The wing’s national executive committee member, Sandrea Ng, who is also Perak PKR communications director, said there is currently an imbalance and injustice in various aspects of life, including at the workplace, in education and among communities, due to a lack of gender sensitivity.

She said this situation even extended to the legislative institutions, citing several instances recently when sexist and gender-sensitive statements were made in the Dewan Rakyat.

Ng, who is also Perak housing and local government committee chairman, said these types of statements were not only disappointing but extremely hurtful to women.

“Enough is enough. I want to strongly object to all these statements because this behaviour is irresponsible and establishes a culture of bullying towards women in politics,” she said in her address at the party’s congress held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre today.

Meanwhile, issues related to empowering and providing equality to women in various aspects and administrative institutions were also raised by several delegates.

This included Selangor delegate Ainul Aizura Ahsan, who urged the government to do more to promote gender equality and protect the rights of women.

“This includes fully enforcing laws against gender discrimination as well as domestic violence, and increasing representation in legislative bodies and other leadership positions,” she said.

Terengganu delegate Ramlah Saleh, on the other hand, said institutions and agencies have a duty to ensure women are rewarded justly.

Women also need to be treated fairly based on their qualifications and obtain positions that they deserve, she added.

As such, she said government institutions and agencies need to provide courses to create greater awareness among employees regarding gender stereotypes and reduce discrimination.