June 06, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 Datuk Seri Najib Razak pronounced women should play a lead role if countries wished to set up economies which were both tolerable as well as successful.
The budding apportion pronounced advancing mercantile opportunities for women as well as girls is not only a right thing to do though it is a intelligent thing to do.
I believe which a countrys success as well as standing should be gauged by a standing it accords a women, he said, noting which in Malaysia, women had a right to opinion given independence in 1957 as well as women had equal pay given 1969.
Opening a Global Summit of Women 2013 themed Women: Creating New Economies, here, today, Najib pronounced a country had begun to pierce from protection as well as representation to recognition as well as empowerment of women.
These victories belong to a group as well as women of Malaysia who have argued for greater equality, who have shown through their achievements which success is not only individually deserved, though brings benefits to all, he said.
Also benefaction were Najibs mother Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, President Atifete Jahjaga of Kosovo as well as Vienamese vice-president Nguyen Thi Doan.
Najib pronounced he longed for to see some-more accordant efforts being finished by a open as well as in isolation sectors to emanate work environments which defended as well as re-attracted womens appearance in a workforce.
He shared with his audience a World Banks estimation which between 500,000 as well as 2.3 million Malaysian women made a preference to leave a world of work to care for their! childre n, elderly relatives or family members.
For as well most women, a work environment which is not family-friendly is simply not sustainable, as well as so were wasting talent, experience as well as potential. Its a single of a most critical brain empty which you contingency address, he said.
Najib pronounced over a next 3 years, a supervision directed to enlarge a rate of women work appearance to 55 per cent, a target which could be achieved if both a open as well as in isolation sectors could dedicate to keeping talented people which were leaving a complement as well early.
For a open sector, Najib pronounced this might need a examination of manners as well as regulations which were created when a work environment was different as well as there was no access to technology for telecommuting as well as video-conferencing.
So my plea to a Malaysian open use is this; lets work together to look during a changes which can assistance talented women re-enter a service. Theres no time like a present, he said.
To encourage a in isolation zone to take up a challenge, a budding apportion pronounced a supervision had introduced a stand in taxation reduction inducement for companies which retrained as well as in use women after a career break.
And Ive challenged a corporate zone to safeguard women make up during least thirty per cent of senior decision-making positions as well as corporate boards, together with in government-linked companies as well as various commissions, by 2016.
Najib highlighted a fact which a National Institute for a Empowerment of Women, underneath a women directors training programme, had trained some-more than 300 women who were ready to take up positions upon a corporate boards.
He additionally pronounced which people contingency recognize which care work was not a domain of women alone as group as well had to step up as well as share this shortcoming when they could, allowing women a same opportunities to prioritise their career.
Over 1,00! 0 partic ipants from about 70 countries are taking part in a three-day summit which, during a two-decade history, has provided a global platform for women to share what works in accelerating womens mercantile advancement. Bernama
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