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The Women’s Institute of Management (264164-k), which was incorporated on 14.5.1993, is a Non Profit NGO with tax exempt status and was launched by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Y.A.B. Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim on 12.12.1994. WIM does not receive any annual government grant. All members of the WIM Boards and Advisory Panel, and Committees are volunteers and do not receive any remuneration or allowance. Up till 30.6.2026 WIM had delivered 798 courses/events, benefitting 38,232 participants, a majority of which are free training courses in Small Businesses for disadvantaged women’s groups such as Single Parent Women, Rural Women, Orang Asli (Aboriginal) Women and Women in the Prisons and Rumah Seri Puteri, Malaysian Indian Women in the Rubber and Oil Palm Plantations and Malaysian Chinese Women in the J.E. virus-affected areas. In 2026, WIM plans to introduce training in Artificial Intelligence for women entrepreneurs. WIM owns a 6-storey Building Complex, Wisma WIM, which is free of encumbrances. A Time Capsule has been placed at the Atrium, to be opened on 22.2.2051. WIM is proud to be the only Women’s NGO cited in the Women in Development chapter of the 7th Malaysia Plan. Wisma WIM features a glass ceiling and an impressive Gallery of Malaysian traditional costume from all the States of Malaysia.
In year 2000, WIM College was the second organisation to conduct a British MBA Degree Programme. The first organisation was the Malaysian Institute of Management. At that time, no local university in Malaysia was conducting a foreign MBA degree programme. WIM College sadly conducted its final cohort of MBA students in 2026 owing to a new ruling by the Ministry of Higher Education that henceforth only universities may conduct a foreign MBA degree programme.
“WIM’s Chairman, Dato Dr. Nellie Tan-Wong has been invited to speak at a Women’s Leadership Conference organised by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, as Keynote Address Speaker at a Women’s Leadership Seminar organised by the Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK at the invitation of Dame Sandra Dawson and as Speaker at a Conference organised by the Asia Development Bank at Vancouver, Canada. For the first time, WIM organised an International Conference at Bangkok on 6-8.11.2018, co-hosted with the Nation-Building Institute and the Institute of Future Studies for Development, Thailand.In-house groups of WIM include the WIM Advisory Panel, the WIM Membership Committee, the WIM Board of Governors (Education), the INSPIRE Editorial Board, the WIM Millennials Committee, the WIM-UEL MBA Alumni and the WIM Mental Health Committee. WIM organised a very successful Hari Wanita Forum on Women’s Leadership on 25.8.2020, at which WIM launched the Tan Sri Dato Napsiah Omar Chair for Women’s Leadership. The WIM Millennials Committee successfully organised a 2-day Summit on 24-25.10.2023 to celebrate WIM’s 30th Anniversary. The Keynote Address focussed on the National Economic Policy (NEP) followed by a second Millennials Summit held on 24.9.2024 with the theme: “Millennials as Partners in Development.” The WIM Millennials Committee’s third successful event was a WIM Chief Executives Luncheon Talk held on 11.4.2026. Other 30th Anniversary events are the Young Women Leaders Forum. A WIM Special Health Forum was held on 25.11.2023 at Wisma WIM with talks on “Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Obesity and Mental Health” by various specialist doctors. Two WIM Mental Health Forums were held on 12.10.2024 with the theme: “Prioritising Mental Healthcare for Overall Wellbeing and Awareness is the Key.” and on 11.10.2025 with the theme “Time to Prioritise Mental Wellness – Turn Awareness into Action.”
WIM is an HRDC Approved Training Provider for the Corporate Sector. WIM has also been awarded projects from the United Nations Population Fund in respect of organising UNFPA workshops and leadership programmes related to women’s health issues, entrepreneurship, empowerment of women in domestic violence and women afflicted with HIV AIDs. WIM also signed an MOU with OSK Foundation to conduct Small Business Training Programmes for marginalised women in all states of Malaysia. WIM was the first Malaysian women’s organisation to appear on the Internet, by sponsorship of Telekom Malaysia Bhd. Today, WIM’s website attracts as many as 156,420 “unique visitors” per month from 176 countries. WIM has won several awards such as from the Institute of Public Relations, Malaysia, the Malaysia Power Brand, the European Union-Malaysia Chamber of Trade and Commerce Sustainability Award, the Brand Laureate Brand Icon Leadership Award and National Outstanding Educator Award (College category) by Koperasi Pendidikan Swasta Malaysia Berhad. The Women’s Ministry has recognised WIM as a Juara Wanita (Women’s Champion).
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