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Ahead of UPR, Wisma Putra seeks to mend ties with human rights defenders (Malay Mail Online)

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08 Nov 2018198 Views0

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 ― In a first, Putrajaya will host a “live” viewing party tonight of Malaysia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. To be held by the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Wisma Putra here and attended by Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, this gesture arguably marks a change in Putrajaya’s stance towards the human rights defenders maligned by the previous administration. “It’s really a relaxed programme looking at what is happening, and trying to learn from it,” Saifuddin told Malay Mail in a recent interview. In the invitation list sighted by Malay Mail, most invitees are representatives from ministries and government agencies, the Foreign Ministry’s Multilateral Affairs Department, and its Fore...

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Comango: Previous administration backed attacks against human rights defenders (Malay Mail Online)

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06 Nov 2018193 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Human rights defenders (HRDs) had been attacked by state-sanctioned and private groups under the previous government, a coalition of Malaysian NGOs asserted in a report to the United Nations (UN) launched today. The report by Comango, which tracks progress in the field of human rights in Malaysia since the last UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), pointed out that the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration's stance on some issues had resulted in violence, harassment, and hate speech against HRDs. “The government failed to uphold the principles and values of The Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and has tried to politicise the human rights situation on the ground and demonise HRDs,” it said. “Comango’s involvement in Malaysia’s previous UPR resulted in th...

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Penyediaan TASKA: Kepuasan wanita bekerja termasuk penjagaan anak

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03 Nov 2018189 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR: Langkah menambah Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di bangunan kerajaan dapat memberi kepuasan yang secara langsung mendorong penyertaan lebih ramai wanita dalam sektor pekerjaan. Presiden Perikatan Wanita Antarabangsa Untuk Institusi Keluarga dan Pendidikan Berkualiti (WAFIQ), Prof Madya Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, berkata ia selari hasil kajian mengenai kepuasan wanita bekerja pernah dijalankan organisasi itu bersama Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) serta Pusat Penyelidikan dan Advokasi Hak Asasi Manusia (CENTHRA). Beliau berkata, hasil kajian itu mendapati hampir 98 peratus wanita berkenaan turut menekankan kepentingan keluarga, termasuk aspek penyediaan sokongan dalam hal penjagaan anak. “Saya berharap subsidi penjagaan anak akan turut diperluas ke sektor swas...

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Penambahan 50 TASKA mampu galak wanita bekerja (Berita Harian 3 November 2018)

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03 Nov 2018191 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR: Penambahan 50 Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di bangunan kerajaan mampu meningkatkan jumlah serta produktiviti wanita dalam pasaran kerja sehingga 30 peratus, kata Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS), Datuk Azih Muda. Beliau berkata, langkah itu bertepatan dengan usaha kerajaan menyediakan kemudahan bagi ibu bekerja yang gusar untuk meninggalkan anak mereka dalam jagaan pengasuh dan khuatir dengan risiko keselamatan anak mereka. “Peruntukan RM10 juta bagi menambah 50 TASKA yang diumumkan pada Belanjawan 2019 itu adalah usaha terbaik untuk membantu mereka (wanita bekerjaya) lebih dekat dengan anak serta berupaya memantau anak-anak mereka secara lebih kerap. “Ini penting kerana kita tidak mahu prestasi golongan wanita yang berp...

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MACSA di Radio IKIM

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02 Nov 2018190 Views0

Pada 2 November 2018, jam 9:30 pagi, Tuan Haji Azril Mohd Amin, Pengerusi Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy (CENTHRA) bersiaran dalam Slot Warna Pagi, Radio IKIM bagi membicarakan topik 'NGO Islam Mengorak Langkah ke UPR 2018'.  

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Sembang Online : Tagupi Membaca (Utusan Online)

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21 Sep 2018237 Views0

Hebahan program #TagupiMembaca yang menggabungkan usahasama NGO ahli MACSA: Wafiq, Centhra & Concern di Utusan Online. Klik: Sembang Online : Tagupi Membaca.

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MACSA pandang serius isu rakyat tanpa negara di Sabah (Bernama)

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31 Jul 2018198 Views0

LAHAD DATU: Gabungan Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil Malaysia bagi Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat (MACSA) memandang serius isu ratusan ribu rakyat tidak bernegara di Sabah dan menggesa semua pihak agar mengambil peranan aktif menangani masalah itu. Pengerusinya Azril Mohd Amin berkata masalah tersebut memerlukan penyelesaian jangka panjang dan secara komprehensif bagi memastikan fenomena yang sudah berlarutan sekian lama itu tidak terlepas pandang serta berterusan pada masa akan datang. “Menerusi laporan berita, tidak kurang daripada 800,000 rakyat yang tidak berkewarganegaraan di Sabah. Bagi MACSA sendiri, sebenarnya kita cenderung untuk melihat kemungkinan kerajaan menandatangani Konvensyen Tanpa Kewarganegaraan sebagai antara penyelesaian isu ini. “Selain itu, kita lihat ba...

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Gender inequality, discrimination against minorities still rife, Comango reports (Malay Mail Online)

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07 Jun 2018183 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — In its report to the United Nations (UN) launched today, a coalition of local NGOs highlighted the continued rampancy of gender inequality and discriminations over religion, race, sexual orientation and gender identity, rights of the Orang Asli, and disabilities here. The report by Comango, which tracks progress in the field of human rights in Malaysia since the last UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), specifically highlighted the country’s dismal performance at the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Cedaw) review earlier this year. “The Cedaw Committee’s questions on matters that violate Muslim women’s rights were attacked by government-linked, Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (Macs