South Korea edged China to win a 10th straight women's archery team event gold medal on Sunday which equalled the longest active win streak for a nation in an event at the summer Olympics.
The work is clear, as is the target and what we want to achieve. As long as you achieve that, it doesn't matter where you're working from, says Dr Jemilah.
Then, when Dr Jemilah became director of Humanitarian Response in the United Nations, her boss introduced her to the room and “everyone was shocked”, she reveals.“I wasn’t their conventional idea of a leader: male and white/caucasian.Dr Jemilah delivering aid to tsunami survivors at Mercy Camp in Lhok Nga, Aceh. Photo: Filepic
“The funniest part was when I was waiting at the front of the camp, and this brigadier came out and asked when I had arrived from Kuala Lumpur. “Women tend to be more humble and not talk about their achievements as much, while men have no issues listing their accomplishments,” she says. “He also said: ‘Don’t try to be popular. If you want to be popular, then sell ice cream. You’re here to do a job and you’re here to do it well’.”Dr Jemilah and Aceh operations head, architect Norazam Abu Samah at the site of the new pharmacy academy that Mercy Malaysia helped set up. Photo: Filepic
“When the curfew broke, my mother would go to the market – where she knew everyone – to get supplies. Dr Jemilah – who worked in Switzerland for four and a half years – reveals that in Scandinavian countries, couples are entitled to one year of shared maternity-paternity leave. “An important quality for a leader is empathy – the ability to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
And, it’s alright for men to earn less or hold a lower position than their wife because it’s a shared responsibility to bring up the family, adds the executive director at Sunway University’s Sunway Centre for Planetary HealthAccording to Dr Jemilah, mentorship is vital in order to have a good succession plan in any organisation.
“I was teaching at the university, and made a promise to myself that I would not leave until I saw three women become specialists who could take over my role,” she shares.
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