Initiated by Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia " Dear WAO Friends, We began the year by endorsing a press statement initiated by the Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia to reject any attempt to censor the Internet by the government. The…
RECEIVING DEATH THREATS FOR GIVING HOPE What Is “It Gets Better In Malaysia”? It Gets Better in Malaysia is a video project about giving hope to young LGBT Malaysians: even though things can be rough during the teenage years, it…
Sisters in Islam (SIS) expresses its utmost concern over news reports of a 14-year-old child married off to an adult man in July this year. This only came to light when the child and the man who married her participated…
Press Statement from the Joint Group for Gender Equality JAG welcomes the government’s removal of three reservations to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and urges the government to remove the remaining…
Press Conference cum briefing to Members of Parliament Press Statement: JAG turns 25 years A Women’s Status Report – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Submitted by The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) In 1985 the Joint…
oleh JAWATANKUASA MEI 1, 2009 28 April 2009 Tahun 2009 ; Dunia dan negara sekali lagi dilanda Krisis Ekonomi yang dashyat yang akan menyebabkan lebih 50 juta warga pekerja dunia hilang pekerjaan, kemiskinan meningkat dan penindasan berleluasa. Dalam masa…
by MWG - JUMP 24 April 2009 On 19 April 2009, a Bangladeshi newspaper reported that a Bangladeshi migrant worker, Ikhtiar, died in Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre days after being tortured by the Malaysian police (1). Three days later, on…
by The Sun 2 March 2009 The Women’s Centre for Change (WCC), Penang welcomes the move by the government to introduce legislation on sexual harassment. At a recent seminar, the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry announced that they were…
6 February 2009 We, the undersigned organizations, are extremely concerned about the treatment of over a thousand Rohingyas from Burma and migrants from Bangladesh who have been forcibly expelled and abandoned in international waters by the Thai security forces since…
WAO & AWAM on International Women's Day 2003, Kuching Kenyataan Akhbar Bersama - WAO & AWAM, Hari Wanita Antarabangsa 2003, Kuching Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) and All Women's Action Society (AWAM) are happy to once again work with 3R to…
