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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
On September 9. 2021, Malaysia’s High Court ruled in favor of a group of Malaysian mothers who were seeking to pass on their nationality to their children born overseas. The judge ruled that the current citizenship law on its own is discriminatory and must be read together with another constitutional clause that outlaws gender discrimination ...
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]
State Shariah law, in contrast to federal criminal law, only applies to Muslims and have no jurisdiction over non-Muslims, as guarateed by Item 1, Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. Shariah law is not legislated by the federal Parliament, but instead by the State Legislative Assembly of each individual state in Malaysia ...
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 ...
Thirteen women who worked at Black News Channel say in lawsuit they were paid less than men and disciplined for being too aggressive in the workplace. Female employees file class-action ...
9 September – In a landmark ruling, the Kuala Lumpur High Court rules that Malaysian mums with a foreign spouse can now automatically pass Malaysian citizenship to children born outside Malaysia, saying that the law on citizenship must be read with Article 8 of the Constitution; which prohibits gender discrimination. [130]
The act of 1994 made it illegal and punishable by law to commit violence against a victim regardless of relation or age. [2] The All Women's Action Society also does outreach work to provide training courses in areas of gender inequality and violence. In addition, they help provide counseling services to victims of gender-based abuse.