Lack of women in key positions

WE are very concerned by the lack of representation of women in the recently elected leadership of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC).

Since its inception in 1949 as a body that acts as an intermediary between the state and trade unions, the leadership of the MTUC has been the exclusive domain of men. It is certainly not for the lack of women workers/unionists who would be able to fill these leadership positions, as the numbers prove otherwise. According to Malaysia’s Department of Trade Union Affairs, 441,106 women workers registered as members of trade unions alongside 489,628 men workers nationwide in 2018.