With WCC’s website upgrade, users will be able to get a better understanding of domestic violence and harassment and also find out how and where to get help.
The pandemic and associated movement control orders have brought about an alarming increase in cases of domestic violence as well as online sexual violence and child abuse, says Women s Centre for Change (WCC) executive director Loh Cheng Kooi.
“The lockdowns and movement restrictions have caused an unprecedented rise in domestic violence, not to mention stress within the family and even marriage breakdowns, ” says Loh.
“The feedback to us from the ground was that it was difficult to find user-friendly information on how to handle situations of abuse, she adds.
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 05:42 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin had previously claimed the Penang government had fallen for a scam after a man named Yong Chee Kong had offered to sponsor two million Sinovac vaccine doses to the Pakatan Harapan-led state. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 The direct supply of Covid-19 vaccines to states by interested sponsors does not have to go through the federal government, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.
He clarified that vaccine supplies through Putrajaya is just one of the options available, and that state governments could source their own as long as they are approved by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA).
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 10:04 AM MYT
BY OPALYN MOK
Chong Eng stressed that there should not be any delay in administering Covid-19 vaccine. Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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GEORGE TOWN, May 18 Penang state exco Chong Eng has called for the procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine to be decentralised to speed up the rate of vaccination in the country.
The DAP Women’s wing chairman said the Health Ministry should allow respective state governments and the private sector to procure the Covid-19 vaccines that have been registered with the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA).