Public policy can help challenge social norms that normalise women bearing the load of the 'second shift' of work that happens in homes. Photo: 123rf.com
For the longest time, the high number of females in institutions of higher learning in Malaysia has been used as a signifier of the progress of women in this country.
An impressive 61% of students enrolled in undergraduate programmes in Malaysian universities and colleges were female (358,000 female students compared to 234,000 males) in 2021.
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