It is often said that women in business face a different playing field than their male counterparts. What are the challenges that they face and how do we level the playing field? According to Madam Fadilah, the Chairman of DEWI@SMCCI (the Women’s Wing of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce), some of the solutions include changing the expectations on women and having men take a more active role in household/child-rearing activities.

Aside from empowering women to be entrepreneurs, Madam Fadilah is also one herself after having made a drastic change in her career. Switching from a stable career to entrepreneurship is not a path that many would choose to take but our guest is one of the few who did. After 27 years in her successful writing career, she decided to set up Bizmedia Publishing and also became owner of SpaJelita, the only Arabian spa in Singapore. Utilizing the knowledge gained from her experience as a journalist and business editor as well as the advice received from the numerous successful business owners, she is now successfully running her own businesses.

In this episode, Umar Munshi, Co-Founder and Group Managing Director of Ethis Global interviews Madam Fadilah A. Majid who is currently the Managing Director of SpaJelita Pte Ltd. In addition, she is also the Vice-President of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce (SMCCI), the Chairman of DEWI@SMCCI (the Women’s Wing of the SMCCI), and the Director of Business Development for Bizmedia Publishing. Madam Fadilah also leads SMCCI’s Wellness Cluster. The interview will touch on the challenges that women in business face, how the playing field can be evened out, how COVID-19 has affected the wellness/beauty industry, the change in the way that people work and lastly, her advice to business owners.

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