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Women empowerment has always been an issue discussed around the globe including in Malaysia. Generally, the Government of Malaysia acknowledged that women should be given equal opportunities and treatment in terms of educational, social, and economic positions. With support from the government, women’s empowerment in Malaysia has been included as part of the national agenda. This paper ascertains the quality of women’s empowerment by understanding the situation in the labor workforce, educational, social, economic, and political. By having the understanding, recommendations are proposed to reduce the gap between the current situation to the desired state of quality in women empowerment. Additionally, this paper provides readers the idea and areas of improvement in the quality of women’s empowerment which detailed research and study could be conducted. Thus, women’s empowerment in Malaysia would be better in the future.
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To Cite this Article: Yusoff, Y. H., Ghazali, N. I., Mazani, N. M. B., Baharudin, M. H. Bin, & Osman, N. A. B. (2022). A Quality of Women Empowerment in Malaysia: Concept Paper. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 12(3), 600–611.
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