With International Women's Day, 33 women MPs are calling for a more gender-sensitive parliament in order to promote gender equality in Malaysia. We speak with Tam Xueh Wei from the 111 Initiative to evaluate what the government's efforts to promote gender equality and explore what it would mean to have a gender-sensitive parliament.

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Produced by: Adeline Choong

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  Politics,  Social Issues,  law & legal matters

Tags:  Evening Edition,  Policy and Governance,  Politics,  Social Issues,  Parliament,  International Women's Day,  IWD,  Gender Equality,