Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari told the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Feb 12) that Malaysia is still short of achieving its 10% quota for women in the Armed Forces.
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00:00Until 31 December last year, a total of 222 members of the Women's ATM served abroad.
00:07They were involved in humanitarian missions, security missions under the United Nations,
00:14training with strategic allies and military diplomatic missions.
00:20Until now, the Women's ATM has carried out three humanitarian missions internationally
00:25involving 118 members of the Women's ATM,
00:29to provide medical assistance to refugees in Bangladesh,
00:34involving a total of 89 members of the Women's ATM,
00:38which is 36% of the 245 members of the mission.
00:43The second is the Women's ATM to help earthlings in Turkey,
00:48involving a total of 21 members of the Women's ATM,
00:51which is 19% of the 110 members of the mission.
00:55And the third mission is to bring back the injured Palestinian people for treatment in Malaysia,
00:59involving a total of 8 members of the Women's ATM,
01:02which is 11% of the 70 members of the mission.
01:07Next, a total of 85 members of the Women's ATM were sent for duty in the PBB security mission in Lebanon.
01:16That's all.
01:21Thank you, Mr. Minister, for your answer.
01:24We can see that based on the white paper of the previous defense,
01:28a total of 10% of the members of the Women's ATM have been targeted.
01:32Regarding the target of the Women's ATM,
01:36what is the number of requests compared to the missions that have been carried out for the past three years?
01:44And are there any incentives given to the members of the Women's ATM
01:50to carry out missions abroad, such as Malbat?
01:55Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your question.
02:01If we look at the white paper of the previous defense,
02:05we can see that there is a reduction of about 2% of the achievements that we want to deliver.
02:12So, if we look at this year,
02:15we have conducted a revision or a review of our defense white paper,
02:20because we know that in the 10-year period,
02:22we will revise it in 5 years.
02:24That's because if we look through this defense white paper,
02:27we can see several aspects that we can further increase the involvement of women in the ATM itself.
02:34Especially in terms of the use of technology,
02:38and especially if we look at our cyber domain,
02:41the space for women is very open.
02:44So, if we look at these aspects,
02:46I think that through the defense white paper,
02:49we can achieve our goals.
02:51And not only achieve our goals,
02:53but the most important thing is that we want to increase,
02:56through our promotion, the involvement of women in the Malaysian military.
03:00That's all, Madam Speaker.