Solidify women-centric initiatives in Budget 2022, women’s groups tell Putrajaya
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — Putrajaya should deliver on its pledge for women to occupy one in three boardroom seats, gender advocacy groups said in response to the Budget 2022 target of at least one female director in all companies.
“Currently, women’s political representation is still lagging behind and this has a significant impact on laws and policies affecting women, children and families on the ground,” she toldIn 2011, then-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that Putrajaya would implement a 30 per cent quota for women in corporate boardrooms but this was never made into law.
Among others, it said there was no increased investment to improve the country’s childcare infrastructure despite the lack of this being a major impediment for women’s work.
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