KUALA LUMPUR: If the Cabinet will have 25 ministries, as proposed by the Pakatan Harapan government, at least eight ministers should be women. So said women’s rights groups and their allies, who assembled at Istana Negara on Monday morning to peacefully picket for 30% women representation in the Cabinet. At the time, Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail said Malaysia would have a minimum of 30% women in Cabinet and in all decision-making levels in Government within seven years. “If it doesn’t even reach 30% of women in Cabinet, when we know that women make up 50% in the country, do you think we’re getting the best? So far, in just nine days, over 6,400 people men and women have signed the letter demanding for the minimum 30% women’s representation in Cabinet.

Source: The Star May 21, 2018 10:30 UTC