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Israel project destined for ruin – Azril Mohd Amin

20 May 2018318 Views0

There is no civilised response to the violence of the Israeli military against non-violent Palestinian protesters except moral outrage; and there is no rational reaction to the United States’ unilateral decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem except condemnation. However, it is important, particularly in times of provocative crises, to maintain a sense of perspective. In the final analysis, Israel is an unsustainable experiment; it always has been. As a Jewish state, it simply cannot be demographically maintained. The transfer of the American embassy can have no real impact on the viability of the Zionist vision in the long term. Ultimately, we believe that the “Two State Solution” is not a solution at all, but rather it is the only formula that can ensure the perpetuation...

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Menangani Masalah Diskriminasi Agama dan Gangguan Seksual di Kalangan Wanita di Tempat Kerja

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31 Mar 2018377 Views0

TERJEMAHAN Penglibatan wanita dalam sektor pekerjaan negara telah meningkat dari 5.72 juta dalam suku kedua tahun 2017 kepada 5.76 juta dalam suku ketiga tahun yang sama, seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Ketua Perangkawan, Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. Kadar penyertaan wanita dalam tenaga kerja di Malaysia adalah 54.3% pada tahun sebelumnya. Trend terkini menunjukkan kadar ini akan semakin meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Peningkatan penglibatan wanita di sektor pekerjaan ini memerlukan perhatian yang serius dari pimpinan dan pembuat dasar, terutama sejak akhir-akhir ini dimana terdapat aduan tentang amalan diskriminasi dan gangguan seksual terhadap wanita di tempat kerja. Pertubuhan Ikatan Wanita Antarabangsa bagi Institusi Keluarga dan Pendidikan Berkua

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Addressing Religious Discrimination And Sexual Harassments Against Working Women

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31 Mar 2018329 Views0

Women’s participation in the national workforce has increased from 5.72 million in the second quarter of 2017 to 5.76 million in the third quarter in the same year according to Chief Statistician of the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. The female labour force participation rate for Malaysia was 54.3% the year before. Current trends indicate that the participation of women in the national workforce are set to rise even further. The rising number of women in Malaysian workforce requires considerable attention from management and policymakers, especially of late when there have been reports on discriminatory practices as well as sexual harassment occurring at the workplace. The International Women's Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Ed...

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MACSA di Radio IKIM

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30 Mar 2018373 Views0

Sepanjang bulan Mac 2018, MACSA telah bersiaran di Radio IKIM melalui slot Analisis setiap Isnin, jam 8:30 pagi. Siri Pertama (05/03/2018) Tetamu : 1. Cik Fatihah Jamhari, Setiausaha Kehormat Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Setiausaha Concerned Lawyers For Justice (CLJ). 2. Tuan Aidil Khalid, Pengarah Media Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Aktivis Concerned Lawyers For Justice (CLJ). Klik: Semakan Berkala Sejagat Majlis Hak Asasi Manusia PBB: Kebebasan Agama & Perpaduan Nasional Siri Kedua (12/03/2018) 1. Prof. Madya Dr Siti Zubaidah Ismail, EXCO Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Felo Kanan Centre

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Pengumuman Penyerahan Laporan Gabungan Ke Pertubuhan Bangsa Bersatu, Geneva

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26 Mar 2018323 Views0

Gabungan Organisasi Masyarakat Sivil Di Dalam Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat (UPR) atau Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (ringkasnya MACSA) ditubuhkan pada 27 Oktober 2017 sebagai penzahiran permuafakatan 47 organisasi masyarakat sivil Islam (ICSO) dalam menyumbangkan idea, tenaga dan kepakaran masing-masing untuk mengoptimumkan penyertaan masyarakat sivil di dalam proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat (Universal Periodic Review atau UPR) bagi Malaysia yang masuk pusingan ketiga menjelang bulan November kelak. Sidang Media pada hari ini diadakan untuk mengumumkan laporan pemegang kepentingan (Stakeholders’ Report) MACSA yang akan dikemukakan kepada Jawatankuasa Kerja, Majlis Hak Asasi Manusia, Pertubuhan Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) (UNHRC). Laporan pemegang kepenti...

