AWAM regularly writes to the newspapers to respond to stories and spread awareness of issues relevant to gender equality.

Please click on the links below to find the letters arranged in reverse chronology by year. Not all letters were published in the press.

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

2008

• R K Boo's letter re: Disruption of Bar Council Forum  

2007

• Women dare not insist on safe sex
• Right the imbalance
• Ambulance man fondled my breast
• Let there be refreshing voices of change in our society

2006

• Make sure deal benefits workers
• Awam concerned over implied threats of violence
• Ill-thought accusations at Umno meet
• UMNO General Assembly
• Penang CCTV Case
• Back Awam's struggle for women
• Media ethics, freedom of information separate issues
• Freedom of the Press
• Privatisation may not solve woes
• Essential services govt's responsibility
• Such transparency is welcome
• AWAM wants to know on follow-ups to A-G's report
• Laporan Ketua Audit Negara
• Auditor-General's Report
• Look beyond social factors
• Kadar Penyelesaian Kes Rogol
• Solve Rate of Rape Cases
• 2007 Budget
• Ancaman Yang Dibuat Terhadap Malik Imtiaz Sarwar
• Have open spaces for dissent
• Speak out against threats to free speech
• Gov't silence on death threat worrisome
• Malik Imtiaz (BM)
• Threats Made against Malik Imtiaz Sarwar
• All clear for women
• Women Syariah judges step in right direction
• Marital rape debate lauded
• Gender Equality in Tertiary Education
• Bar Council's objection sexist
• Rape situations need to be understood
• Discard sexist assumptions
• Misyar Marriages
• Include men in flexi policy
• Provide for bigger role in public life
• Crime Figures
• Why focus on victimless acts
• Moral Policing
• Students Being Forced to Wear Tudung
• Judge's stand applauded
• Judge's Remarks on a Rape Case
• Maids are workers, too
• Legal Protection for Domestic Workers
• Break association between masculinity, violence
• Tackle the roots of violence
• Gang rape case: Police behaviour inhumane
• Rape of an Undocumented Migrant Worker
• Stereotyping by the Police

2005

• Alarmed by provisions
• No good rationale for Bill
• Don't enforce Islamic family law for now
• Islamic Family Law
• Media shouldn't go for lurid sensationalism
• Media Coverage of 'Squatgate'
• Public must be able to trust law enforcers
• Royal Commission highlighted police's shortcomings
• Police Reforms
• Be kinder to sexual minorities
• Transgender Issue
• Experts to study transgender issue
• Don't jail 'moral offenders'
• Cabinet's Statement on the Tudung Issue in Universities
• Shocked by Samy's sexist joke
• Different form of punishment
• Equal rights welcomed
• End all gender discrimination
• Budget’s gains tax exemption for wives good move
• Wives' gains tax exemption
• Budget 2006
• Debate laws on their merit, not convenience
• MPs debating polgamy issue should focus on helping first wives
• Focus on more important issues when debating amendment bill
• Polygamy Cases An Extra Burden
• At the Dewan Rakyat Yesterday Male MPs Express Reservations
• Parliament Debate Islamic Family Law
• No sign of sexual harassment Bill
• Insurance for Muslim Women
• Public Service Department's Guidelines on Sexual Harassment
• Amendments to Rape-related Laws
• Wrong to ascribe sex crimes to dressing
• MPs on in-flight sexual harassment