Press Release - 12 September 2024Members of the Child Rights Coalition Malaysia (CRCM) and other child protection advocacy groups are deeply disturbed and appalled by the recent revelations of various forms of exploitation and abuse (physical, sexual abuse (including sodomy) neglect, and abandonment of 402 minors, ages between 1 to 17 years, across 20 welfare homes linked…
Press Release - 9 July 2024 We, the Sexual Offences Against Children and Evidence of Child Witnesses (SOAC & ECWA) Advocacy Group welcome the tabling of amendments to the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (ECWA) in the Dewan Rakyat today. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Datuk Seri Azalina Othman, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s…
Sarawak Women for Women Society, Press Release - 25 March 2024 Sarawak Women for Women Society, while welcoming the Federal Government’s decision to withdraw two of the proposed changes to the Constitution which would have stopped the automatic right to citizenship of foundlings, remains deeply concerned that other regressive amendments remain. If the proposed amendments are passed, by…
Persatuan Wanita untuk Wanita Sarawak (SWWS) - Kenyataan Akhbar SWWS - 15 Julai 2023 For Englsh version, click here. YB Nancy Shukri, Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, telah mengadakan sebuah mesyuarat untuk membincangkan penambahbaikan perkhidmatan untuk pemandiri di One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC), yang bertempat di semua hospital umum utama di Sarawak, sebagai jawapan kepada kebimbangan…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 15 July 2023 Untuk versi Bahasa Malaysia, klik sini. YB Nancy Shukri, the Minister for Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, recently called for a meeting to discuss how to improve services for rape survivors approaching the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC), based at all major general hospitals…
Press Release - 21 June 2023We, the undersigned Civil Society Organizations, are writing with regard to ongoing deliberations within government to amend Part III of the Federal Constitution and its related schedules.We welcome the government’s efforts to address longstanding issues relating to the citizenship of children born abroad to Malaysian citizen mothers, through amendments to include “mother”…
Press Release - 10 April 2023We are writing this on Easter morning. Easter is a time of hope and we have been reflecting on this recent marvellous, wonderful and just High Court ruling. The High Court judgment by Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin finally acknowledges, what the Child Act 2001 has been “saying” all these decades, that ALL…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 31 March 2023 Recently the Government passed much needed amendments to two Acts to enhance protecting children from Child Sexual Abuse. Warmly welcomed as these are, SWWS calls on all parties to speedily implement the changes and continue to refine legislation to meet international best practices.The first set…
Sarawak Women for Women Society - Press Release - 5 December 2022 CSSC at Wisma Ho Ho Lim, Kuching *At the moment, please make an appointment with us prior to your visit to CSSC Kuching* Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) is pleased to announce an extension of its service through the opening of the Kuching Community…