More Consultation in Rape Laws The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) views with concern the government’s move to introduce a bill which no longer allows judges to impose a bond of good behaviour in statutory rape sentencing. This…
Posted on 09 October 2012 Read the original article here 30 years of empowering women By SERI NOR NADIAH KORIS | streets@nstp.com.my MORE than 300 people turned up at the Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) Carnival held in an open…
Press Statement from Women’s Aid Organisation For Immediate Release Women’s Aid Organisation celebrates 30 years of empowering women PETALING JAYA, 12 September 2012 – September 2012 is a commemorative month for the Women’s Aid Organisation. It has been 30 years since the…
Read original article here PM must take women’s ministry portfolio seriously — JAG October 02, 2012 OCT 2 — The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is appalled and extremely disappointed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s…
Read the original article here Public morality outrage Friday, September 14, 2012 -by Press release Malaysia maintains “public morality” in the ASEAN human rights declaration; SEA Women to appeal again to foreign ministers. Malaysia continues to resist the…
Hong Kong’s Transcontinental Adventurer Premieres on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel and the National Geographic Channel 10 Episodes, 10 Countries, 10 Humanitarian Stories 25,000 Kilometres in 125 Days Hong Kong (DATE) - On Sunday 26 August 2012,…
JAG Statement: Consider the needs and perspectives of our young 30 August 2012 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is concerned that “consensual sex” between a young adult and a child can result in a binding over sentence…
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/15/nation/11858155&sec=nation Wednesday August 15, 2012 The Star Apply for review of bowler’s rape case decision, A-G urged By SARBAN SINGH and HAN KAR KAY SEREMBAN: The Attorney-General should apply for a judicial review of the Court of Appeal's…
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/12/nation/11845068&sec=nation Sunday August 12, 2012 JAG: Clarify judgment on bowler By YUEN MEIKENG PETALING JAYA: Women's groups have urged the judiciary to clarify its judgment in allowing a national bowler to escape jail for committing statutory rape on…
PRESS STATEMENT Joint Action Group For Gender Equality (JAG) urges Judiciary to Clarify Judgement Yesterday, the Court of Appeal unanimously decided to overturn a High Court decision sentencing national bowler, Noor Afizal Azizan to five years in jail…
