Closing the gender gap in the workplace


Marching on: Malaysia scored below average for women’s legal rights in the workplace but marked one of the best improvements globally, according to a World Bank study. —CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

WE always hear complaints that there are never enough people who want to work, but there is a potential solution staring at us in the face – women in the workforce.

Women – who make up about half of the world’s population – have officially been part of the workforce since the past few centuries but to this day, they remain an underrepresented and under-appreciated segment of the workforce.

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