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The feminist movement in Malaysia is a multicultural coalition of women's organisations committed to the end of gender-based discrimination, harassment and violence against women. Having first emerged as women's shelters in the mid 1980s, [1] feminist women's organisations in Malaysia later developed alliances with other social justice movements
Malaysia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in August 1995 with reservations. [4] Certain reservations were removed in 2010 but some were maintained, namely Articles 9(2), 16(1)(a), 16(1)(c), 16(1)(f) and 16(1)(g) as these Articles were said to be in conflict with the Malaysian ...
In 2023, the Global Trans Rights Index ranked Malaysia as the second worst country in the world in terms of transgender rights, only after Guyana. [11] [12] [13] With widespread anti-LGBTQ conversion practices, discrimination, and violence in the country supported by the state, Malaysia is one of the most homophobic countries in the world.
From 2000 to 2007, there was an increase of rape cases in all 15 states of Malaysia, from 1217 to 3098 cases. Among all 15 states in Malaysia, Johor had the highest rape cases as of May 2017. [10] Based on the statistics released by the Penang Women Centre for Change, one woman is being raped every 35 minutes in Malaysia. [11]
The Constitution of Malaysia forbids discrimination against citizens based on sex, religion, and race, but also accords a "special position" in Article 153 of the Constitution, to Bumiputera, the indigenous peoples of Malaysia including ethnic Malays and members of tribes indigenous to the states of Sabah and Sarawak in eastern Malaysia. Those ...
SIGI is based on a selection of indicators from the Gender, Institutions and Development (GID) Database.. It specifically draws on the GID's social institutions variables that are grouped into five categories or sub-indices: Family Code, Physical Integrity, Civil Liberties, Son Preference (measured as the incidence of missing women), and Ownership Rights.
The code prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, the receipt of public assistance (housing only), record of offences (employment only), or by association with a person identified by any of those grounds.
DAWN Canada is a non-profit organization committed to advocating on behalf of women with disabilities and aims to eliminate the poverty, discrimination, and violence experienced by women with disabilities of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations through the use of research, education, and advocacy. [19]