Women’s leadership scholarships extended until 2030

THE ministry will continue its collaboration with Asian Women’s Leadership University College (AWLUC) to fund three Yayasan Sarawak scholarship recipients every year until 2030.

Minister for Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said three Yayasan Sarawak scholarship recipients are pursuing a Master of Arts in Leadership Development at AWLUC and are expected to complete their studies in May 2027.

She said the scholarship forms part of the ministry’s long-term leadership development efforts.

“The ministry, through the Women and Family Department Sarawak (JWKS), remains committed to empowering women through leadership development and state socioeconomic development,” she said in her ministerial winding-up speech on Tuesday (Oct 20).

Under the Women Leadership Programme, two workshops were held in Bintulu and Sibu involving 60 women leaders from non-governmental organisations and community leaders, in which another session will be held in Miri from October 23 to 25.

Meanwhile the Leadership Bootcamp for Youth in Miri and Kuching involved 60 higher learning students.

Through collaboration with the Women Leadership Foundation, the Sarawak Women of Tomorrow (SWoT) programme has benefited 160 women leaders from 58 organisations from 2022 to this year.

The SHE-TECH Asia Forum 2026 was held alongside the International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (IDECS) 2026 on October 5 and 6 under the theme ‘From Participation to Power’.

Some 297 participants, comprising women entrepreneurs, NGOs and civil servants, were recorded for the 2025 and 2026 forums.

Up to this month, the GENDERate Change@Workplace programme was held in Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri involving 183 state and federal civil servants, of whom 136 said their knowledge of gender sensitivity had improved.