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19th March, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR: Employers should consider setting up child care centres at work places to help reduce stress at work, especially among working mothers, said the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
She said such centres would not only relieve the mothers to know that their children were well cared for but it would also enable them to be fully committed towards their job.
“As for the child, being in a child care centre at the mother’s work place will certainly give them a sense of security and comfort, perhaps allowing them to better respond to lessons or learning experiences while they are there,” she said.
According to her, providing child care facilities to working mothers could help reduce the number of child abuse cases in the country.
Rosmah was speaking at the launching of Sime Darby’s Child Protection Policy by Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.
Rosmah also said she was saddened that despite the legislations, policies and child protection programmes that were already in place as well as wide campaigns to increase public awareness, child abuse cases still occurred everywhere.
“Malaysia is not an exception to this scenario. As a mother, I am very disturbed over the growing number of child abuse cases in the country. What is happening in our society?” she asked.
She also lauded the commitment of non-government organisations and corporations in making a difference by developing initiatives and collaboration in addressing the issue.
“I would like to suggest that corporate organisations play their role within their capacity by providing a better workplace environment and pleasant ambiance to all their staff so that it would help to reduce the element of stress among the working women,” she said.
She said as part of One Malaysia, it must necessarily be a component of our embedded values to respond collectively to help curb child abuse.
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