Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) menyambut baik kenyataan oleh Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Awang Hashim bahawa pindaan terhadap Akta Pekerjaan merangkumi cuti paterniti, cuti bersalin dipanjangkan, perlindungan terhadap gangguan seksual, dan waktu kerja yang anjal. Pengumuman itu dibuat di Dewan Rakyat…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) welcomes the statement by Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim that amendments to the Employment Act would include paternity leave, extended maternity leave, protections against sexual harassment, and flexible working hours. The announcement was made in…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) menyokong penuh cadangan YB Kasthuri Patto mengenai pindaan terhadap Peraturan-peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat, yang akan memperkukuhkan penguatkuasaan terhadap kenyataan seksis, rasis dan menyinggung yang dilakukan oleh Ahli Parlimen di Dewan Rakyat. Hinaan yang berbaur seksis dan…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) supports YB Kasthuri Patto’s proposal of two amendments to the Standing Orders of Parliament, which would strengthen enforcement against sexist, racist and offensive remarks made by MPs in Dewan Rakyat. The recent racial and sexist slurs…
Pertubuhan Pertolongan Wanita (WAO) mengalu-alukan pengumuman kerajaan bahawa satu memorandum jemaah menteri berkaitan menjenayahkan tindakan menghendap kini sedang dalam perancangan. Pengumuman yang diumumkan oleh Datuk Seri Rina Harun, Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat (KPWKM) di Dewan Rakyat pada 21…
Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) welcomes the government’s announcement that a cabinet paper on making stalking an offence is being prepared. This announcement was made by Datuk Seri Rina Harun, the Minister for Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) in the…
Sebuah naskhah polisi telah diterbitkan oleh SUHAKAM pada minggu ini yang menekankan kepada impak COVID-19 kepada hak asasi wanita dan saranan supaya tindakan yang bersesuaian diambil selari dengan saranan yang dicadangkan oleh pakar daripada PBB. Kerajaan Malaysia haruslah menyahut saranan…
A policy brief published by SUHAKAM this week highlights the impact of COVID-19 on women’s human rights and makes corresponding recommendations that contextualise recently proposed actions by UN experts. The Malaysian government should heed SUHAKAM’s recommendations, and act swiftly to…
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) berhati-hati dalam mengalukan pengumuman oleh Kementerian Wanita, Keluarga, dan Pembangunan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun. Beliau menyatakan bahawa Rang Undang-Undang Gangguan Seksual akan dibentangkan di Parlimen pada tahun ini. Walaupun terdapat…
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) cautiously welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun, that the Sexual Harassment Bill will be tabled in Parliament this year. While…