Finance Ministry, women's NGOs to prepare gender-responsive budget from 2023, says PM

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Finance Ministry and women-related non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been entrusted with the responsibility to prepare a gender responsive Budget for the B40 group starting next year, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

The Prime Minister said the budget initiative, which will be based on gender-disaggregated data, will identify the target groups and distribute the allocations according to the needs of the recipients with significant numbers.Women play crucial role, says Queen in calling for more representation at ministerial level

Ismail Sabri said the government would also improve and finetune the existing policies, legislations and programmes to be more gender-sensitive, including by reviewing the National Women Policy and in formulating gender-sensitive bills.Among the bills were the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill, which had recently been passed in Parliament, and the Anti-Stalking Bill which had been tabled for first reading at Dewan Rakyat on Aug 4.

 

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