PETALING JAYA: Although Malaysia has yet to achieve 30% women’s representation in politics, women activists say there is progress we can celebrate on International Women’s Day today.
“We have more women in Cabinet (19%) and Parliament (14%) than we have ever had. We also have women ministers such as Yeo Bee Yin as the Energy, Technology, Science, Environment and Climate Change minister and Teresa Kok as the Primary Industries minister,” says Women’s Aid Organisation’s advocacy and communications officer Tan Heang-Lee.