Artikel ini adalah sebahagian dari kertas kerja yang dibentangkan dalam Muzakarah Pakar “Hak Asasi Manusia Selepas 70 Tahun : Analisis Kritis”, 2-3 Mei 2018, Dewan Besar IKIM. Hampir 20 tahun yang lalu, salah faham masyarakat dunia tentang Islam dan wanita Muslim adalah sesuatu yang lumrah. Kemudahan internet hanya terhad untuk urusan dipejabat dan jaringan […]
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Women’s participation in the national workforce has increased from 5.72 million in the second quarter of 2017 to 5.76 million in the third quarter in the same year according to Chief Statistician of the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. The female labour force participation rate for Malaysia was 54.3% […]
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Penglibatan wanita dalam sektor pekerjaan negara telah meningkat dari 5.72 juta dalam suku kedua tahun 2017 kepada 5.76 juta dalam suku ketiga tahun yang sama, seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Ketua Perangkawan, Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. Kadar penyertaan wanita dalam tenaga kerja di Malaysia adalah 54.3% pada tahun sebelumnya. Trend terkini […]
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT BANNING OF HEADSCARVES BY HOTELS IS FAR FROM OVER Tourism and Culture Minister (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said on 22nd of November 2017 that Muslims who work as frontline hotel staff have the right to wear headscarves. He further lambasted the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) for the “irresponsible” and “anti-Islam” statement […]
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KENYATAAN RASMI LARANGAN BERTUDUNG MASIH JAUH DARI PENYELESAIAN Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan (MOTA) Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz berkata pada 22 November 2017 bahawa orang Islam yang bekerja sebagai kakitangan hotel berhak memakai tudung. Beliau menyalahkan Persatuan Hotel Malaysia (MAH) atas kenyataan “tidak bertanggungjawab” dan “anti-Islam” mengenai larangan tudung dan menolak tuntutan mereka bahawa amalan itu […]
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It’s far from over. In the last few months, WAFIQ has collected data from a number of hotel employees and hotel graduate interns who testified that they have been discriminated against based on their religion, as they are not allowed by their employers in the hotel and tourism industry to wear the hijab. Many highlighted […]
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THIS response is in regards to statements made by The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH). Its chairman, Samuel Cheah Swee Hee, said in an online news report that prohibiting their front line staffs from wearing hijab or headscarf is an international practice and not meant to be discriminatory. Any logical person will automatically respond that this […]
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