Do more for women, groups tell Putrajaya


Angie Tan

The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall women’s wing says free workplace skills training courses, work opportunities and flexible working hours would encourage more women to return to work. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 20, 2023.

WOMEN’S organisations lauded the announcement by Putrajaya that it will amend the Employment Insurance System Act 2017 to provide childcare financial assistance for women returning to the workplace, but want the government to do much more.

The announcement by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry was to encourage more women to return to work and increase the percentage of women in the workforce to 59% by 2025.


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