WAS THERE LESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THE MCO?
BFM interviewed AWAM on 25th August 2020 regarding a report by Malay Mail that quotes a police officer who said that contrary to data by NGOs, the police saw a decrease in domestic violence cases during the MCO. BFM spoke to our very own Programme and Operations Manager Nisha Sabanayagam to evaluate the disparity in […]
Make Space For Women’s Leadership and Political Participation
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) demands that women’s voices critical of the government and political participation should be met with respect and dignity rather than intimidation – as evident by the police investigation of the Former Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development and of organisers of Women’s March MY. YB […]
Let’s Continue Our Agenda Of Reform And Progress, Especially With Women’s Rights
Gender equality is sadly not apparent in the new cabinet. The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) is disappointed that no real attempt was made to improve women’s participation in decision making in parliament. The number of women in the cabinet, five full ministers and four deputy ministers, has not increased. With the overall number of […]
Open Avenues for Justice; NFA is Unacceptable
The Attorney-General Tommy Thomas’s decision to defend the ‘No Further Action’ (NFA) order with regards to the case where a minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by three older students at a tahfiz school in Ipoh is utterly shocking and unacceptable. The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) stands firmly with SUHAKAM’s Child Commissioner Datuk Noor Aziah […]
Prioritize the Lives of Girls; End Child Marriage
The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) strongly urges Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Ismail to pursue a zero-tolerance stance to child marriage in Malaysia. Regardless of the lack of cooperation in this issue from the Islamic legislative councils in seven states i.e. Sarawak, […]
National Steering Council on Domestic Violence #1
Date: 28 November 2019 Attended by Purani Mogan I attended “Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Menangani Keganasan Rumah Tangga” in KPWKM. This committee is comprised of 16 government agency and 4 NGOs and AWAM will be one of the permanent member of the committee together with WCC, NCWO and WAO. MOH, PDRM, JKM, Jabatan Pembangunan Wanita and WAO […]
Working with Vulnerable Groups
Date: 14 November 2019 Today, AWAM took a little trip down to PPR Lembah Subang 2 to establish contact with communities on the ground. We aim to work with vulnerable groups in tackling domestic violence and rape. While domestic violence and rape can happen to anyone, the poor and underprivileged usually lack knowledge, resources and […]
When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive
Acknowledgements: This post is a reproduction of the original article posted on the Harvard Business Review on February 11, 2019, titled ‘Research: When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive’. The link to the original article can be found here: https://hbr.org/2019/02/research-when-gender-diversity-makes-firms-more-productive The business world has long debated the effect of gender diversity on business outcomes. […]
Sexual Harassment as a Tool for Gender Equality
Date: 6 October 2019 Trainer: Lilian Kok AWAM had been invited to a speaker at the National ALSA Forum at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok. Our Program Officer for the Anti-Sexual Harassment Program flew down to green city bordering Thailand to talk about Sexual Harassment at the workplace. Another speaker who spoke on the legal […]
A Congregation Combating Domestic Violence
Date: 26 October 2019 Trainer: Lilian Kok AWAM had been invited by the Luther Center, PJ to give a talk on Domestic Violence under their Women Abuse Program for members of the church. The speakers at the event include Rev. David who spoke on gender equality from a biblical point of view, Madam Lisa Sum […]
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