M’sian GDP to benefit from gender-responsive budgeting, say 20 CSOs

Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) executive director Sumitra Visvanathan today said pivoting towards gender equality in the economy could boost the country’s GDP.

“We hope that more allocations will come through to benefit every single Malaysian person through this because remember, when we make Malaysia a better country for women, when we have initiatives like gender-responsive budgeting and so forth, what we're doing is we're making Malaysia a better country for everyone...