: The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development will focus on three main areas aimed at increasing women’s opportunities to participate in the economy.said the three focuses were first, improvements to policies and laws such as the National Women’s Policy and the full implementation of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022.
“It is common knowledge that the female labour force participation rate is still low at 56.3 per cent compared to men at a rate of 82.9 per cent for the second quarter of 2023 based on the Labour Force Statistics Report issued by the Department of Statistics Malaysia. It also aims to raise awareness to mainstream gender equality in support of the country’s economic development as well as increase synergy in networks to empower women.