PETALING JAYA: Being young, single and female is not all that great after all. Those aged 35 and below, and still unmarried, have experienced the wors.
Still long way from 30% women in key posts quota SunPix
PETALING JAYA: It has been more than six decades since Malaysia achieved independence, and over a quarter century since the country pledged to remove all forms of discrimination against women.
Yet, they continue to have very little say in how the country is run.
Of the 222 members in the Dewan Rakyat, the country’s highest legislative authority, there are only 33 women, accounting for only 14% of the total.
The likes of former minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and her predecessor Tan Sri Aishah Ghani are the exception rather than the rule.
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A baby dilemma Bernama
PETALING JAYA: When it is impossible to get out of the house, a roll between the sheets would have been the next best thing.
However, a post-lockdown baby boom is unlikely.
With higher priority now being given to education and career opportunities, and easier access to contraceptives, a “baby bust” may actually be on the horizon.
Recently released data from the Department of Statistics shows that the birth rate has dropped from 4.9 babies per woman in the 1970s to just 1.8 in 2019.
If the downward trend continues, Malaysia will very soon be an ageing society and this will put the economy under a lot of strain, given the dwindling manpower to drive it.