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The women's wings of Pakatan Rakyat parties today launched a 'Buku Jingga' for women, marking out the development agenda for women if the coalition takes over Putrajaya.
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Notably, AWM promises RM50 a month for each housewife in what is called the Caruman Wanita Nasional (National Women Contributions) and compulsory contributions of RM10 to RM100 a month from husbands to wives for the purpose of savings.
"Pakatan Rakyat is introducing the National Women's Contributions to acknowledge the role of women in society.
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In line with this, Pakatan also pledged to set up empowerment and support centres to provide training and other facilities for women.
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