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Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun arrives for a meeting at the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia headquarters in Kuala Lumpur January 6, 2020. Bernama pic
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PUTRAJAYA, March 17 The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) is in the final stage of drafting the Social Work Profession Bill, said its minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun.
She said the Bill was being drafted to recognise social work as a profession where those in the profession would be required to register and issued with certificate by the Social Work Profession Council.
17 Mar 2021 / 11:50 H. -Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) is in the final stage of drafting the Social Work Profession Bill, said its Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun.
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She said the bill was being drafted to recognise social work as a profession where those in the profession would be required to register and will be issued with a certificate by the Social Work Profession Council.
“The formulation of the bill is important to face social challenges and to safeguard the welfare and well-being of the people, especially children, women, the vulnerable senior citizens, people with disabilities and the needy,“ she said in a statement today.
COMMENT | Where s the outrage when women are killed in domestic violence?
Modified16 Mar 2021, 12:47 am
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COMMENT | It is ironic that just within days of celebrating International Women s Day, reports of women being brutally murdered have made headlines in the Malaysian media. From being strangled, stabbed, shot and buried, many of these were the result of domestic violence.
And yet, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Harun said that there could be many factors contributing to men committing domestic violence, one of which could be stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The statement made by the minister ignores the fact that women have also lost their jobs and experience stress as a result of the pandemic too. In fact, numerous studies have again and again emphasised the disproportionate impact that the pandemic has on women that not only affects their professional opportunities but also makes the burdens borne by them at home much more demanding.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun
(pic) said her ministry was now working with MOH and the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) to coordinate the matter, especially for those at institutions under the Social Welfare Department (JKM). The number is part of the 80,000 names comprising senior citizens, chronic patients and people with disabilities (PWD) given to the MOH. JKM is also collecting the data of members of the Senior Citizens Activity Centres (PAWE) for the vaccination, involving more than 47,000 senior citizens, she told a press conference after handing over an allocation of RM450,000 for PAWE in Perak here Saturday (March 13).