The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality welcomes the proposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1994 (DVA). However, the amendments do not go far enough in protecting women from domestic violence. JAG notes that many crucial issues that have been…
Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) mengalu-alukan pindaan-pindaan yang dicadangkan untuk Akta Keganasan Rumahtangga 1994 (selepas ini dirujuk sebagai “Akta tersebut”). Namun demikian, kami berpendapat pindaan-pindaan tersebut tidak cukup lengkap untuk melindungi mangsa-mangsa keganasan rumahtangga. JAG berpendapat bahawa beberapa isu-isu…
Sisters in Islam (SIS) is unequivocally opposed to the adoption and implementation of Hudud law in Malaysia. This has been our considered position since 1993. Our stand on Hudud law is based on the following reasons: That it is against…
While we note the Attorney General’s decision to not proceed with the charges against the PSM 30, the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) would like to highlight the appalling treatment accorded to the PSM women who were arrested…
For Immediate Release 21 July 2011 Women’s groups in Malaysia demand the immediate release of our colleague Sarasvathy Muthu, 58 years, a woman grassroots activist since the 1980s, and 5 others who have been detained under the Emergency Ordinance…
WOMEN’S Aid Organisation (WAO) is appalled by the attitudes and misinformed beliefs of the recently launched Obedient Wives Club. By propagating their views as facts, the club is being downright irresponsible. The club’s spokesmen have been reported in the newspapers…
Domestic workers’ rights must be respected THE Women’s Aid Organsiation (WAO) extends its sincere condolences to the family of Indonesian domestic worker, Isti Komariyah, who died on June 5 after working here for two-and-a-half years. The results of the…
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…
Petaling Jaya, 8 March 2011 – To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), in collaboration with Unilever and Guardian, held a festive celebration and launched the Pink Heart Campaign, which will provide vital funds to help the work…
HEALTH Equity Initiatives is very concerned about the current debates on baby dumping and infanticide that once again seem to adopt a moralistic approach, which has proved ineffectual in dealing with this long-standing problem. As such, we laud the call…
