Malaysia Country Gender Note 2021
The Malaysia Country Gender Diagnostic Note will serve as a guide to identify the priority areas for the World Bank country office in Malaysia to address the gender equality challenges in meeting the country’s aspirations and next stage of developm...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Kuala Lumpur
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/214621637079634603/Malaysia-Country-Gender-Note-2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36658 |
| Summary: | The Malaysia Country Gender
Diagnostic Note will serve as a guide to identify the
priority areas for the World Bank country office in Malaysia
to address the gender equality challenges in meeting the
country’s aspirations and next stage of development,
particularly in the areas of inclusive growth and
sustainability. This diagnostic builds on the first review
that was completed in 2018, and aims to understand the
changes from 2017 to 2020, especially with regards to the
impact of the pandemic on gender issues. This note has
strived to obtain the most current data. Where 2019 to 2020
micro-data is not available, this diagnostic is based on
data and analysis drawn from published reports using data
obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia. The
diagnostic commences with a review of Malaysia’s performance
in gender indicators in global indices, and documents areas
of progress and areas where Malaysia is lagging in
comparison to Southeast Asian (SEA) neighbors and selected
countries in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, as well
as aspirational high-income nations. The diagnostic follows
the framework of the 2012 World Development Report on Gender
Equality and Development, and focuses on three priority
areas: human endowments, voice and agency, and economic
opportunities. This note also considers the changes in
Government and national policies, and on pertinent emerging
issues. Malaysia scores poorly in gender-related indicators,
although it performs fairly well on a number of human
development indicators in international indices. Since the
previous Gender Diagnostic Note 2018, Malaysia’s performance
in the global gender indices has not changed significantly.
For example, in the Women, Business and Law Report 2021,
Malaysia maintained its score at 50 and comes in the bottom
20th percentile. When compared to regional comparators and
aspirational high-income economies, Malaysia is underperforming. |
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