Women With Words Special 1: Speaking and Expressing with Confidence

In conjunction with International Women's Day, this Seek to Speak's podcast special features Women with Words, our safe and supportive speaking club! Here, we hope to celebrate the voices and stories of Malaysian women on their ability and confidence to speak as well as express themselves.  Women with Words is a platform where women and girls can deliver their speeches based on a theme, share their ideas, and obtain feedback. We aim to create a safe and supportive space for women & girls to express themselves. In the process, we also hope to build confident female speakers through speech practice, a supportive community, as well as meaningful group discussions.Join us on the 13th of March 2021 at 3pm to share your thoughts and opinions on the theme, Expression! Simply register here.Get more updates and information on the club on our FB group at 'My Female Speaking Club'.Also check out past speeches shared during our meetings on our YouTube channel here.Special Thanks to Alison, Pratibha, Sasha, Alycia, Amrit, and Kuljit for sending in their snippets. And a big THANK YOU to Maslin who helped review all the snippets and put them together!The transcript for this episode can be found here. Episode timestamps below:Atiq: [00:01:36] On female keynote speakers and leadershipHannah: [00:03:44] Lack of speaking spaces for women to speakAlison: [00:05:16] On speaking outPrat: [00:07:01] On speaking outKirthana: [00:08:35] Confidence and achievementLyn: [00:10:11] How to be more confident when speakingRina: [00:12:14] How to counter negativityHannah: [00:13:42] Making spaces for women to speakAlycia: [00:15:17] On support systemPrat: [00:16:57] Importance of expressing yourselfAlison: [00:18:42] What expression feels likeKuljit: [00:19:57] What expression feels likeAmrit: [00:20:56] How confidence changed meSasha: [00:22:42] Confidence and speakingAlycia: [00:24:22] Confidence is an uphill battleAissa: [00:26:06] ENDAmrit: [00:27:59] AboutAlycia: [00:28:49]  AboutPrat: [00:28:56]  AboutKuljit: [00:29:31]  AboutAlison: [00:30:06] AboutSasha: [00:30:38]  About