Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 7 December 2015 Sarawak Women for Women Society recently held a forum entitled When Relationship Go Sour to highlight common problems and consider what changes are needed.Avoid Marrying Too Young: Stay in SchoolA very glaring problem in the State was the high number of early marriages as these…
Many women face difficulties with their partners but do not know where to turn to discuss their options and are unsure of their legal situation. Sarawak Women for Women Society is therefore holding a public forum entitled When Relationships Go Sour to address these issues on Saturday December 5th as part of its Women Calling for Change…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 3 November 2015 Sarawak Women for Women Society dreams of the day when women and girls are free of abuse in all its forms. Although there has been progress since the passing of the Domestic Violence Act and the Child Act there is still a long way to…
Abuse: Old Issues – New Contexts is the title of the next forum in Sarawak Women for Women’s Society’s Women’s Calling for Change Series to be held next Saturday, October 31st at the Islamic Information Centre.Abuse of women and girls is a problem as old as time and one which SWWS was formed 30 years ago to…
WAJA Seminar by SWWS, on 10th October 2015, at Kingwood Inn, Kuching The Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) conducted a seminar entitled Women against Crime “Seminar Wanita Anti Jenayah (WAJA)” on 10 October 2015, at Kingwood Inn, Kuching.The one-day seminar “Women against Crime or Wanita Anti Jenayah” was held with the main objective of raising awareness…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 29 September 2015 SWWS welcomes the Government’s target of 59% of women to be in the workforce by 2020 as stated by the Prime Minister at the UN this week, to help lift women out of poverty. Gaining employment is a crucial step but so is ensuring that…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 31 May 2015 Now that the Court of Appeal has delivered its written judgment - in what has become known as the “finger rape” case it is clear that the learned judges clearly see the need for the Penal Code to be amended swiftly to avoid such outcomes…
Recently, a 60-year-old man was acquitted from statutory rape, even though evidence indicated that he fathered a child with the 15 year old girl. This Court of Appeal decision sent shockwaves across the nation. We have much to be concerned about. The names of sexual violence victims who have been brutalised, and whose perpetrators have never been…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 17 May 2015 Since the shock acquittal of a now 60 year-old man of raping a minor, SWWS is heartened by the call for the reform of the Penal Code by prominent female politicians, professionals in child protection and NGOs.Prompt reform of the Penal Code is urgently needed…