PETALING JAYA: Young Malaysian women face higher unemployment rates despite being academically more qualified than their male counterparts.
Women have exceeded men in formal qualifications and have steadily increased their labour force participation (LFP), but they also experience higher unemployment rates, a study by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute found.
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