Source: The Communication Initiative Summary Formed in 1998 with the name Mothers for Mothers, Malaysia’s eHomemakers network is an effort to address the information and communication needs of women homemakers. Initiated by a voluntary group of mothers from multi-ethnic communities, this network engages in active advocacy, outreach, and grassroots research on the use of information…
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Source: i4donline Homemakers are a vulnerable group in the digital divide as they have little or no access to ICT. As is elsewhere in the world, homemakers in Malaysia are being left out of the rapidly progressing era of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The Mothers for Mothers network, formed in 1998, started as a…
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Source: Our World Chong Sheau Ching, a graduate of the School for International Training’s Program in Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management (PIM 33), has in recent years become a well-known Malaysian newspaper columnist, author, and champion of opportunities for working mothers and homemakers. A native of Malaysia, Ching attended college in Canada before studying at…
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Source: International Development Research Centre website Project Leader: Chong Sheau Ching Institution: Corpcom Services Sdn. Bhd. (E-Homemakers) Region: South-East Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia) Start Date: 12/2004 Project Details WSIS Action Lines WSIS Action Lines: 3, 4, 6, 8 “As I write this email, I am cooking fish curry, ensuring that my Down Syndrome brother…
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Source: Article by Rozana Sani from New Straits Times Computimes EMPLOYMENT opportunities are hard to come by these days, especially when the job seekers are women who have growing children and other responsibilities at home, senior citizens who still feel they can contribute to the economy, or the physically disabled. Well, good news is on…
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Source: New Straits Times, 13 September 2004 Gone are the days when women spend their days slaving over the stove or hunched behind the sewing machine – although many still feel a woman’s place is at home doing housework.
Source: New Straits Times Computimes WORKING from home as an alternative to employment in the traditional office has become a hot topic of discussion with the Government’s recent decision to formally introduce the concept. Enabled by solutions in information and communications technology (ICT), the home office is certainly welcome as it can encourage women, senior…
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Source: Olivia Lee from The Star News Press Clippings On Teleworking from The Star PETALING JAYA: Quitting her job as a systems engineer to start up her own business was a risky step for Dayang Lily Abang Muas, but she did it for the love of her children. Three years on, the 33-year-old mother of…
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Source: Azura Abas from New Straits Times The home will be Malaysia’s next workplace, when the Government develops the “Home Office” concept. The move is likely to unlock the huge reservoir of housewives, senior citizens and the disabled, who will soon be able to venture into business from home. The Cabinet agreed to the concept…
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