PETALING JAYA, March 5 – The Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA), through its agency, Talent Corporation Malaysia (TalentCorp), aims to increase female participation in the workforce by 60 per cent in line with the MADANI Economic Framework.
Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong, said this target is intended to bolster talent strategies to meet the needs of the MADANI Economy.
“The rate of female participation in the workforce remains low, standing at 56.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023. Gender equality needs to be reached to achieve income equality,” he said at the launch of Wanita MyWIRA by TalentCorp on Tuesday.
He said the Wanita MyWIRA initiative aims to reduce the workforce gap.
Sim said TalentCorp has been tasked to empower the country’s workforce, including improving programmes that encourage diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) to support the goal of increasing the female labour force participation rate (FLFPR).
“Given the limited information on how women who have left the workforce are utilising their skills and vice versa, it’s crucial for us to gather accurate data to support them.
“TalentCorp, through the Wanita MyWIRA initiative, has been tasked with digitalising the Career Comeback Programme (CCP) which aims to simplify tax incentives, collect real data to attract interest and improve the status of women. Moreover, this strengthens collaboration across agencies under KESUMA,” he said.
Sim emphasised that TalentCorp remains committed to supporting women and untapped talent in realising the goals of the MADANI Economic Framework.
“Under the Wanita MyWIRA Initiative, we will leverage the MyNext assessment and profiling platform to establish a centralised database for the female workforce, along with other initiatives such as the critical occupation list (MyCOL) and strengthening industry-academia collaboration (IAC) to support women’s initiatives,” he said.
The Wanita MyWIRA initiative was launched in conjunction with TalentCorp’s International Women’s Day from March 2-9, 2024 with various activities organised to attract the participation of skilled women, including the Women’s Career Convention on March 9, career carnivals featuring women-led companies and offering FWAs.
