Dato' Sabariah Hassan

Secretary General
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

Effective participation of women in all fields;

Women as active agents in the development of the society;
Integrate national plans with womens roles as active
agents in the society;
Design programs involving the participation
of the
community & NGOs towards strengthening national &
regional resilience;
Strengthen solidarity; and

Inclusive of 2005-2010 Work Plan:

Increase public awareness of VAW & human rights;

Better coordination of services for VAW;
Increase availability of information & data on VAW; and
Promote stronger regional and international co-operations in the
implementation of measures to address VAW.
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KEY
PROGRAMMES
FOR WOMEN

Increasing womens
participation in the labour
force
Increasing the number of
women in key decision
making positions
Improving provision of support
for women in challenging
circumstances such as widows,
single mothers and those with
lower income

Eliminating all forms of

discrimination against women
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HPV
Vaccination
Programme
to prevent
cervical cancer

National Policy
on Reproductive
Health and
Social Education

Training for the

care of ladies
in confinement
(post-delivery)

Subsidy for
Mammogram
Screening

Breast
Prostheses And
Special
Brassiere Aid For
breast cancer
patients &
survivors
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Female
Literacy
Rate

92.1%

2012

88.4%

2005

2012 :
49.5%

200
7:
46.4
%

2011 :
47.9%
2010 :
46.8%

2013:
Q1:
49.0%
Q2: 42.0%

PROMOTION
OPPORTUNITI
ES

CHALLENGE
S OF
WOMEN IN
THE
WORKFORC
E

About 800,000
women must enter
the labour force by
2015

Current rate:
49.5%
(2012) =
4.78m

2010 rate:
46.8%

55% of women
participation rate in labour
force by 2015 (RMK10)

FEMALE
LABOUR
FORCE
PARTICIPATI
ON RATE

o One

Stop Crisis
Centre OSCC
o Childrens Homes
o Remand Hostels
o Homes for Older
Persons
o Homes for the
Chronically Ill
o Rehabilitation Homes
for the Disabled
o Shelter Homes:

ATIP; &
Refuge for girls.

3. ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF

LIFE
Womens Taxis/
Teksi Wanita

Legal Literacy

WAJA Women Against Crime

Objective: to establish a
network of women groups
(PERWANI) as agents of
transformation at the grassroot levels;

Initiative introduced under

the National Blue Ocean
Strategy 8 (NBOS 8); and

Launched by
the
Prime
Minister at the 1 Million
Women Purple Walk event on
March 17, 2013.
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THANK YOU

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