Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) has urged the Malaysian government to reform rape laws that permit husbands to rape their wives, following Singapore’s tabling of a bill to repeal marital immunity to rape on Monday. They also applauded the Singapore government for taking…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) has welcomed Law Minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong’s recent statement on the need to formulate anti-stalking laws in Malaysia. “It is important that we formulate a law to look into stalking," Datuk Liew Vui Keong told…
Today, the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG), the National Council of Women's Organisations (NCWO), and Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) launched the report, 'The Status of Women's Human Rights: 24 Years of CEDAW in Malaysia". You can read the…
Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin and her team, who fought pregnancy discrimination and won a landmark court case, jointly-won the SUARAM Human Rights Award 2018 on Tuesday. The award recognises their pathbreaking ten-year pursuit of justice, which created legal precedents enabling other…
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is very disturbed by the email recently circulated concerning radio station BFM 89.9. We are concerned by the email’s description of alleged sexual assault and harassment, and of alleged poor response from…
Hari Ahad ini, bermulalah kempen 16 Hari Aktivisme Menentang Keganasan Berkait Gender yang bakal diraikan di seluruh dunia. Namun, sedang kita berjuang menamatkan keganasan berkait gender, masih ada satu bentuk keganasan yang ramai pihak masih terlepas pandang, yakni perbuatan intip dan hendap…
This Sunday marks the start of the worldwide 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. As we work to end gender-based violence, one form of violence that we need to pay attention to is stalking. Stalking is currently not a crime…
Pertubuhan Pertolongan Wanita (WAO) mengalu-alukan keputusan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya untuk menggugurkan pertuduhan membuat laporan palsu terhadap seorang ibu berhubung dakwaan anaknya didera secara seksual. Menurut WAO, keputusan ini penting bagi memastikan orang ramai tidak terhalang daripada membuat laporan berhubung penderaan…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) has lauded the withdrawal of false reporting charges against a mother who had reported suspected child sexual abuse, emphasising that the decision would reduce barriers for the public to report child sexual abuse. On Monday, the…
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) echoes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s call for Malaysia to abolish anti-sodomy laws. Laws that criminalise consensual oral and anal sex are remnants of our British colonial past; it’s time we abolish these archaic laws,…