"This pap!!r presents the status of women technicians I'n
Malaysia, in terms at work situation, '·education and training,'
personal aspects, arid government equal opportunity policy., The
term 'technlcians' used in this paper refers to worker~ whose
·occup~tional positions are classified under the group of
'professional, technical and related workers' according to the
Dictionary of Occupational Classification, Malaysia, 1980.
Workers in this group conduct research and apply scientific
knowledge to the solution of a variety of technological,
economic, social and industrial problems and perform other
professional, technical, artistic and related functions in such
fields as physical and life sciences, engineering, law, medicine,
religion, education, literature, art, entertainment and sport.