1. Women (in the previous system) that are not degree holders, lose their pension and “baksis” (a substantial amount of money) once they MARRY and become month-month workers.
2. The number of men in the senior positions of government FAR outweighs the women, but thankfully this is slowly changing.
3. Most of the upper rank of Brunei society is dominated by males. Could it be that since it is these same people who determine who gets the top jobs, the disparity exists?
4. Males do seem to get promoted faster than their female counterparts in most sectors of government. Maybe bosses see males as the ‘better choice’ as they can be relied on not to get maternity leave, sick leave at regular periods each month, emergency leave as child gets sick, problems with maid etc. If so, the whole system needs to be looked at?
5. For a female officer with a husband working in the private sector, she is entitled to less privileges compare to a male officer with a wife working in the private sector especially in terms of 'tambang'. Of course this affects morale.
6. Maternity leaves
7. The employment opportunities in the private sector and there should be supportive measures by the Government include the financial assistance schemes through commercial banks.
8. The Enterprise Facilitation Scheme.
9. The Micro-Credit Financing Scheme.
10. The Working Capital Credit Fund.
