Press Statements
Civil Society Groups Respond To MACC Crisis
11 JANUARY 2022 Given the current controversy over the shareholdings in MACC chief Azam Baki’s name, we, the undersigned civil society organisations, demand 1. that the authorities headed by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob put in motion a much-needed independent...
AWAM Joins Forces with MASW to Better Support Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
10 January 2022 The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) and the Malaysian Association of Social Workers (MASW) have announced a cooperation agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to better support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This...
The Right to Know Declaration 2021: Building Back Better with the Right of Access to Information
Endorsed by All Women's Action Society (AWAM) on 18 December 2021 To endorse this declaration, click here. This Right to Know Declaration 2021 sets out an action agenda for defence and promotion of the right of access to information. It was developed for and discussed...
Joint Statement Led by The People’s Health Forum – For public health and affordability, Say ‘Yes’ to implementation of Medicines Price Regulation Phase 1
14 DECEMBER 2021 We, the undersigned organisations and individuals are very concerned about the questionable study sponsored by the private industry dubbed as Cost-Benefit Assessment (CBA) 2.0 on the impact of the Medicines Price Regulation (MPR) policy. The policy...
No More Violence in Schools
27 NOVEMBER 2021 We have come a long way since our analysis of 275 testimonies of abuse in schools, compiled with the help of Nalisa Alia Amin and Terry Die Heiden from 16 to 26 April 2021. To ensure that key government stakeholders prioritise this issue, we analysed...
AWAM Supports Family Frontiers: Are Malaysian Mothers With Overseas-born Children Not A Part Of #KeluargaMalaysia?
9 DECEMBER 2021 On 9 September 2021, the High Court confirmed Malaysian mothers’ equal right to automatically confer citizenship to their overseas-born children (‘the High Court decision’). Every single day it is not implemented is another day Malaysian mothers and...