Budgeting for equality


Game-changer measure: A gender-responsive budget ensures fair distribution of resources to different groups of women and men to provide equal opportunities for everyone.

HUSNA Taleb wakes before dawn each morning in a modest flat on the outskirts of Klang, juggling two part-time jobs and the emotional weight of raising her children – 10-year-old Aiman and 14-year-old Sara (not their real names) – on her own.

The 42-year-old single mother, who was retrenched from a manufacturing company last year, is grateful for the monthly financial aid she receives from a government agency. But the support, she admits, does little to ease her overall struggles.

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