Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) refers to Home Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Aseh Che Mat's statement on the Immigration Department's intention to consider waiving the RM100 Special Pass fee for abused foreign domestic workers currently seeking shelter at WAO (The Sun, NST,…
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…
The Southeast Asian Regional Conference on Men's Role in Violence Against Women was organised by the KAUSWAGAN Community Social Center (Cebu Doctors' College Community Extension Services. It was held in Cebu, Philippines, on the 16th - 20th April 2001. The…
Objectives Topics Women’s Realities – Understanding Some Concepts Law & The Legal System Rights as a Tool for Change The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Addressing Violence Against Women As A Human Rights Violation…
MEMORANDUM ON A PROPOSED SEXUAL HARASSMENT BILL BY THE JOINT ACTION GROUP AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (JAG) PRESENTED TO THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MALAYSIA 30th March 2001, Kuala Lumpur Introduction Why a Separate Sexual Harassment Bill? In-house Mechanisms…
WAO refers to an article "Woman faces deportation after husband walks out on her" (The Sun, NST April 1, 2001), where a thirty-year old Indonesian faces possible detention, deportation or separation from her two children after her marriage of 8…
WAO refers to Mah Weng Kwai's letter in The Star, 2 February 2001, "Charges dismissed based on evidence"; a letter Mr. Mah wrote in response to Marina Mahathir's article "Barbaric Act" in her weekly column "Musings", The Star, 17 January…
In October 2000, Dato' Shahrizat, then Deputy Minister of the Women's Affairs Secretariat (HAWA), now appointed Minister for the new Women and Family Development Ministry, initiated a National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women (VAW). The committee comprises governmental agencies…
Letter to The Star: WAO calls for a More Vigilant and Caring Society to Protect Foreign Maids from Abuse WOMEN'S Aid Organisation refers to Mah Weng Kwai's letter Charges dismissed based on evidence (The Star, Feb 2) in response to Marina Mahathir's article, Barbaric…
The meeting today between 7 members of staff and the Exco members of WAO with the Director of Immigration Department, Dato' Aseh bin Haji Che Mat, the Director of Enforcement Division, Encik Nasir bin Ahmad, Director of Foreign Workers, Tuan…
