Selasa, 27 November 2012

念群与沙登人民同在 | Nie Ching for Serdang

念群与沙登人民同在 | Nie Ching for Serdang

My baby's half day adventure in the Parliament

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:01 AM PST

November 27, 2012 - Inspired by Licia Ronzulli, I decided to bring my 4-month old baby Jinger to Parliament today.

Licia Ronzulli is an Italian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who made waves two years ago when she brought her infant daughter to work.

On 22 September 2010, Ronzulli took her 44-day old daughter, Vittoria, to a plenary session of the European Parliament as a symbolic gesture to reclaim more rights for women in reconciling work and family life. She has continued to bring her daughter to work since then.

During one interview Ronzulli said her decision to bring baby Vittoria to work was not a “political gesture but a maternal one” based on the fact that she was still breastfeeding. She nonetheless said she wanted to “remind people that there are women who do not have this opportunity (to bring their children to work), that we should do something to talk about this".

Like others in various parts of the world, working mothers in Malaysia need urgent attention and assistance.

Even though Malaysia produces more female than male graduates in recent years , the increase of women’s participation in the labour workforce is very low. It was 44.7% in 1995 and at 2011, the female labour force participation rate in Malaysia stood at 47.9%. This is in sharp contrast to the neighbouring South East Asian countries of Thailand, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam where the corresponding figures are 71%, 63% and 60%, respectively.

Increasing female labour force participation requires balancing their competing responsibilities within the family and the workplace. Among other things, we need safe and high-quality childcare facilities at the workplace so that women do not need to leave the workplace in order to raise their children.

As at today, only 71 childcare centres have been established at various government agencies and 20 in the private sector for working mothers . This is far from sufficient and is highly unsatisfactory. Even Parliament, where we discuss about human rights and best policies for the people, does not provide such facilities. It is therefore not surprising that many women leave their jobs in the middle of their careers once they have children because Malaysia’s workplaces are still not mother-friendly.

We in Pakatan Rakyat demand that the BN government pay more attention to assist working mothers in Malaysia. As a start, we would like to see childcare centres set up in all government agencies, if the government is serious about their target to increase female labour force participation rate to 55% by 2015.

Investment in childcare centres will benefit the country long-term, as rightly pointed out by the World Development Report 2012 on Gender Equality and Development, as it improves women's access to jobs and economic opportunities – this move could significantly boost productivity in the region.

Furthermore, the 2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report (AHDR) estimates that if the female employment rates were raised to 70%, Malaysia would enjoy an increase in GDP of between 2% and 4%.

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Majlis Deepavali Seksyen 7, Bandar Baru Bangi

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:39 AM PST

Tarikh: 25hb Nov 2012
Waktu: 8.01 malam
Tempat: Seksyen 7, Bandar Baru Bangi







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Bubur Asyura @ Taman Putra Kajang, Bangi

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:29 AM PST

Tarikh:25hb Nov 2012
Waktu: 10pagi
Tempat: Taman Putra kajang, Bangi





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Program Berkhatan di Kajang Utama

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:18 AM PST

Tarikh: 25hb Nov 2012
Waktu: Petang
Tempat: Surau Al-Muhajirin, Persiaran Damai, Kajang Utama



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Perayaan Deepavali Sri Pulai, Balakong

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:09 AM PST

Tarikh: 24hb Nov 2012
Waktu: 7 malam
Tempat: Rumah Pangsa Sri Pulai





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[HarakahDaily] Anak Kristian antara sertai khatan beramai-ramai

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:18 AM PST

SHAH ALAM: Musim cuti sekolah datang lagi dan aktiviti yang paling popular sepanjang musim ini adalah kenduri kahwin dan berkhatan.


Khatan biasanya majlis biasa untuk orang Islam tetapi sejak adanya Pakatan Rakyat dan kerjasama baik antara PAS dan DAP ia telah menjadi majlis bersama.

Majlis khatan yang selama ini asing bagi orang bukan Islam menjadi majlis yang sangat menarik bagi mereka.

Yang paling sibuk dan sangat teruja dengan majlis ini adalah para wakil rakyat bukan Islam dalam Pakatan Rakyat.

Hari ini, sekurang-kurangnya dua wakil rakyat bukan Islam dalam Pakatan Rakyat meraikan rakyat di kawasan mereka dalam majlis berkhatan beramai-ramai.


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