Providing Care For Caregivers

Kiran Kaur, Advocacy Officer, Women’s Aid OrganisationSivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre For Women (ARROW)

Evening Edition · Inside Story · 27 Jul 2022 · 32 mins listen

The Housewives’ Social Security Bill was passed in parliament recently, and it offers voluntary insurance protection to close to three million Malaysian housewives. First, we unpack what the bill entails. And then, we get into the larger conversation of the value of the care economy.

Image Source: Kamaji Ogino, Pexels

Produced by:

Alia Zefri

Presented by:

Sharmilla Ganesan,Lee Chwi Lynn

Categories:

Law/Activism,government

Tags:

government,women's rights,housewives,care economy,caregivers,social protection