80% Erykah Badu + 20% Women’s Aid Organisation = A concert February 21, 2012. Kuala Lumpur – Pineapple Concerts today announced a partnership with the Women’sAid Organisation (WAO) in conjunction with Erykah Badu Live in KL 2012…
WOMEN’S Aid Organisation (WAO) received a letter from the police on March 11 in response to its annual request for the 2010 statistics on Violence against Women (VAW) from the Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse Division. The statistics include incidences…
Sisters in Islam (SIS) expresses its utmost concern over news reports of a 14-year-old child married off to an adult man in July this year. This only came to light when the child and the man who married her participated…
Kenyataan Bersama - Cadangan Hukuman Mati Mandatori terhadap Perogol Kanak-kanak bukan untuk kepentingan utama kanak-kanak The undersigned organisations working on sexual assault, rape, child sexual abuse, violence against women and human rights urge the government to reconsider its proposal for…
Kenyataan Akhbar "Perogol Budak Ketali Gantung" Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) refers to the news report ""Perogol budak ke tali gantung - Cadangan undang-undang baru dibentang ke Kabinet 13 November" (Mandatory Death by Hanging to Child Rapists, Proposal of New Laws…
Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) refers to the news report "Police to set up one-stop centres for rape victims" (New Straits Times, 24 Mary 2002). WAO commends the police's efforts and commitment in protecting the welfare of violence and sexual assault…
Incest has once again captured public attention with the recent media highlight. The sad and brutal murder of Norshakila, a six-year-old girl, whose nude body was found in a drain in an abandoned housing estate in Ampang (New Straits Times,…
Address by WAO Executive Director Launch of WAO's 16 Days Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 25 November - 10 December I stand here today not only as a representative of WAO but also as a woman. As a daughter, sister,…
With the government's intention to have an additional section within the Penal Code to deal specifically with incest, the government has now formally recognised the fact that incest is distinctive from other forms of rape. However, section 376 of the…