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Cegah Mudarat HIV Menerusi Undang-undang – Prof. Madya Dr. Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar & Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Zubaidah Ismail

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23 Mar 2018327 Views0

SEDIKIT masa dahulu, ramai penghidap HIV/AIDS terdiri daripada penagih dadah berbanding penularan menerusi hubungan seksual. Hari ini statistik menunjukkan bahawa kaedah penularan utama ialah melalui hubungan seksual. Fakta dari sektor HIV/jangkitan penyakit seksual (STI) Bahagian Kawalan Penyakit, Kementerian Kesihatan menunjukkan kes baharu jangkitan HIV di negara ini disumbangkan oleh pengamal lesbian, gay, biseksual, transgender (LGBT), ekoran daripada aktiviti seksual mereka. Kes HIV/AIDS melonjak dari 983 kes pada 2009 kepada 2,864 kes pada 2016. Daripada jumlah ini, 54 peratus ialah pengamal hubungan seks luar tabii, seperti 'men-sex-men' (MSM) dan biseksual, manakala selebihnya melalui hubungan heteroseksual. Apa yang membimbangkan, kira-kira 40 peratus daripada golongan y...

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Selaras Undang-Undang Kes Murtad

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09 Mar 2018336 Views0

GORDON P Means menulis pada 1969 bahawa selepas terma 'Melayu' dimasukkan di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan, Raja-Raja Melayu yang menerima petisyen permohonan untuk keluar agama, tidak membenarkannya kerana itu bermakna akan hilang kelayakan dan keistimewaan Melayu. Hakim Faiza Tambi Chik (Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi ketika itu), turut menyatakan bahawa orang Melayu tidak boleh keluar Islam dalam menolak rayuan Lina Joy (2001) yang memohon membuang perkataan Islam daripada kad pengenalan, walaupun dapat menukar namanya. Mahkamah Persekutuan sekali lagi menegaskan di Sarawak baru-baru ini, seperti ditegaskan dalam kes Lina Joy bahawa Mahkamah Syariah mempunyai bidang kuasa menentukan status agama. Enakmen pentadbiran agama Islam negeri menyatakan secara hitam putih bahawa antara bidang ...

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Equitable Rights and Re-Examining the Concept of Gender

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08 Mar 2018338 Views0

2018 is the year to empower women. Yet there is still much work to be done. The legal frameworks and policies – pertaining to marriage and family, are still perceived as unsatisfactory in protecting the rights of Malaysian women. Although undeniably, our legislative bodies have made some improvements, however many have criticized these changes as either superficial or, at the very least, insufficient. Issues such as discrimination and violence against women, sexual harassment, job dissatisfaction, income disparity, inadequate women representatives in policy-making bodies or in boards of directorship continue to be familiar conundrums that plague our society. To address these issues, our society must be prepared to adopt tools that would provide valuable insights in eliminating inequi...

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MACSA Memuji Komitmen Kebangsaan dalam Hak Asasi Manusia

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01 Mar 2018341 Views0

Pada hari ini kerajaan Malaysia telah mengumumkan pelancaran Pelan Tindakan Hak Asasi Manusia Kebangsaan (NHRAP). Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process atau Gabungan Organisasi Masyarakat Sivil Dalam Proses Semakan Sejagat (MACSA) mengambil peluang ini untuk merakamkan penghargaan serta memuji kesungguhan dan komitmen Kerajaan dalam membela, menghormati dan mempromosikan hak asasi manusia di peringkat kebangsaan. MACSA berharap NHRAP ini akan dimanfaatkan seoptimum mungkin untuk memajukan bukan saja takat pematuhan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia tetapi juga keseluruhan taraf hidup dan kebajikan rakyat Malaysia. MACSA amat berharap NHRAP ini dijadikan panduan dan rujukan untuk menyelesaikan beberapa isu hak asasi manusia yang jelas wujud dan sering dibangkit...

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Focusing on pressing and urgent women’s issues

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23 Feb 2018320 Views0

On February 19, Malaysia’s progress in women’s rights was reviewed at the 69th session of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This is the second time Malaysia has been reviewed after it acceded to CEDAW in 1995. The review process is undoubtedly one of the best platforms to raise awareness of issues concerning the rights of women in Malaysia. The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) welcomes the government’s commitment in combating discrimination against women including the government’s assurance to enact Gender Equality Act, as well as its commitment in upholding and implementing a legal framework and policies pertaining to marriage and family on the basis of equality between m...