It has been projected that raising the employment level of women in Malaysia by 30 per cent could raise GDP between 7 per cent to 12 per cent3. However, there are challenges in optimising women's participation in the labour market.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a profound public health crisis in Malaysia. Malaysians from all walks of life struggle with the immediat, prolonged and endemic impact of the pandemic but as the adage goes, though we face the same storm, we may not be in the same boat. 

The substantial increase in connectivity and data generation, the explosion of the number of connected devices, and the rapid take-up of technologies such as cloud computing, advanced robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamentally changing the way organizations do business and how governments provide public services and engage with citizens.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an extraordinary health and economic crisis for countries around the world. We are now faced with the challenge of closing the opportunity divide. The first edition of 'Covid-19 Exit Strategy to The New (now) Norm) will elaborate on how do we ensure that citizens across Malaysia and beyond are able to transform digital divides into digital dividends.

Secure, trusted, and inclusive application of technology is more critical than ever in a nation’s economic recovery. 

As digital technology and data have become indispensable tools for governments to combat the virus, digital support has become critical for the world’s first responders. The second edition of 'Covid-19 Exit Strategy to The New (now) Norm) will explain more on digital infrastructure which also covers a digital native policy paradigm; anchored on technology, powered by trust.