AWES 2025 Vital Platform For Women's Leadership And Economic Growth — Fadhlina
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) – Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has described the ASEAN Women's Economic Summit (AWES) 2025 as a vital platform to foster understanding, build networks, strengthen collaboration and promote leadership among women.
She emphasised the need to create an inclusive ecosystem that empowers women to take on leadership roles at all levels, as an essential step towards driving economic progress.
'There must be sustained proactive measures to enhance the current ecosystem and strengthen the representation of women as leaders in the corporate and professional sectors,' she said in a Facebook post today.
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