ICERD Gagal Lindungi Hak Wanita Islam

DALAM perbincangan isu meratifikasi Konvensyen Antarabangsa Mengenai Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi Kaum (ICERD), beberapa pihak cuba menjustifikasi kewajaran Malaysia berbuat demikian dengan menggunakan alasan, ICERD dapat menyelesaikan kemelut wanita Muslim yang tidak dibenarkan bertudung di sektor perhotelan dan penerbangan. Kenyataan media Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia (SUHAKAM) pada 31 Oktober lalu contohnya, menyatakan kepentingan Malaysia menandatangani […]

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Adib: Mansuh Hukuman Mati?

“KALAU ahli perundangan tak berasa tersinggung kerana pelanggaran undang-undang, sebaiknya dia jadi tukang sapu jalanan.” – Pramoedya Ananta Toer Setelah berjuang nyawa hampir sebulan, akhirnya Muhammad Adib Mohd. Kassim, 24, menghembuskan nafas akhir beliau untuk kembali mendakap Sang Pencipta. Segala macam spekulasi tentang reaksi masyarakat timbul yang menyemarakkan lagi api perkauman. Rata-rata masyarakat melihat pemergian […]

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Stakeholder Report for the 3rd Cycle of Universal Periodic Review on Malaysia

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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Nasib Pak Pandir dalam Bajet 2019

“ADIL adalah menimbang yang sama berat, menyalahkan yang salah dan membenarkan yang benar, mengembalikan hak yang empunya dan jangan berlaku zalim di atasnya. Berani menegakkan keadilan, walaupun mengenai diri sendiri, adalah puncak segala keberanian.” – Buya Hamka. Awal-awal lagi, Perdana Menteri telahpun menyuarakan hasrat dan amanat beliau bagi memberikan isyarat nilai yang akan ditumpukan dalam […]

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MACSA supports effort to extend basic rights of stateless and refugees children.

13th October 2018 MACSA welcomes the move by the government to allow stateless children to register in national schools as announced by the Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching. Malaysia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is particularly important when it comes to access to education for stateless children […]

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MACSA releases Joint Submission for Stakeholders Information 2018 in anticipation of Malaysia’s 3rd UPR Before The UNHRC

  In conjunction with the recent celebration of our 61st Merdeka Day and in anticipation of Malaysia’s pending Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this November, being its 3rd to date, we are pleased to grant access for the viewing of the Malaysian public MACSA’s Joint Submission for Stakesholder’s […]

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[Video] LGBTQ+, Diskriminasi dan Hak Asasi Mengikut Acuan Malaysia

Presiden WAFIQ berbicara tentang LGBTQ di rancangan AlaCarte, Radio Bernama Tetamu : 1. Prof Madya Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, Pengrrusi Bersama Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Presiden Women’s Alliance For Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ). 2. Tuan Aidil Khalid, Exco Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of […]

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