Dear Sir/ Madam,
We are pleased to announce that in conjunction with the World Population Day 2020 celebration themed Putting the Brakes on Covid-19: How to Safeguard the Health and Rights of Women and Girls Now, National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), Population Studies Unit (PSU), University of Malaya and The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Malaysia collaborated to host a webinar "The Social, Health And Economic Impacts Of Covid-19 In Malaysia". The details are as follows:
Date : 27 July 2020 (Monday)
Time : 10.00 am – 12.15 pm
Platform : Zoom
Introduction/Moderator
Mr. Hairil Fadzly Bin Md. Akir
Deputy Director General (Policy)
National Population and Family Development Board
Welcoming Remarks
Mr. Abdul Shukur Abdullah
Director General of National Population and Family Development Board
Panelist
1. HOW ARE WE ADAPTING THE NEW NORMAL AND WALKING THE TALK?
Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal
Epidemiologist, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya
2. WEATHERING THE ECONOMIC STORM
Dr. Shankaran Nambiar
Head of Research
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
3. IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON FAMILY PLANNING AND ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Madam Marcela Suazo
UNFPA Malaysia Representative
4. GROWING UP AS GENERATION COVID
Professor Datuk Dr. Zulkifli Ismail
NPFDB Board of Directors
Discussion among Panelists and Q&A
Closing
Associate Prof. Dr. Tey Nai Peng
Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya
We would like to invite you to participate in the Zoom Platform Webinar by registering your interest using the link or the QR Code below:
https://forms.gle/
We appreciate it very much if you could disseminate the webinar information to your colleagues, students, collaborators, and individuals who may be interested to participate. You will receive a confirmation and reminder e-mail containing information about joining the webinar. Attached the aide memoire of the webinar.
**Note: This webinar is limited to 300 participants. Please register in advance to reserve your slot which is based on a first come first serve basis.
***Kindly also note that this platform only accepts Gmail registered users to join the discussion.
We look forward to receiving your RSVP and thank you for your kind attention.
Best regards,
Lai Siow Li
Population Studies Unit (PSU)
Faculty of Economics and Administration
University of Malaya
Website: https://psu.um.edu.my/