Jumble Sale
by Women's Aid Organisation 19 February 2009 WAO is once again organising our very first jumble sale for this year!! If you've been a regular to our jumble sales @ Amcorp Mall, you would know that you simply cannot miss this quarterly…
Treatment of Rohingya and Bangladeshi ‘Boat People’ in Asia
6 February 2009 We, the undersigned organizations, are extremely concerned about the treatment of over a thousand Rohingyas from Burma and migrants from Bangladesh who have been forcibly expelled and abandoned in international waters by the Thai security forces since…
WAO Charity Futsal Tournament 2009
by Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) 23 January 2009 Futsal fever is currently spreading the globe but it owes a great deal of its success and all of its appeal to the streets and playgrounds of South America where the…
Handmade Jewelry Club’s Charity Drive
by Handmade-Jewelry-Club 8 January 2009 Wanting to do their fair share in giving back to the society, the members of the Handmade Jewellery Club came together to do just that. The Handmade Jewellery Club was founded by Jane Chew a…
Allow Youth to Mingle
by Women's Centre for Change (WCC Penang) 26 December 2008 THE Women's Centre for Change (WCC) Penang is greatly disturbed by the recent position taken in relation to the I-Dance street dancing competition in Penang. State PAS Youth chief Mohamed…
Press Statement – “Snitch on Hubbies” to Curb Prostitution
Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) refers to news report "Snitch on Hubbies" (Malay Mail, 14 February 2003), where the Selangor Menteri Besar, Dr. Mord. Khir Toyo, and chief of Wanita MCA, Datuk Ng Yen Yen, encouraged women to "snitch on their…
Sex Education in Secondary School to Curb Illegitimate Children
Kenyataan Akhbar "Pendidikan Seks Di Pelajar Sekolah Menengah untuk Mengurangkan Anak Tak Sah Taraf" Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) welcomes the proposal of sex education in schools, and has long supported this move. Sex education will help to impart the responsibilities…
Press Statement – Perlis Policy on Polygamy
Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) calls for an urgent sense of priority and promote the value: Family First, Polygamy Last. Polygamy is a conditional right whereby a husband has to fulfill specific conditions before claiming this right so that he is…
The First Arabian Charity Food Fair & Bazaar
Persatuan Wanita Arab Kuala Lumpur (Arab's Women's Association Kuala Lumpur) has named WAO as one of the recipients of for: The First Arabian Charity Food Fair & Bazaar Guest of Honour Y.B. Datin Seri Endon Mahmood Sunday, September 22, 2002 10.00am…
Stop Violence And Terrorism Against Humanity
The Women's Agenda for Change condemns all forms of violence and terrorism. We are appalled by the terrorist attacks of September 11 on New York and Washington, and are equally appalled by the 8th October military strikes on Kabul, Jalalabad,…
