PETALING JAYA: More long-term policies to empower women in the national budget are needed instead of one-off programmes, said Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) executive director Ivy Josiah.
She added Budget 2013 measures such as the Women Directors' Programme or the free mammogram examination were “piecemeal” initiatives.
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