Women at the top


Over two decades after the United Nations set a 30% quota of women in top-level positions, ‘that highest and hardest glass ceiling’ remains intact after Hillary Clinton lost her bid to become the first US female president. Are women making headway here?

OUT of almost 200 Malaysians surveyed, more than half of the women, and 49% of men, think that women aren’t adequately represented in leadership positions, a specialist professional recruitment firm tells Sunday Star.

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