ASPIRING THE WOMEN OF TOMORROW

Women in Rail Malaysia is an independent not-for-profit organisation, established to promote equality and diversity in the Malaysian rail industry.

Via its various initiatives, Women in Rail Malaysia provides networking opportunities to its members and it also promotes existing or creates new opportunities for women to gain access to rail industry’s relevant education and employment.

Women in Rail Malaysia began as a dream in 2017. Realising that Malaysia needed good talent to support the many upcoming rail initiatives, including the massive KL – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, Natasha decided to dive in and become actively involved to actually DO something about it.

Having a law degree from the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK, meant Natasha ended up working in Malaysia’s public transport and rail industry, quite by accident. Jobs at SPAD, and Prasarana made Natasha realise how proud she was to be working in an industry which would not only take Malaysia to the next level in terms of industry development, but it also made her realise how she had a duty to give back to the industry, which had provided so many professional career opportunities to her as well.

For anyone who knows her will attest, Natasha is the epitome of determination and if she really wants something, then she will work really hard to realise her wild, crazy dreams.

Once she had decided she wanted to set up Women in Rail Malaysia, Natasha reached out to Women in Rail in the UK to see if they would support the setting up of a Women in Rail Malaysia entity. She then talked to her teenage daughter to see if Laura would consider taking more science- based subjects in school, because it was girls like Laura that would be the future for the Malaysian rail industry. Then Natasha talked to CEOs in the domestic rail space, as well as female colleagues working alongside her in the industry to gauge their interest and level of support for the setting up of Women in Rail Malaysia.