INCREASING female representation opens doors to opportunities and endeavours to position women in a more equitable stature.
Such is the mission to be accomplished by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry in its vision to find “hidden gems” through its Women’s Leadership Apprenticeship Programme (Perantis).
Under Perantis, selected participants will receive a grant of up to RM50,000 to carry out women’s leadership development programmes in various fields, including leadership, politics, economics, social, technology, legal security, wellbeing, and education.
However, says Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, one of the greater challenges to bolster women’s position in the country is to convince them to “come on board, speak up, participate and be part of the policymaking”.
This only makes her fired up for the success of Perantis though, Nancy tells Sunday Star in an interview to commem
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