Emboldening young women on gender inequality


Hear us roar: Young women marking the International Women’s Day 2022 by doing the #BreakTheBias pose at ReFest: #BreakTheBias at The Grey Box, GMBB, in Kuala Lumpur. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Young women are being empowered to become media-savvy advocates for gender-based issues in their fight for equality through a Creating Agents for Change (CAFC) programme.

The media advocacy work of 20 CAFC participants aged between 18 and 30 were showcased at a two-day festival called ReFest: #BreakTheBias, which was held from yesterday in conjunction with International Women’s Day.

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