Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, has called for the need of gender perspective in the formulation and implementation of all policies, plans and programmes in the three ASEAN Community Pillars; to enable all women and girls to reach their full potential. Dr Wan Azizah highlighted the adoption of the Declaration on Gender Responsive Implementation of the Asean Community Vision and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the 31st ASEAN summit in 2017; the declaration has nine key implementation methods to reduce gender-mainstreaming policies. “The issues are wide-ranging, but we have a set of twin goals, to protect all women and girls from harmful gender discrimination and to empower women by ensuring equitable access to resources,” she stated. The Malaysian government has targeted female labour participation to reach 59 percent by 2020.

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