Women at Unity Government draw five resolutions to boost economic protection

KUALA LUMPUR - Five resolutions were announced at the end of the Unity Government Women Convention which was held for the first time at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre (WTCKL) on Sunday.

The resolutions were announced by convention delegates before being signed by all the women leaders of the 19 political parties in the Unity Government.

The document signing ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The pledge recital was led by the Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

The five resolutions are:

To defend the Federal Constitution by ensuring the consensus of the people so that the pluralistic society in Malaysia lives in harmony and prosperity.

To be the main pioneer in the development of Madani community.

To implement women empowerment agenda to ensure that women play a role in the country's economic growth.

To ensure the involvement of at least 30 per cent of women in decision making at every level to ensure that women's rights and interests are protected in the context of striving for and achieving equality.

To ensure women receive welfare, safety, education, social and human rights.

Give women the opportunity to hold the position of treasury chief secretary - Aiman Athirah

Meanwhile, the government is asked to give equal access to women in all employment sectors including being given the opportunity to hold high positions in the public sector such as the treasury chief secretary.

PH Women leader Aiman Athirah Sabu said the areas that need to be given priority to women are in capital, credit, technical assistance, training and social support in order to provide them with financial security.

"When we (women) achieve financial security in entrepreneurial activities, our children will be intelligent too," she said.

She said this while speaking at the Unity Women Convention in conjunction with the Unity Government National Convention at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre (WRCKL) on Sunday.

Aiman Athirah who is also the Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister added that when women succeed in achieving financial security, it will also create a civilised (Madani) society.

"We have seen, for example, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who became a mother, a wife and at the same time, led the nation and the country, even consistently being an enabler of what we indulge in now which is a Unity Government where different political parties in the end managed to be fraternised," she said.