Michelle Obama and Julia Roberts to visit Vietnam and Malaysia to empower young women

The star of hit movie Pretty Woman and the former first lady will take part in a summit convened by the Obama Foundation to promote education in the Asia-Pacific

Obama has previously recruited the likes of David Beckham, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman for the Girls Opportunity Alliance

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Former US first lady Michelle Obama and former president Barack Obama. Photo: AP

Published: 12:01pm, 4 Dec 2019Updated: 3:45pm, 5 Dec 2019

Michelle Obama, the former first lady of the US, will be joined later this month in Kuala Lumpur by Hollywood star Julia Roberts for a summit designed to empower young women and promote education in Asia-Pacific.

The pair will travel to Vietnam on December 9 before the Obama Foundation’s Leaders: Asia-Pacific conference in Malaysia, which runs for five days. Obama and Roberts will appear on December 12 before former US president Barack Obama’s appearance on December 13. The Obamas will then carry on to Singapore.

Michelle Obama has previously joined forces with the likes of David Beckham, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman and John Legend to promote the Girls Opportunity Alliance, which is part of the Obamas’ foundation.

“In Malaysia, Mrs Obama and Ms Roberts will share reflections about their trip to Vietnam, as well as lessons from their own leadership journeys and their path-breaking careers,” the foundation’s website said.

The foundation’s programme will feature 200 leaders from 33 countries for a range of talks and workshops.

Dissa Ahdanisa is one of the 18 Indonesians invited to the summit. She founded Fingertalk, a social programme that works with the deaf community and people with other disabilities.