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Women-Focused Budget 2023 Proposals To Chart The Way Forward

11 mins·07:45, 8 Mar 2023
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Women-Focused Budget 2023 Proposals To Chart The Way Forward

11 mins
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07:45, 8 Mar 2023
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Guest: Louise Tan, Head of Campaigns, Women’s Aid Organization (WAO)

It has been a great start so far for Malaysian women in 2023. The Cabinet has agreed to amend the Federal Constitution to confer automatic Malaysian citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers, the Employment Act was amended to increase the duration of maternity and paternity leave, and Socso will have grants to encourage women to return to work. Louise Tan, Head of Campaigns at the Women’s Aid Organisation also breaks down the hits and misses of Budget 2023.

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Presenter: Keith Kam, Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See

Producer: Moh Heng Ying

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