate women who have deservedly achieved recognition in a position of leadership in her field of work and expertise, and have broken the glass ceiling. They in turn would have mentored and empowered other women, been involved in community work and helping the less fortunate. These women leaders would also have demonstrated transformative qualities like clarity of vision, innovativeness and strategic planning and clearly have broken the stereotypes of women, eg. working in unusual fields and possibly recognized regionally and internationally as well.
The Chairperson of the TSDNO Chair for Women’s Leadership, Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam said, “What sets this award apart is the focus on the award winner’s achieved recognition as an inspirational and exemplary woman leader in her field. We hope that these Women Leaders would in turn inspire other women in every field to reach for the sky and be exemplary women leaders. We look forward to receiving many nominations of the many deserving women leaders in our country who have demonstrated strong values and contributed to the betterment of others in entrepreneurship, management, business or social work.”
Members of the public are invited to submit nominees for the different categories of the Award namely:
- Entrepreneurship/Business
- Education
- Corporate Management
- Social & Community Service
- Public Service
- Technology
There will be a panel of 6 eminent judges to select a winner from each of the 6 categories and the Overall Outstanding Woman Leader.
We are deeply honoured Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan, Tuanku Zara Salim, D.K., D.K.S.A., D.K.A. has graciously accepted our invitation to be the Royal Guest of Honour to present the Awards to the Overall Outstanding Women Leader and the winners of the 6 categories at the Award Ceremony at a grand dinner to be held on 16th May 2022 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
Nomination forms are available (download here) from Women’s Institute of Management, Wisma WIM, 1st Floor (Admin Office), 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail.
The closing date for nomination is 20th April 2022.
Issued by
Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam
Chairperson, WIM Tan Sri Dato Napsiah Omar Chair for Women’s Leadership/
Member of WIM Board of Trustees.