WE refer to the letter “More to focus on than policing women’s clothing” (The Star, Aug 8) from the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO). WAO seems to miss some rather important points. Firstly, a study by the Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (Wafiq) in collaboration with Centre for Human Rights Research and […]
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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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Baru-baru ini kita menyaksikan perdebatan di parlimen mengenai hak wanita Islam untuk bertudung di tempat kerja. Yang Berhormat Siti Zailah, Ahli Parlimen Rantau Panjang telah bangkit dan mengetengahkan dengan beraninya sebuah isu yang telah lamakita perkatakan iaitu hak wanita khususnya yang bekerja di dalam sektor penerbangan sebagai pramugari agar mempunyai pilihan untuk memakai […]
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(*featured photo from PenangMonthly) UNDERAGE MARRIAGE ISSUE Underage marriages are strongly correlated with poverty and level of education. It happens in any society where there is an imbalance of wealth distribution, and children are the weakest fragment amongst the society and are normally the most victimised. We support measures to stop forced marriages that are […]
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The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) is disappointed that the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO) has chosen to frame its own UPR stakeholder report on Human Rights in Malaysia with unprovoked, malicious attacks on their fellow human rights defenders. MACSA, like COMANGO, has in March […]
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WAFIQ mengalu-alukan kenyataan YB Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Sri Wan Azizah untuk membawa rang undang-undang Kerja Sosial dibahaskan di parlimen. Umum mengetahui, Profesyen Kerja Sosial merupakan satu profesyen yang penting bagi menjamin kebajikan rakyat terutamanya pengadvokasian golongan sasar antaranya kanak-kanak, warga emas dan golongan kurang upaya. Namun begitu, ketiadaan sebuah akta bagi […]
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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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Surat dari seorang pelancong New Zealand yang bernama June Robertson yang dialamatkan kepada YB Senator Datuk Hanafi Mamat, telah menjadi bualan hangat baru – baru ini. Pengirim surat tersebut telah dihubungi oleh portal i.stuff.co.nz/travel bagi mengesahkan kandungan surat. WAFIQ berpendapat maklumbalas sebegini kepada syarikat penerbangan AirAsia seperti yang dilaporkan portal New Zealand tersebut sebagai wajar […]
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MEDIA STATEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Human Rights Shaped By Cultural Contexts 10 DECEMBER 2017 1. The Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy (CENTHRA), one of the many civil society organisations (CSOs) forming part and parcel of the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Process (MACSA), was formed […]
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