The evidence is compelling: diverse and inclusive workplaces result in increased profitability and performance. Yet, many businesses don’t seem to make diversity and inclusion a priority in the workplace.

As Malaysia rebounds, it is crucial for a gender perspective in all recovery efforts and policies, say experts. Economically, women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

What if we were paid for all the unpaid work we do at home? This includes caregiving, cleaning, child minding, cooking and so on. Although some may argue that this is part and parcel of our daily lives, the problem arises when it’s overwhelmingly one gender that ends up doing most of this unpaid work.

Do you still buy a daily newspaper? Or perhaps a Sunday paper? If you do either, you are probably aged over 40, and in a dwindling minority in most parts of the world. You may well still look at the news on your phone, perhaps checking the “snippets” that Google News offers you for free. You may watch the news on television or listen to the radio. But you are much less likely to pay for news that your parents were – let alone your grandparents.

The digital age has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity, allowing people across the world to share ideas and opinions in almost real time. It has also been characterised by the spread of disinformation.  

Making a positive difference to someone’s life is the greatest gift a journalist can give. Perhaps an individual is heard for the first time, or an injustice is settled. 

Journalists do our jobs in the belief that journalism - at its best- matters to citizens the world over.