Malaysia’s first women’s tribunal will take place in November, announced The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality and Engender Consultancy in a press conference today.
PETALING JAYA: A petition created in solidarity with 17-year-old Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam has gathered 900 signatures in support of her crusade to make schools a safe learning space for young girls and boys.
The petition created by the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) in solidarity with her #MakeSchoolASaferPlace rallying cry has been signed by Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Datuk S. Ambiga Sreenevasan, Ivy Josiah, Faisal Tehrani and Zainah Anwar among others.
Additionally, 14 MPs from both sides of the aisle such as Kasthuri Patto, Hannah Yeoh, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsuddin, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad also endorsed the petition.
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 2020 (IPS) - The court victory to allow women into the inner sanctum of a Sufi shrine in Mumbai was a significant victory for a secular rights-based movement led by Muslim women. However, there is a fear the political climate in India regarding Muslims, could put the women’s rights agenda on the back foot.
Zakia Soman speaks about how the Sufi shrine victory was deeply personal.Zakia Soman, co-founder of the Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) or the Indian Muslim Women’s movement, in an exclusive interview to IPS, said the historic victory was important for the women-led group to check this (Patriarchal male clergy-led) arrogance.