JAG Statement: Consider the needs and perspectives of our young 30 August 2012 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is concerned that “consensual sex” between a young adult and a child can result in a binding over sentence…
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/12/nation/11845068&sec=nation Sunday August 12, 2012 JAG: Clarify judgment on bowler By YUEN MEIKENG PETALING JAYA: Women's groups have urged the judiciary to clarify its judgment in allowing a national bowler to escape jail for committing statutory rape on…
PRESS STATEMENT Joint Action Group For Gender Equality (JAG) urges Judiciary to Clarify Judgement Yesterday, the Court of Appeal unanimously decided to overturn a High Court decision sentencing national bowler, Noor Afizal Azizan to five years in jail…
http://malaysiakini.com/letters/197960 Letter to the Editor from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality Malaysiakini, 15 May 2012: Malaysia's questionable process of law reform The hasty withdrawal of the bill to amend the Election Offences Act highlights flaws in the…
Open letter to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) 20 April 2012 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) welcomes SUHAKAM’s recognition of human rights violations based on…
Press Release from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality 23 March 2012 Women must be able to retire at the same age as men The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is deeply disappointed by the…
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/jag-condemns-anti-ambiga-smear-poster-campaign/ Press Release from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality 24 February 2012 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) condemns the posters depicting Ambiga Sreenevasan and A. Samad Said that have recently been displayed in parts of…
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…
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…
