PUTRAJAYA: Women participation in the labour market was at a mere 55.2 per cent last year, compared to men who made up 80.4 per cent of the workforce. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail said many women despite being talented opted not to work because of responsibilities to their family and home. "This can be done by encouraging more women to join the workforce," Dr Wan Azizah who is also the Women, Family and Community Development Minister said in her speech at the 2019 National Women and Family Convention, here, today. Dr Wan Azizah speech was read by her deputy Hannah Yeoh. "So it is not right to say that the 90-day maternity leave will allow women to have more children," she added.

Source: New Strait Times October 14, 2019 05:26 UTC