Friday, January 23, 2009

WOMEN STRATEGIC PLAN 2006-2008

(by Nor Maisarah binti Nor Azni, in fullfillment of BEL 492, BBA (hons.) Finance, UiTM Bandaraya Melaka)

1.1 GENERAL PURPOSE
To inform.

1.2 SPECIFIC PURPOSE
To inform my audience of the 2006-2008 strategic plan for women labour.

1.3 CENTRAL IDEA
The strategic plan of 2006-2008 for women labour in Malaysia involves the
issues of tackling and highlighting women’s poverty, and eradicating violence
against women

1.4 INTRODUCTION
On Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 23% of women are at risk of poverty compared
to 17% of men. Why? Because women are paid 14% less than men. Why this happen?
Because 99% of people working in the home are women, 62% of lone parents are
unemployed, lack of affordable and accessible childe are being a major reason.
Half of our older women live on low incomes.

Assalamualaikum and very good afternoon to our beloved lecturer Associate
Professor Hj Sa’aban bin Hj Salim and to all my friends. Today I’m going to
inform you about women strategic plan 2006-2008. It is a plan develop under
women, family and community development. So, I should share some information
about this plan with all of you not only those girls but also for guys, so
that you will understand what this plan want to achieve.

To be more clears and understand about this plan, let me tell you about
definition of labour women. Labour women will be defined that in 1971 by party
women members who recognized that women were underrepresented in positions of
leadership and influence within the labour party as elsewhere in political,
economic, and cultural life of the country.

1.5 BODY
On this plan, I will focus on two issues about women poverty and violence
against women; tackling and highlighting women’s poverty and violence against
women.

1.5.1 TACKLING AND HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN’S POVERTY
Poverty is a one of the world wealthiest countries is unacceptable and poverty
is a violence of people’s fundamental human rights. In Malaysia, the incidence
of absolute poverty has traditionally been determined by reference to a
threshold poverty line income (PLI). This PLI is estimated based on what is
considered to be the minimum consumption requirements of a household for food,
clothing and other non-food items, such as rent, fuel and power. Tackling
poverty in all its manifestation Labour Women also recognize that the issues
of gender and poverty intersect to exclude many women from full and equal
participation in society. In around 2004, 23% risk of falling below the
poverty line and this risk rises to almost 50% for lone mothers (UN
Development Report 2004). Child poverty is widespread. Labour Women is
committed to campaigning and working with other groups and organizations to
remove poverty traps that particularly affect women and ensuring that Labour
Party policy tackle the dimensions of poverty that specifically impact on
women.

1.5.2. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
All forms of violence against women is a gross violation removes of women’s
human right and key causes of women’s marginalization and subordination.
Domestic violence such as rape, trafficking, prostitution and pornography
interact to maintain the subordination of women. Women’s organizations
providing support services to women who have experienced any or all kind of
violence are grossly under funded. There is a huge gap between the refuges
spaces available for women and children fleeing violence in their homes and
the numbers of women and children requiring such space. In past decade or so
one hundred and eleven women in world have been murdered by men which many of
them by their partner or former partner. Trafficking in women and children is
the cornerstone of the international pornography industry and is happening
here in world and is going unchallenged. The sexual abuse of women is
presented as an acceptable part of a leisure and entertainment industry.

1.6 CONCLUSION
In the nutshell, this is the fist strategic plan developed by women labour.
It communicates the commitment of women labour to working as an integral
dimension of the Labour Party to achieving the vision of the Fair Society and
to achieving equality for women across the political, economic, cultural and
affective spheres of life and society.

1.7 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.7.1 Sarah Renner. (2004). Defining a New Poverty Line
1.7.2 http://www.undp.org.my/uploads/files/Defining_a_new_poverty_line.pdf
1.7.3 http://www.wao.org.my/violence.htm#definition