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The forces that guide our vision and mission

YB Lim Siew Khim

EXCO for Social Development, Welfare and Non-Islamic Religious Affairs, Chairperson of PWDC

YB Heng Lee Lee

YB Tuan Goh Choon Aik

YB Puan Connie Tan Hooi Peng

YB Phee Syn Tze

Dato’ Seri Selvakumar Shanmugam Chetty

Prof Dato’ Dr. Noraida Endut

Dato' Rohana Abdul Ghani

Dato’ Aida Yusof Rawa

Datin Bharati Suppiah

Puan Nurhidayah Che Ros

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Strategising for a Better Penang

PWDC Sdn Bhd is a company registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia under the Company Act of 1965 and was incorporated on 3 November 2011 at Seberang Jaya, Penang. PWDC has been advocating for gender equality, one bold initiative at a time. We empower people of all ages in Penang to embrace equality, regardless of race, religion, gender, or socioeconomic status.

Vision

PWDC envisions a Penang that upholds in practice the principles of substantive equality among women and men, good governance, and social justice.

Mission

PWDC seeks to mainstream gender into key policies, programmes, and practices of the public sector and to transform the necessary structures and culture through advocacy, capacity development, and strategic partnerships with different sectors of the society.

Objectives

Objectives

  • To support the capacities of state and local governments to integrate gender perspectives into policies, programmes, and practices.
  • To strengthen women’s leadership and political participation.
  • To enhance women’s participation in economic life.

Key Focus Areas

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Institutionalisation

PWDC drives transformative change by integrating gender equality into governance through innovative policies, fostering a more inclusive, safe, and representative society.

Gender Inclusiveness (GI) Policy

  • Implementation of GI policy throughout all state departments and state agencies in Penang to ensure gender equality.
  • Implementation of GI policy in all other state-level policies, SOPs, KPIs, planning, projects, and programmes.

Safe Family Policy

  • A policy to combat domestic violence.
  • Access to First Support Points within a radius of 2km for domestic violence victims.
  • Penang Stop Violence mobile app.

Top-Up Women-Only Additional Seats (TWOAS)

  • White paper on TWOAS is ready and has been distributed.
  • A step forward to increase women’s representation in Penang State Assembly.
  • PWDC is committed to ensuring 30% women representation in the State Assembly.
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Platform Development

PWDC creates platforms for women to lead and drive impactful change, particularly in economic and political development, empowering them to shape a more equitable and prosperous future.

Pushing Forward the People’s Agenda

PWDC builds platforms to push forward the people’s agenda and to strengthen democracy on the grassroots level:
  • The methodology of Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting (GRPB) – The Penang Model is used as a gender lens to ensure inclusive participation of the community during the budgeting process.
  • To increase women's participation in the economy, political, and social sectors via the initiatives of the Penang State Government.
  • Platforms such as Wanita Jana Rezeki and PenMentor Programme to encourage women to become entrepreneurs and to contribute to the economy sector.
  • To provide an amplifying foothold for women’s voices, experiences, and knowledge as a representative via the Women’s Assembly programme (Sidang Wanita).

Platform Development

PWDC creates platforms for women to lead and drive impactful change, particularly in economic and political development, empowering them to shape a more equitable and prosperous future.

Pushing Forward the People’s Agenda

PWDC builds platforms to push forward the people’s agenda and to strengthen democracy on the grassroots level:
  • The methodology of Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting (GRPB) – The Penang Model is used as a gender lens to ensure inclusive participation of the community during the budgeting process.
  • To increase women's participation in the economy, political, and social sectors via the initiatives of the Penang State Government.
  • Platforms such as Wanita Jana Rezeki and PenMentor Programme to encourage women to become entrepreneurs and to contribute to the economy sector.
  • To provide an amplifying foothold for women’s voices, experiences, and knowledge as a representative via the Women’s Assembly programme (Sidang Wanita).
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Mindset Shift

PWDC fosters mindset shifts to challenge and break gender stereotypes by raising awareness through impactful campaigns, building strong networks and collaborations with key stakeholders and strategic partners, and implementing holistic programs that address diverse needs through an intersectional lens.

Bridging the Gender Gap

We nurture mindset shifts in breaking gender stereotypes by creating awareness through campaigns, building partnerships, and implementing inclusive programmes that address different needs.

Mindset Shift

PWDC fosters mindset shifts to challenge and break gender stereotypes by raising awareness through impactful campaigns, building strong networks and collaborations with key stakeholders and strategic partners, and implementing holistic programs that address diverse needs through an intersectional lens.

Bridging the Gender Gap

We nurture mindset shifts in breaking gender stereotypes by creating awareness through campaigns, building partnerships, and implementing inclusive programmes that address different needs.
Edit Content

Institutionalisation

PWDC drives transformative change by integrating gender equality into governance through innovative policies, fostering a more inclusive, safe, and representative society.

Gender Inclusiveness (GI) Policy

  • Implementation of GI policy throughout all state departments and state agencies in Penang to ensure gender equality.
  • Implementation of GI policy in all other state-level policies, SOPs, KPIs, planning, projects, and programmes.

Safe Family Policy

  • A policy to combat domestic violence.
  • Access to First Support Points within a radius of 2km for domestic violence victims.
  • Penang Stop Violence mobile app.

Top-Up Women-Only Additional Seats (TWOAS)

  • White paper on TWOAS is ready and has been distributed.
  • A step forward to increase women’s representation in Penang State Assembly.
  • PWDC is committed to ensuring 30% women representation in the State Assembly.
Edit Content

Platform Development

PWDC creates platforms for women to lead and drive impactful change, particularly in economic and political development, empowering them to shape a more equitable and prosperous future.

Pushing Forward the People’s Agenda

PWDC builds platforms to push forward the people’s agenda and to strengthen democracy on the grassroots level:
  • The methodology of Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting (GRPB) – The Penang Model is used as a gender lens to ensure inclusive participation of the community during the budgeting process.
  • To increase women's participation in the economy, political, and social sectors via the initiatives of the Penang State Government.
  • Platforms such as Wanita Jana Rezeki and PenMentor Programme to encourage women to become entrepreneurs and to contribute to the economy sector.
  • To provide an amplifying foothold for women’s voices, experiences, and knowledge as a representative via the Women’s Assembly programme (Sidang Wanita).
Edit Content

Mindset Shift

PWDC fosters mindset shifts to challenge and break gender stereotypes by raising awareness through impactful campaigns, building strong networks and collaborations with key stakeholders and strategic partners, and implementing holistic programs that address diverse needs through an intersectional lens.

Bridging the Gender Gap

We nurture mindset shifts in breaking gender stereotypes by creating awareness through campaigns, building partnerships, and implementing inclusive programmes that address different needs.
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