On 22 June 2018, Mr. Mohamad Razdan Jamil, chargé d'affaires received a courtesy call from Mme. Thanh-Huong Nguyen, Communication and Women’s Forum Singapore Coordinator at the Embassy of Malaysia in Paris.
The engagement with her was centred on the background information of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society based in Paris (WFESP), upcoming inaugural Women’s Forum Singapore on 12-14 September 2018, and the interest of the WFESP to establish linkages with Malaysia.
At the outset, Thanh introduced WFESP as the world’s leading platform featuring women’s voices on major social and economic issues. Women’s Forum Meetings convene leaders and influencers, women and men, to engage in wide-ranging, incisive debate on vital issues. She highlighted the recent Women’s Forum in Toronto, Canada, 10-11 May 2018 that featured a keynote speech from Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, spouse of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The aforementioned Forum was considered a success as the “G7 manifesto reflected what was discussed in Toronto”, said Thanh.
After providing a briefing on the September Forum, Thanh expressed the desire of the WFESP to expand their partnership to Malaysian entities. Currently the WFESP is actively collaborating with American Express, BNP Paribas, Google, L’Oréal, Microsoft, Publicis Groupe, SANOFI, EDB, Temasek Foundation, FTI consulting, Lenovo, CNBC, Linkedin, and The New York Times.
