Month: January 2020

Open Avenues for Justice; NFA is Unacceptable

The Attorney-General Tommy Thomas’s decision to defend the ‘No Further Action’ (NFA) order with regards to the case where a minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by three older students at a tahfiz school in Ipoh is utterly shocking and unacceptable. The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) stands firmly with SUHAKAM’s Child Commissioner Datuk Noor Aziah […]

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Prioritize the Lives of Girls; End Child Marriage

The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) strongly urges Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Ismail to pursue a zero-tolerance stance to child marriage in Malaysia. Regardless of the lack of cooperation in this issue from the Islamic legislative councils in seven states i.e. Sarawak, […]

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