BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  Good Things  >  A 40-Year Journey in Women’s Rights Activism and The Women That Inspired Her

A 40-Year Journey in Women’s Rights Activism and The Women That Inspired Her

Ho Yock Lin, Founding Member, All Women’s Action Society (AWAM)

08-Mar-24 15:00

A 40-Year Journey in Women’s Rights Activism and The Women That Inspired Her

Ho Yock Lin is one of the founding members of the All Women’s Action Society also known as AWAM, back in 1985. For over 40 years, she’s dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights and pushing for legal reforms surrounding domestic violence, sexual harassment and more. In light of International Women’s Day 2024 today, Yock Lin joins us on the show to share her journey


Image credit: All Women’s Action Society

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Law/Activismeducation

Tags:  the bigger picturegood thingsIWD2024iwdinternational women’s daywomen’s rightsgender equalitysexual harassmentdomestic violencegender-based violenceawam





Play / Pause

Listen now : Enterprise Explores: Professor Dr Ong Kian Ming, Pro Vice Chancellor for External...

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dhanya Nair, Co-lead, BFM News

7:45 AM

Top Story

Prof. Calvin Cheong, Vice Dean and Deputy Dean of Education at Sunway Business School

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade & Agriculture

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr Benjamin Barton, Head of School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham Malaysia

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

9:35 AM

People, Planet, Profit

Kavita Gandhi, Executive Director, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS)

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Tzong Lee and Zare Lee, Co-founders, Trapo

11:00 AM

Marketing Mojo

Mimrah Mahmood, VP and Partner, Enterprise, APAC, Meltwater

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Professor Dr Ong Kian Ming, Pro Vice Chancellor for External Engagement, Taylor's University

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture – Trade Representative of Ukraine

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

By The Book: Malaysian Fiction And What It Says About Us (REPEAT)

3:05 PM

Beyond the Ballot Box

Farmlands & Financial Hubs: How Land Use Shapes Voting Patterns; Aziff Azuddin, Political Researcher, IMAN Research

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Rheumatological Disorders; Dr Rajesh Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Talkback Tuesday

8:00 PM

Bar None