Swepa’s forum on women’s equality, achievements March 9

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Association (Swepa) is organising a forum, in conjunction with International Women’s Day, on March 9.

Organising chairperson Michelle De La Harpe-Germani said their objective this year was to raise awareness on women’s equality and celebrate women’s achievements as well as highlight gender parity gains, and more.

She added that the forum will also discuss the challenges faced by women prior to attaining their success.

She also said the forum this year would feature two women speakers and two male speakers.

The speakers would be Datuk Nancy Ho, who is the charter president of Swepa, Stephanie Chok, who is a master trainer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Samuel Tan, who is the executive director at NewLife International and Ben Uzair, who is a radio talk show host and content creator at KK12FM.

The forum will be held on March 9 at the Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, at 1pm. Tickets will be sold at RM60 for Swepa members and RM70 for non-members. There will be a refund of RM40 on the day of the event.

For further inquiries, please call Michelle at 0198232000.