A recent study conducted by the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) found that almost half of Malaysians, or 47 percent, either feel uncertain or do not support gender equality.

It revealed that a majority of the respondents expressed either negative or uncertain attitudes toward gender inequality, and tend to deny gender inequality is a problem.

The study was conducted by Isabel Chung, Anis Farid, and Shazana Agha of WAO, with an 80-question survey distributed among 1,000 participants from different genders, age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds.

It highlighted 13 key findings...