Single Mothers Should Act As Agent Of Change - Malaysian PM's Wife

PEKAN (Pahang, Malaysia), March 12 (Bernama) -- Single mothers should not merely be recipients of benefits from development, but instead they should be more active as an agent of change in Malaysia's development along with other women. The Prime Minister's wife, Rosmah Mansor said thus the fate of single mothers should be given full attention by the community. "Single Mothers should be given suitable facilities according to their status for them to find a living and should not be marginalised," she said when opening the Single Mothers and Women's Organisation general meeting here Sunday. Rosmah also said women organisations need to empower the roles of women in the country in various fields. However, she said the empowering of women does not mean they are completely taking over from men in all fields. "What we only hope for is that the rights and well-being of women are given due consideration," she said. She said women should be given the right to have access to quality education, employment and health care. At the ceremony, Rosmah presented ice-cream shake machines to 47 single mother entrepreneurs in Pekan. Pekan is the royal town of the east coast Malaysian state of Pahang Darul Makmur. -- BERNAMA