We refer to the letter by Ikmal Rozlan to Malaysiakini dated January 31, 2019. In the wake of more and more reports of sexual abuse, baby dumping, incest, underage sex, sexual harassment and sexually transmitted infections (STI), there are more frenetic calls to address this issue by way of ‘sex education’. It seems that the […]
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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” […]
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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 […]
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Sejak ribuan tahun lalu, golongan pondan atau mak nyah sudah wujud dalam masyarakat. Sejak zaman Rasulullah SAW, kelompok ini sudah diketahui. Hal itu menyaksikan istilah pondan itu sendiri berkembang dan dikenali sebagai mak nyah dan hari ini dikenali juga sebagai transgender. Secara umumnya istilah itu merujuk kepada golongan yang bertingkah laku seperti jantina yang berlawanan […]
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Recently, a photo of a few men sitting in the LRT while a pregnant women was left standing besides them went viral on social media. Many netizens joined the person who uploaded the photo in cursing and shaming the men for being intolerant. The twist of the story happened when one of the passenger in […]
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WAFIQ merujuk kepada Kenyataan Media Suruhankaya Hak Asasi Manusia (SUHAKAM) yang bertarikh 31 Oktober 2018 mengenai kepentingan Malaysia menandatangani dan mengiktiraf International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) sebagai saranan dan jalan penyelesaian untuk isu diskriminasi di tempat kerja yang dihadapi oleh ribuan wanita di Malaysia terutamanya dalam industri perhotelan […]
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WAFIQ refers to SUHAKAM’s Media Statement dated 31 October 2018 on the need for Malaysia to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), as the proposed solution for workplace discrimination faced by numerous Malaysian women in the hotel industry who are not allowed to wear headscarves or hijab. […]
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Langkah menambah Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di bangunan kerajaan dapat memberi kepuasan yang secara langsung mendorong penyertaan lebih ramai wanita dalam sektor pekerjaan. Presiden Perikatan Wanita Antarabangsa Untuk Institusi Keluarga dan Pendidikan Berkualiti (WAFIQ), Prof Madya Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, berkata ia selari hasil kajian mengenai kepuasan wanita bekerja pernah dijalankan organisasi itu bersama Universiti […]
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INTRODUCTION The International Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ) is a women’s civil society organisation, registered with the Malaysian Registrar of Society PPM-015-10-23032018. It upholds the rights of women to be respected and valued, ensures the sanctity of families to be preserved for better functioning of the society and strives for better […]
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Sekalipun Islam meletakkan nilai serta semangat toleransi yang tinggi, Rasulullah dilihat meletakkan sempadan yang jelas apabila sesuatu perkara itu melibatkan perkara aqidah, syariat serta kehormatan Islam. Menurut al-Qardawi, Muslim perlu menghormati nonMuslim dan non Muslim (ahl zimmah) perlu menjaga perasaan (sensitiviti) umat Islam. Al-Qardawi menjelaskan bahawa dengan itu tidak boleh bagi non Muslim untuk mencerca Islam, […]
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