Govt moves to increase workforce participation among women

Affordable childcare centres are to be set up in a move to get more women to join the labour force, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said today.

Announcing this as one of the initiatives of the Care Economy, he also said that the government would allocate RM10 million to facilitate the licensing of unregistered nurseries and childcare centres in the country.

Anwar, who is also the finance minister...