We would like to refer to your article https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/01/23/stop-female-circumcision-it-has-no-medical-benefit-say-womens-groups/ WAFIQ wishes to clarify several facts concerning female circumcision (FC) which was recently discussed in the launching of the report of “The Status of Women’s Human Rights: 24 years of United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Malaysia” […]

This intervention serves to highlight particular concerns of our alliance, namely the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process or MACSA, towards the recommendations recently received by Malaysia from states sitting in the UN Human Rights Council (#UNHRC) during its 3rd Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) in November 2018 as well as Malaysia’s […]

Baru-baru ini, negara telah dikejutkan dengan satu e-mel yang disebarkan di portal media yang menuduh dua pekerja lelaki melakukan gangguan seksual terhadap teman sekerja wanita mereka di stesen radio BFM. Sayangnya, pihak mereka ibarat terkunci mulut apabila bertindak senyap bagi jenayah yang berlaku di dalam sebuah industri media yang sepatutnya memberi kesedaran mengenai isu tersebut. […]

Pada saya pendirian Islam jelas, tiada siapa larang hak pendidikan warga Malaysia. Apakah golongan LGBT ini dilarang ke sekolah? Yang kita tegaskan adalah larangan pengiktirafan mereka melakukan amalan terlarang secara terang-terangan. Pemahaman tentang larangan melakukan perbuatan LGBT ini turut disokong dengan tindakan Rasulullah ﷺ. Berhubung perlakukan LGBT ini, Rasulullah ﷺ menegaskan bahawa amalan ini adalah […]