PETALING JAYA: Women must build financial resilience early as financial insecurity remains a major barrier to Malaysia’s gender equality agenda, say experts.
This is key especially for young women and single mothers, who are the most vulnerable as rising living costs, career barriers and caregiving responsibilities continue to affect women’s leadership opportunities and financial independence.
Prof Dr Shanthi Thambiah from Universiti Malaya’s Gender Studies Programme pointed out that increased labour participation is insufficient if women are underemployed and concentrated in low-paid, insecure, or informal work.
“If many women are in informal or gig work, or in part-time roles without
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