Malaysia wants 50% of policymakers to be women
By GovInsider
Women already hold over a third of senior roles.
Malaysia is aiming for at least half of senior policymakers to be women, announced Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim.
Already over a third of policymakers in Malaysia are women, she added.
“As of December 2015, our record shows 35.11% of policymakers in the public sector are women," she said.
Two of Malaysia’s most senior technology roles are held by women: Dr. Suhazimah Dzazali, Government Chief Information Officer, Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit; and Datuk Yasmin Mahmood, CEO, Multimedia Development Corporation.
Overall, women’s participation in the labor force has increased to 53.9%, Minister Rohani said, but it remains low in the private sector at 15.6%.
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