Unregistered women entrepreneurs to be identified
KUCHING: Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry will get its mobile team to identify women entrepreneurs, especially those who have yet to register their businesses. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the move was necessary as many of them had missed out on various assistance schemes provided by the federal […]
e-Preneurs to create digital women entrepreneurs
KUCHING:Women e-Preneurs application will give a push for Sarawakian women to move forward in the empowerment of digital era. Sarawak Women and Family Department (JWKS) director Noriah Ahmad said the app was launched by the state government through Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) together with the department. “The application, which was launched on March 9 last […]
Single mothers can apply for RM300 aid
KUCHING: Single mothers can now apply for the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) one-off financial assistance of RM300, revealed Assistant Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Rosey Yunus. They need to register with the Department of Women Development (JPM), Social Welfare Department (JKM) and National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) under […]
Divorce rate critical, says Fatimah
KUCHING: The divorce rate in Sarawak is quite critical, said State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She noted that the state recorded over 1,000 divorce cases yearly from 2011 to 2019. “Based on data from the state’s Syariah Court, there were 1,564 divorce cases among Muslim couples […]
424 frontliners receive Raya-Gawai goodies
MUKAH: The Mukah Division Disaster Management Committee saluted frontliners nationwide for their sacrifices in assisting the country in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Their contributions since the movement control order (MCO) was enforced on March 18 has helped to flatten the curve of Covid-19 cases in the last few days, especially in Sarawak with zero […]
40 women empowered to earn more
DALAT: Some 40 women here received material grant worth RM5,000 each from the Sarawak Women and Family Department (JWKS). The aid was aimed at assisting them to generate more income. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the recipients were among 400 successful applicants statewide who had applied […]
RM5K grant to increase women’s income
DALAT: The Sarawak Women and Family Department (JWKS) hopes that recipients of the RM5,000 material grants provided by the department would fully utilise the assistance to enhance their economic wellbeing. Its director Noriah Ahmad said the idea to introduce the JWKS entrepreneurs grant was mooted by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister […]
