Women's rights groups laud higher number of women in Cabinet
PETALING JAYA: Women's and seniors' rights advocates have voiced mixed responses to the Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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PETALING JAYA: Women's and seniors' rights advocates have voiced mixed responses to the Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
While Budget 2024 is seen as a largely responsive budget, with targetted initiatives for different groups, activists say it wasn't enough of a gender inclusive budget.
Malaysia introduced a Gender Budgeting pilot programme some 20 years ago but what has become of it is not widely known to the public.
The Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice programme’s second cohort progresses successfully.
PETALING JAYA: The government’s reiterated commitment to establish the Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal, and efforts to raise awareness about the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill, have been well received by women’s rights groups.