 LOK Yim Pheng |
Lok Yim Pheng was born in 1956. She is currently Secretary General of EI's affiliate in Malaysia, the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP). NUTP comprises 12 branches and represents 130,000 teaching personnel in Malaysia.
After obtaining her Diploma in Education, Yim Pheng commenced her teaching career in 1978. In 1990 she became a Senior Assistant and in 2000 the Headmistress of her school. In 2004, she is seconded to the Public Services Department of Malaysia as an Officer.
Yim Pheng's active involvement in teacher union activities resulted in her election as Committee member, then Assistant Secretary of NUTP's Federal Territory Branch, where she still holds the position of Honorary Secretary.
Yim Pheng firmly believes in the empowerment of women workers and in gender equality. She is currently Co-ordinator of the Women’s Network in EI's Asia-Pacific Region, and was Treasurer of the National Council of Women’s Organizations of Malaysia (NCWO).
Her dedication to unionism, however, is not limited to the teaching sector: She is also Deputy Secretary of the National Joint Council for Support Group Workers and the Executive Council of Malaysia Trades Union Congress (MTUC), as well as Deputy Secretary General of Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS).
Yim Pheng was elected member of the EI Executive Board at EI’s 4th World Congress held in July 2004 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
