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MACSA di Radio IKIM

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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Tudung ban not the only form of workplace discrimination, ministry told (MalaysiaKini)

The amendment to the Employment Act 1955 to tackle discrimination at workplace should be done in a comprehensive manner and must also protect the interests of workers in the private sector. Chairperson of the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Macsa) Azril Mohd Amin said this was because the ban on women wearing headscarves was not the only issue of denial of rights and discrimination at workplace. “In drafting the amendment to the Employment Act 1955, the (Human Resources) ministry should address the issue the discrimination at workplace in a holistic and comprehensive manner, by including the rights of pregnant women, as well as the workers’ rights to religion and to practice their religion,” he said in a statement here today

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MACSA di Radio IKIM

Pada pagi 11 Januari 2018, 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 Hebahan, Radio IKIM bagi membicarakan pembentukan MACSA dan peranan MACSA dalam proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat.

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NGO: Lift hijab ban on hotel frontliners (The Star Online)

PETALING JAYA: A coalition of civil society organisations has urged several ministries to change the discriminatory policy of prohibiting women wearing the headscarf (hijab) to be frontliners in the hotel industry. The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Macsa) urged the Tourism and Culture, Women, Family and Community Development ministries to take action and change the policy that “clearly discriminates women on religious ground”. “There is no data to suggest that hotel staff wearing hijab negatively impacts customer satisfaction but forcing staff to refrain from wearing hijab, on the other hand, unnecessarily limits the pool of qualified and potentially productive workers available for such jobs as they will shy away from pur

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