Datin Mahathir

Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, a women's rights advocate and Director of the Malaysian AIDS Council, delivered the keynote address at the 7th Education International (EI) Asia-Pacific Regional Conference held 18-20 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She highlighted that teacher training and professional development, and the use of gender-sensitive teaching materials to combat stereotypes and promote gender equality, are topics to be addressed during break-out sessions at the EI second World Women’s Conference on 7-9 April 2014 in Dublin, Ireland.