Gender Discrimination In Malaysia Statistics

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Gender discrimination in malaysia statistics. A curious survey that ranks malaysia as the second most racially discriminatory survey has appeared online. If malaysia wishes to empower women identified as one of the nine target groups under the government s shared prosperity vision 2030 spv 2030 concrete steps such as introducing laws to stop gender discrimination in the workforce and providing accessible and affordable care services for children and the elderly have to be taken. 0 no malaysia life expectancy at age 60 female years malaysia life expectancy at age 60 male years malaysia life expectancy at birth female years. The detailed information regarding this report can be accessed through estatistik application in the website of department of statistics malaysia at www dosm gov my.

Median and mean monthly salaries wages of employees by strata malaysia 2015 2016. This is based on the average gender pay gap published in the salary and wages survey report 2016 released by the department of statistics malaysia but is gender wage gap a myth or does it really exist. According to this survey from indexmundi malaysia has an average of 6 32 with 10 being the highest option. Subscribe to our new telegram channel for the latest updates on covid 19 and other issues.

56 of malaysian women have experienced at least one form of gender discrimination in the workplace according to the voices of malaysian women on discrimination harassment in the workplace survey undertaken by the women s aid organisation. The office of chief statistician malaysia department of statistics. Malaysia law prohibits discrimination in employment based on gender 1 yes. Malaysia gender gap index mggi produced based on the methodology of the global gender gap index gggi taking into account the latest data published by the department of statistics malaysia dosm together with other ministries and agencies in malaysia.

On average women in malaysia get paid 79 sen to a ringgit earned by men. The global gender gap index score for malaysia in 2020 was 0 68 with a score of 1 being absolute parity and a score of 0 being absolute imparity. Taking into account the base population in 2017 malaysia gender gap index is 0 697. No discrimination on grounds of race descent place of birth or gender this challenge is illustrated in the case of noorfadilla bt ahmad saikin v chayed bin basirun ors 2012 1 mlj 832 where the court had to decide whether termination on the grounds of a person s pregnancy was an act of discrimination based on gender contrast with the position in the uk.

Let s look at the gender gap report which first started in 2006 and look at how we fared in 2014.