SHAH ALAM, Nov 11 — The 2024 Selangor Budget has allocated RM4 million to Wanita Berdaya Selangor (WBS) so it can conduct various programmes and activities for women’s empowerment.
Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said WBS plays a pivotal role as a think tank and conducts policy studies related to women to assist them at every level.
It also conducts a special Gender Mainstreaming project to ensure inclusive development for Selangor’s policy planning and evaluation.
“The state government will also continue the Lifelong Learning Programme or the WBS Scholarship for selected individuals to pursue higher education.
“At present, 24 scholarship recipients are continuing their studies at the Open University Malaysia, the National University of Malaysia, and the University of Technology Malaysia,” he said.
Amirudin was speaking during the budget’s tabling in the State Legislative Assembly session yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Menteri Besar said RM50,000 has been allocated to continue the Special Domestic Violence Helpline (Talian SELamat), which WBS operates due to the increase in post-pandemic cases.
RM100,000 was also allocated to continue providing Women’s Shelter Grants aimed at enhancing the protection ecosystem for domestic violence victims.
RM1 million was allocated to develop the Selangor Care Economy Policy, taking into account the multi-dimensional issues and various targeted groups.
“The issues include unpaid care sector workers, commonly carried out by women, alongside low-paid care work in health service sectors, childcare, and education centres, and social workers in elderly care and disability centres,” he said.
