A total of 200 women entrepreneurs have been identified to receive business equipment assistance worth RM5,000 each, this year to promote the empowerment and self-sufficiency of women.

Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah said a survey conducted on 100 women entrepreneurs receiving the assistance concluding with the finding that their income have increased by 162 per cent, to RM1,428.