Press Statements
Children Born To Malaysian Women Are NOT A National Threat!
4 DECEMBER 2020 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) together with 37 other undersigned civil society organisations express grave concern at Deputy Home Minister YB Dato’ Sri Dr. Ismail Mohamed Said’s statement regarding the inability of Malaysian women to...
Cyber Thugs Threatening UMANY Must Be Brought To Justice
24 NOVEMBER 2020 We, the undersigned civil society organisations, urge the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to investigate and the Attorney General’s Chambers to prosecute cyber thugs who post death and rape threats on members...
A People-Centred ASEAN Is An ASEAN Responding To Human Rights
29 NOVEMBER 2020 As in past years and previous ASEAN Peoples’ Forums, the challenge facing ASEAN continues to be how to give full force and effect to, and to comprehensively implement the twin aims of increasing respect for and promotion of human rights, and the...
Employment Act: Anti-Discrimination Provisions Must Extend to Job Seekers and Include Disability Status
19 NOVEMBER 2020 We, the undersigned, urge the Minister of Human Resources to include job seekers in the proposed amendments to the Employment Act, to protect job seekers from discrimination. We also urge the Minister to include disability status as a protected ground...
Women’s Experiences Show Urgent Need for Sexual Harassment Act
5 NOVEMBER 2020 New research conducted by Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) and research company Vase.ai demonstrates an urgent need for the enactment of sexual harassment legislation. The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) urges the government to follow...
Don’t Wilfully Undermine A Democratic Malaysia
25 OCTOBER 2020 We, the undersigned members of the CSO Platform for Reform, are concerned with the news of a possible declaration of a state of emergency by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Oct 23. The timing and political context of the announcement cannot come at...