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Despite making up 50% of the population and electorate, women unfortunately face systemic disadvantages at the economic, social and political levels. What should the government focus on to empower women in business and the economy? Nuraizah Shamsul Baharin, president of the Women Entrepreneur Network Association (WENA) and representative of the Gender Budget Group gives her recommendations.

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One of the best performing asset classes this year has been cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is up close to 50% on a year to date basis albeit still less than half the value of its peak of 67,000 US dollar in October 2021. With the collapse of FTX, this has invited greater scrutiny by the US Securities and Exchange Commission which recently proposed changes to federal custody requirements to include assets like crypto. How will this pan out and what has been the reason for the sudden surge in cryptocurrency prices? For answers, we speak to Zhong Yang Chan, Head Of Research, CoinGecko.

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After stronger than expected CPI and PPI numbers, the Fed seems to be struggling to contain inflationary pressures. We ask Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist at US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management what does this mean for the terminal rate and why does the Fed still keep to it's 2% inflation target.

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Double Eleven is a game developer and publisher that’s based in the UK. After more than a decade of experience in the industry, working on various games, including Little Big Planet, Limbo, Rust, Minecraft Dungeon and Prison Architect, they decided to open up a new branch here in Malaysia. We speak to its Chief Operating Officer, Mark South, who was in town recently, to hear how they’ve navigated through the industry, the move to Malaysia during the pandemic, and prioritising employees’ welfare above everything else.

Advantage Arsenal again after gameweek 24 as they (barely) got all three points vs Aston Villa, while City's relinquished their stranglehold at the top of the league after drawing 1-1 to Nottingham Forest. Elsewhere, Newcastle fell to a resurgent Liverpool as Darwin Nunez & Cody Gakpo strikes gave Jurgen Klopp's side a 2-0 win. Chelsea's blues continued as they fell to rock-bottom Southampton and while Tottenham Hotspur didn't dominate, they took all three points from Moyes' West Ham side. All that, plus Champions League & Europa League previews, on this week's Just For Kicks.

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Earlier this month, Minister of Youth and Sports, Hannah Yeoh, decided against tabling the Safe Sports Bill and pledged to enshrine its provision in a code instead. We speak to Sarina Sundara Rajah, president of Safe Sport Malaysia, about why a Code would not offer sufficient protection for athletes.

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The Cabinet has agreed to amend the Federal Constitution to enable automatic Malaysian citizenship to children born overseas, to Malaysian mothers. First, we spoke to Suri Kempe, who’s led the charge on this, about this landmark decision and how it will affect families. And then, we hear about the direct impact of this, from a Malaysian mother.

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Fashion brand Behati are getting flak for their latest raya campaign titled the Pelangi collection: Firstly, for holding a a runway show in the middle of the busy pedestrian walk at Pavillion Bukit Bintang. Second, for the designs of their clothes which are highly modern interpretations of traditional wear. We get into what people on Twitter have been saying.

In today's Dewan Rakyat round-up, we hear from policymakers on how the government intends to move forward with the LCS project, initiatives to encourage the use of EVs, and the media's right to protect their sources.

Eating healthy is expensive. That’s what a lot of us think, but is it necessarily true? With the recent introduction of RM5 meals through Menu Rahmah, many are wondering: is it still possible to eat a balanced meal amidst rising food costs? Is cheap always bad? Prof Dr Winnie Chee, President of the Malaysian Dietitians' Association joins us to answer all your questions about eating healthy on a budget.

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