Month: November 2019

Lilian Kok

Ms. Lilian Kok currently is the program officer of  All Women’s Action Society (AWAM). She implemented the Sexual Harassment program as strategized by AWAM, including arranging for training sessions, sourcing for new program partners, supervising and ensuring projects are carried out on as required by donors. To date, they are working on the Sexual Harassment […]

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Nisha Sabanayagam

Nisha has been working with non-profits since 2008, starting off as a humanitarian aid worker with MERCY Malaysia, working on emergency and relief projects in various countries. She is experienced in training stakeholders of various levels, from local villagers to high ranking government officials with topics ranging from disaster and humanitarian aid response to monitoring […]

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Sexual Harassment as a Tool for Gender Equality

Date: 6 October 2019 Trainer: Lilian Kok AWAM had been invited to a speaker at the National ALSA Forum at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok. Our Program Officer for the Anti-Sexual Harassment Program flew down to green city bordering Thailand to talk about Sexual Harassment at the workplace. Another speaker who spoke on the legal […]

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A Congregation Combating Domestic Violence

Date: 26 October 2019 Trainer: Lilian Kok AWAM had been invited by the Luther Center, PJ to give a talk on Domestic Violence under their Women Abuse Program for members of the church. The speakers at the event include Rev. David who spoke on gender equality from a biblical point of view, Madam Lisa Sum […]

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Sexual Harassment at the Bar (Council)

Date: 8 November 2019 Attended by Purani Mogan Hi everyone, last week Friday (8/11), I attended AWL Conference at Asian International Arbitration Centre. Some of the topics discussed were Inclusion as a new practice area, toxic workspace and 24/7 Access – and it kills. According to Internal Bar Report, 1 in 3 women lawyers has […]

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Consultation on Anti-Stalking

Date: 6-7 November 2019 Attended by Lochna Menon Women’s Aid Organization (WAO) has been the organization at the forefront pushing for legal reform in the area of Anti-Stalking. When they finally were able to move ahead in this area – particularly when the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) organized a stakeholder consultation in order to draft […]

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Making Space For Women in Sports

Date: 4-6 November 2019 Attended by Lilian Kok and Purani Mogan In the 3 days at the Bengkel Pembentukan Pelan Tindakan Wanita Dalam Sukan organised by the Youth and Sports Ministry, various stakeholders from the industry, as well as the Ministries, were given the opportunity to discuss the promotion of Malaysian Women in Sports. The […]

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