Last week, the Perikatan Nasional government tabled the biggest budget in the history of Malaysia. We discuss if the budget does enough to tackle the issue of a lack of women in the workforce and a spike in women exiting the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann, Dashran Yohan

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Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Social Issues

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  Budget 2021,  Belanjawan 2021,  Budget-2021-Mahsing,  Women in the Workforce,  Female Labour Force,  Micro-credit Financing,