Malaysian women earn lower salaries than men, and only a quarter of them hold positions of influence such as legislators, senior officials and managers, new figures from the Department of Statistics showed.
There is a need for greater gender equality in Malaysia's political sphere as women continue to be at the mercy of their male peers, said Women, Family, and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.
Muda’s Bandar Utama candidate Abe Lim has brushed aside speculation that she was fielded as a candidate due to rumours of her “close ties” with party president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
