Gabungan Kumpulan Wanita Bertindak bagi Kesamarataan Gender (JAG) Kenyataan media untuk penerbitan segera 22 Oktober 2013 Awal pagi ini, kerajaan telah menarik balik dua fasal berkenaan vandalisme dan penghinaan ke atas bendera Malaysia yang dianggap bermasalah dalam Rang Undang-Undang…
Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) Press Statement 22 October 2013 This morning, the government withdrew two problematic clauses in the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, on vandalism and insulting the national flag. This is not enough – the…
Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO) 26 September 2013 KUALA LUMPUR – A human rights report prepared by the Malaysian government was criticised as being hypocritical by a coalition of 54 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The report was…
7 Ogos 2013 Surat kepada Penyunting Dua perkara yang berlaku sekitar minggu lepas telahpun membuktikan bahawa kerajaan Malaysia telahpun meletakkan prioriti mereka pada tempat yang tidak sepatutnya dalam isu berkaitan keganasan rumah tangga. Pertama, seorang isteri telahpun didapati meninggal dunia…
Two events occurred last week which have highlighted the Government’s misplaced priority on domestic violence. Firstly, it is heartbreaking to note yet another domestic violence death of a wife who has succumbed to her burn injuries allegedly inflicted by her…
Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) Press Statement 27 June 2013 If it wasn’t crystal clear before today, it is now: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has the force of law…
Penan Support Group,[1] 26 June 2013 “Bibi was 21 at the time of the interview. She was raped twice by a logger who she had first met when he gave her family a ride home after dropping her sibling off at…
Kuala Lumpur, 26 May 2013 – The waiting is over and the winners have been crowned, albeit unwillingly, in the second edition of the Aiyoh… Wat Lah?! Awards. In this annual spoof awards where nobody wants to win, winners can at least…
Berdasarkan laporan akhbar baru-baru ini, seorang wanita di Kuala Lumpur telah meninggal dunia dipercayai setelah berkali-kali dipukul oleh suaminya. Turut dilaporkan bahawa terdapat kesan lebam baru dan lama pada tubuh mangsa. Malang sekali, turut dikatakan laporan polis telah dibuat sekurang-kurangnya 10…
Yang dituduh merogol: seorang pengurus restoran berusia 40 tahun, mangsanya: kanak-kanak perempuan berusia 13 tahun. Berdasarkan laporan akhbar The Star dan Sabah Daily Express pada 8 May 2013, lelaki 40 tahun itu telah memohon agar pertuduhan rogol terhadapnya di Mahkamah…
