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Press Conference Introducing the Penang Women's Development Press Conference Introducing the Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC) _________________________________________________________________ Wednesday 7th March 2012, 12:45 pm Bilik Greakan, 28th Floor, KOMTAR SPEECH BY YAB LIM GUAN ENG Chief Minister State Government of Penang Yang Berhormat YB Lydia Ong Kok Fooi, Penang State Exco for Youth and Sports, Women, Family and Community Development, Yang Berhormat Law Choo Kiang, Penag State Exco for Agriculture, Agro-Based Industry, Rural Development and Flood Mitigation. Yang Berhormat YB Chong Eng, Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam PWDC Board of Directors PWDC Management and Staff Members of the Press. A very good afternoon to all of you. 1 This Press Conference is being held to introduce a new state-run body, Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC), which was established in November 2011 and started its operation on the first worKing day of 2012, Tuesday 3rd January. The state government established PWDC to further advance the position of women and men in Penang, with the aims to mainstream gender into the policies and programmes of the public and private sector and to work towards gender and social justice. PWDC will function to advice the State Government in formulating policies to realise gender and social equality, as well as to undertaKe advocacy to promote substantive equality and good governance. It will monitor laws and policies, which are gender discriminatory. It will also conduct programmes to empower women in the various sectors in society as well as commit itself to raising the consciousness of women and men in Penang on gender equality/justice, human rights and good governance. PWDC will be undertaking its programme and activities under three thematic thrust areas – gender policy and advocacy, women’s empowerment, and capacity building and networking. Its flagship programme under the Gender and Policy and Advocacy portfolio is the Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB), 3-year pilot project at the local government level in partnership with the Municipal Council of Penang Island (MPPP) and the Municipal Council of Seberang Perai (MPSP) that will focus on services related to cleanliness and safety. To show their commitments, both MPPP and MPSP are contributing RM63,000 and RM200,000 respectively for the year 2012, while PWDC will allocate at least RM200,000 from its budget to this pilot project. GRB is a 2 strategy to mainstream gender into budgetary process and policies. We also see GRB as a means to strengthen community and grassroots participation, especially women, into local governance processes. The immediate objective of the project is to get GRB implemented as an integral component of good governance practices in local authorities in Penang. One of the expected output of the 3-year pilot project is to have sex-disaggregated data features in the databanK and statistics collected by the two local government to be used as evidence-based policy making as well as output-based budgeting. Sex-disaggregated data contains core gender indicators that can inform the formulation of gender responsive policies – policies that become translated into tangibly services and facilities that cater the differing needs of women and men, people who live in these two municipalities. The establishment of PWDC demonstrate the commitment of the State Government towards the development and empowerment of women in Penang. Women maKe up about 51% of population in Penang, and they consistently contribute to the economy as production and office workers as well as in the popular hawKer industry. Penang’s female labour force participation is much higher at 53.4 percent compared to the national average of 45.7 percent, however they are concentrated in low and semi-skilled positions in the manufacturing and services sectors. Women worKers carry a greater burden of worK, as they are primarily responsible for the care of their children, families, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled. The shortage of accessible and affordable institutional support in terms of care facilities and services hinders women, especially the poor in participating fully in the economy. The women’s empowerment programme of PWDC will promote worK-life balance in worK and family areas, and empower women through entrepreneurship and other relevant programmes and activities that upgrade their skills as well as promote human-centred values. Under its women’s empowerment thrust, PWDC will monitor 3 and further develop the Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak (PJKK), which offers affordable child-care of RM50 per month, in low-income areas. PWDC is also tasked to develop programmes and activities to enhance women’s participation in the socio-economic and political life of society, as well as to strengthen women’s leadership and decision-maKing in all sectors of society. Its capacity building and networking programme will conduct continuous education and training sessions for both women and men on gender equality, human rights, leadership and good governance. RM1,5 million has been allocated for PWDC’s programmes and operation for 2012. This show the state government’s serious pledge to the development and empowerment of women in Penang, and this amount is on top of the RM800,000 allocation channelled though the State Committee for Women, Family and Community Development (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan – Wanita, Keluarga dan Pembagunan Komuniti). I look forward to PWDC’s contribution to formulating policies to realise gender and social equality and undertaKe advocacy towards substantive equality and good governance. PWDC will also be the ears and eyes for the state government to provide feedbacks and recommendations on the effectiveness of its policies and programmes. I would liKe to taKe this opportunity to thanK YB Lydia Ong Kok Fooi and YB Chong Eng, two women leaders in Penang who have been relentless in pushing for the establishment of a state institution specifically on women’s development and empowerment, that this is a Key aspect of future political development and sustainability of the measures put in place by the current administration. Dr. Cecilia 4 Ng, our eminent expert on gender, worKs hard hand in hand with both YB Lydia Ong and YB Chong Eng in developing the concept and framework for the proposed institution. Women leaders and committed man who now sit on PWDC’s Board of Directors played instrumental role in convincing me that it is timely for Penang to establish this state body, I hope you will continue to walK with the state government on this journey. Last but not least, I would like to wish you all a Happy International Women’s day (IWD) 2012 which will be celebrated around the world every year on the 8th of March. The theme for IWD this year is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures”. I see the young faces here today who are staff of PWDC, I’m sure they are the women leaders of the future. I believe PWDC will worK with many young women and girls, and inspire them to greater heights. Thank you. 5 .
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