LETTER | Stop harassing media for their reporting
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LETTER | The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) and National Union of Journalists (NUJM) are alarmed by the frequent use of harassment tactics by the Malaysian authorities toward the media.
On May 18, 2021, two
Malaysiakini journalists were summoned by the police to give their statements over three articles relating to the death of A Ganapathy who died while seeking treatment in the hospital after being arrested by the police in early February this year.
Just prior to that, on May 10, 2021,
It is a worrying pattern to see journalists being summoned by the police for their reporting. This year alone, we saw at least five incidents where journalists are being questioned and investigated. It is alarming that the same media outlet is being targeted and this year alone,
COMMENT | 24 years and gender wage gap still a chasm
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COMMENT | Malaysia must make closing the gender wage gap in all sectors of the workforce a priority before offering itself as a candidate for membership to the UN Human Rights Council, as it has already made a commitment to fully incorporate the principles of the Equal Remuneration Convention (C100) that was ratified 24 years ago.
In conjunction with Labour Day 2021 and because human rights is not a tool to rebrand the government image for political gain, Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor (PSWS) calls on the government to take responsibility for its failure to address the explicit discriminations that continue to exist in the country’s labour laws throughout the purview of six prime ministerial terms since ratifying C100 in 1997.
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COMMENT | New safety net for domestic workers a giant leap forward
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COMMENT | In one fell swoop, the government’s move to allow social security coverage to be extended to domestic workers from June 1 onwards will bring the rights of workers in this feminised sector closer to being on par with all other workers in Malaysia since the country s independence 63 years ago.
Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor (PSWS) welcomes the government’s giant leap forward to ensure the protection of local and migrant domestic workers in Malaysia who have never had a safety net that will take care of them if they were to get hurt or injured while carrying out their work.