- Sharifah Czarena, 1st female captain for any SE Asian airline
- Intan Kassim, head of the Council on Social Welfare, a NGO that set up a free legal clinic and and provides micro financing to women
- Siti Kamaluddin, director of Brunei’s first feature film, Yasmine
- Khairunnisa Ashari, Brunei’s youngest parliamentarian at 29
- Worth noting that Brunei’s 2 biggest universities are run by female vice-chancellors.
- 80% of AG Chambers is staffed by female lawyers
1) FGM is not prevalent, although some Muslim parents (not all) carry out a ritual where a minor prick is made to the clitoral hood of a newborn girl. It is not the same as what is practiced in some parts of Africa.