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Practices such as child marriage and preference of having a son, triggered by gender inequality and discrimination, are not yet chapters from the past.
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MPs have a responsibility to ensure that information shared in the Dewan Rakyat is accurate, particularly on matters affecting public health and people’s rights.
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Malaysia must move away from treating unintended pregnancy and abortion as moral failures or criminal problems. They are health, rights, and social protection issues.
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One of the greatest challenges associated with vitiligo is often not the condition itself, but the misconceptions that surround it.
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Jesse Ridgway and his wife's decision to abort their pregnancy after prenatal testing confirmed the foetus had Trisomy 21 triggered massive outrage in the...
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Typical forms of economic violence may include husbands or partners denying the victim the right to keep and spend their earnings, preventing victims from...
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JAG urges the government to appoint someone with a strong track record of championing the welfare of women and children as the Minister for...
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Voters have more sophisticated expectations from political parties and coalitions, who in turn, have a duty to quell misogyny to empower society to develop...
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In the lead-up to the International Conference on Family Planning, UNFPA’s regional director for Asia and the Pacific, Björn Andersson, underscores the importance of...
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Media objectifies and trivialises women candidates by using phrases like ‘jelitawan’, ‘beauty with brains’, ‘pakej lengkap’ and ‘mencuri perhatian’ when describing them.
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Malaysia’s 2021 maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 68.2 per 100,000 live births is a 170% increase from 2020 figures, and a 220% increase from...
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Justice for Sisters urges political parties to commit to halting conversion practices and removing barriers to health care for LGBT citizens.
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Women’s problems should be seen as part and parcel of the national issues on growth and distribution.
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Malaysia has one of the lowest women’s representation in Parliament in Southeast Asia, where 14 per cent of seats are held by women.