MWGF 2021
Speakers, Panellists & Moderators

YB Tuan Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar

Minister of Health, Malaysia

Karima El Korri

United Nations Resident Coordinator for Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Darussalam

Dr. Asa Torkelsson

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Malaysia Representative

YB Puan Nurul Izzah Anwar

Member of Parliament, Permatang Pauh

YB Puan Fuziah Salleh

Member of Parliament, Kuantan & Member of Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for Women, Children & Social Development Issues

Ong Bee Leng

Chief Executive Officer, Penang Women's Development Corporation (PWDC)

Dato' Dr. Narimah Awin

Former Chairperson of National Population & Family Health Development Malaysia (LPPKN), Former Director, Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia & Former Regional Advisor, Maternal and Reproductive Health, World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Dr. Senutha Poopale Ratthinan

Deputy Undersecretary, Policy & Strategic Planning Division,  Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) 

Tehmina Kaoosji

MWGF Head of Secretariat, Independent Broadcast Journalist & Gender Activist

Sumitra Visvanathan

Executive Director, Women's Aid Organisation (WAO)

Nisha Sabanayagam

Executive Director, All Women's Action Society (AWAM)

Zarizana Abdul Aziz

Human Rights Lawyer & Co-founder Due Diligence Project (DDP)

Dr. Fatimah Al-Attas

Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Islamic International University Malaysia (IIUM)

Siti Aishah Hassan Hasri

Founder, Spot Community Programme

Nadira Ilana

Independent Filmmaker, Film Programmer and Writer

Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam

Student Activist

Karen Lai

Programme Director, Women's Centre for Change (WCC)

Dr. Lai Suat Yan

Senior Lecturer, Gender Studies Program, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya

Dr. Melissa Yoong

Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics & Discourse Analysis, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Firzana Redzuan

Founder , Monsters Among Us (MAU)

Kimberley Tan

Committee Member of Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS)

Hadi Azmi

Independent Journalist

Zooey Teo - Host & Emcee

TV Host