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Review sports industry to ensure gender equality, says MP

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P Prabakaran says women, whether amateurs or professionals, are discriminated against in sports.

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Batu MP P Prabakaran said female athletes often struggle with issues of limited sponsors and rewards compared to male sportsmen. (AFP pic)

KUALA LUMPUR:
The youth and sports ministry should review and amend the Sports Development Act 1997 to deal more fairly with women in the sports industry, said P Prabakaran (PH-Batu) today.

He said women were usually discriminated against when it came to sports, whether they were amateurs or professionals, adding that this was particularly evident in the lack of attention to females in the national sports structure.

Prabakaran told the Dewan Rakyat that female athletes also struggled with issues of limited sponsors and rewards for performing well, compared to male sportsmen.

He said women also faced greater difficulty working in the sports industry, and female sports teams received less media coverage compared to men’s teams.

“Our men’s football team gets more attention than the women’s football team. The same goes for futsal, athletics, and others. So I want to ask the youth and sports ministry, what measures will be taken to overcome this?

“The Sports Development Act 1997 needs to be reviewed or amended, to include an equal pay provision, for example,” he said while debating the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) today.

Equal pay, he said, would give female athletes more opportunity to progress and allow them to earn a regular source of income.

Prabakaran also questioned when the Malaysian Indian Blueprint was going to be implemented, since the 12MP had touched on it.

“Nothing has been implemented since the 11th Malaysia Plan till now. If it is going to be carried out, then invite MPs to debate and discuss it for the benefit of the Indian community.”

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