As it stands, women only account for 13% of Malaysia’s parliamentarians, despite making up 50% of Malaysia’s overall population.
On the road towards the next general election, civil society organisations, led by the NGO Empower, are pushing for legislation on gender parity in political representation, which would call for a binding legal framework to ensure that at least 30% of election candidates are women.
But why is this legal intervention even necessary in the first place? BFM talks to Azira Zainal from the Association of Women Lawyers, Ayesha Sofia Faiz from Empower, and Kasthuri Patto from the DAP.
Presenter & producer: Dashran Yohan/BFM
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