Helping women excel professionally and personally through talks by inspiring women leaders and breast cancer awareness activities
- GE holds Annual Women's Network Summit with the theme 'Passion, Innovation and Empowerment' for its female employees
- Annual GE's Women's Network Summit includes talks by Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir and Professor Jamiyah Hassan, Obstetrician and Gynecologist from University Malaya
- GE hosts activities around breast cancer awareness for female employees
- GE Healthcare is committed to raising awareness and supporting women specific healthcare concerns such as breast cancer and has done so through various healthymagination initiatives
KUALA LUMPUR, October 14, 2011 -- (NYSE: GE) -- General Electric ("GE") held the first part of its annual GE's Women's Network Summit ("The Summit") today at the Westin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur as part of its commitment to supporting the empowerment of women in Malaysia. Day two of the summit will take place tomorrow, 15 October, and will see activities organized in association with the Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia ("BCWA") to raise awareness for breast cancer in conjunction with "Pink October".
Aptly themed 'Passion, Innovation and Empowerment', the Summit, which seeks to empower women both in their careers and with respect to their health, was officiated by Wan Hasmah Wan Mohd, Director General, Department of Women Development, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. GE also invited esteemed guests to speak at the Summit, including Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir and Professor Jamiyah Hassan, Obstetrician and Gynecologist from University Malaya.
"The Malaysian Government has already taken great steps towards empowering women here in Malaysia and the recent budget announcement reaffirms that. GE's Women's Network is committed to doing the same and through events such as GE's Women's Network Summit and programmes such as myConnections, we seek to help women in GE advance their careers and contribute to the success of our business and service to the community," says Sugunah Verumandy, Human Resource Director and GE's Women's Network Hub Leader, Malaysia.
Held annually, the Summit which is organized by GE's Women's Network, brings together female employees from GE's operations throughout Malaysia for a program of educational forums, capability building workshops and networking activities to discuss the issues and challenges faced by today's modern woman and to inspire them in the areas of leadership and innovation. This year, GE has collaborated with BCWA to drive its efforts in fighting breast cancer through raising awareness and ensuring public education. On Saturday, 15 October, approximately 80 GE employees will don pink tee shirts and participate in the "Healthymagination Walk" from Westin Hotel to Lot 10, along Jalan Bukit Bintang. The walk aims to promote breast cancer awareness and will see GE employees distributing educational brochures on breast cancer prevention and screenings to members of the public.
GE is committed to raising awareness and fostering hope in the fight against breast cancer and recently announced a US$100m global innovation challenge that seeks to identify and bring to market ideas that advance breast cancer diagnostics. These diagnostics will help healthcare professionals better understand cancer tumors at the molecular level, allowing for more accurate diagnoses. Through the combination of GE's integrated cancer technologies and the convening of new partners and data sources, GE hopes to discover a new formula for tackling cancer.
"Through GE's healthymagination initiative, GE is committed to developing innovative, consumer-driven healthcare solutions. In Malaysia, we work closely with hospitals across the country, equipping them with GE's Full Field Digital Mammography Systems. With the recent launch of our global open innovation Challenge, GE hopes to play a role in accelerating cancer innovation, focusing on enabling earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments while continuing to increase awareness to the community," says Jitinder Magoon, Country Manager, GE Healthcare Malaysia.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) is an advanced technology, services and finance company taking on the world's toughest challenges. Dedicated to innovation in energy, health, transportation and infrastructure, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leader, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees are committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit www.gehealthcare.com.
About GE's healthymagination Initiative
Launched in May 2009, GE's healthymagination initiative is focused on four critical needs: low-cost technology; healthcare IT; innovation accessible to all; and consumer-driven healthcare. GE has committed that by 2015 it will:
- Invest $3 billion in research and development to launch at least 100 innovations that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost.
- Provide $2 billion in financing and $1 billion in technology to bring healthcare information technology to rural and underserved areas.
- Reduce the cost of procedures that use GE technologies and services by 15 percent and develop products tailored to underserved regions of the world.
- Reach 100 million more people every year with services and technologies essential for health.
More information at www.healthymagination.com.
For more information, contact:
Zatalini Zulkiply
Communications Manager
GE Corporate
+603 2267 1892
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Khor Jiak Woen
ASEAN Marketing Leader
GE Healthcare
+ 603 22671885
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