We refer to the Maid Agency Fee hike proposal to RM 8,000 per Indonesian Maid placement by the President of Persatuan Pekerja Asing on June 24, 2008.PAPA President had deceived the Malaysia Public by comparing the Maid salary in Hong Kong and Taiwan because all the maids that work in these two countries had to […]
Archive for June, 2008
Press Release: Stop Deceiving and Exploiting the Employers and Maids
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Malaysian NGOs. 1 CommentPRESS STATEMENT: BSA Tahir Released, Many More Still Detained Under ISA
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsWednesday, 25 June 2008
1.. On 23rd June 2008, the Government informed that BSA Tahir had been released on 6th June 2008 from the Internal Security Act (ISA) after being held for four years over alleged links with a nuclear black market. The case of BSA Tahir drew additional attention because he was linked to a […]
Press statement: Public assemblies should be allowed without police permits
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Freedom of Assembly, Civil Liberties and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsSUARAM welcomes Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar’s willingness to accept the recommendations made by the Royal Police Commission when he stated that Section 27 of the Police Act 1967 will be reviewed. However, SUARAM is of
the opinion that public assemblies should be allowed without the need to obtain police permits, as the right to assembly […]
Request for Sponsorship or Donation for an Community Radio Fest
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Press, Civil Liberties and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsGreetings from the Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia (CIJ)! My name is Thanam Subramaniam and I am the coordinator of an exciting program that conducts radio production trainings with several communities of women living in Klang, Selayang, Rawang and Sarawak.
As mentioned above, we are writing in to make a request sponsorship or donation from […]
MEMORANDUM KEPADA KETUA PEMBANGKANG YANG BERHORMAT DATIN SERI DR WAN AZIZAH BT WAN ISMAIL
Published by June 26th, 2008 in Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsPENYEKSAAN BERTERUSAN DI BAWAH AKTA KESELAMATAN DALAM NEGERI (ISA) TIDAK
BOLEH DIBIARKAN
1. Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) yang dianggotai lebih daripada 83 buah organisasi terdiri daripada badan-badan bukan kerajaan, parti-parti politik, kesatuan sekerja, badan hak asasi manusia, badan wanita, mahasiswa dan golongan muda, hari ini berasa amat kesal dengan penyeksaan yang didakwa berlaku ke atas tahanan yang […]
“How to Make Tempeh” workshop, 10 am
Coordinate by bebe the cobra
Further info on tempeh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh
note*
1. space and participant for tempeh workshop are limited. Please call +6013 243 7092 (poodien) for reservation.
2. Screening will start after the workshop. The workshop will end at 6 pm and probably the screening will start at 8pm
1 JULY, TUESDAY, […]
Poogenda Proudly Present> Short film screening tour>>
‘Malaises’ /Uncomfortable
Directed by Eléonore
Merlin & Anna Salzberg (France) 2007, 28 minutes
Synopsis
Aisyah and Oubaïdah, are two Malay women who are seemingly very different from each other, their common bond is that essentially they are both women and both muslim. Aisyah is a young emancipated person who enjoys the hectic lifestyle […]
GENDER STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES 2008: WOMEN LEARNING TO LABOR IN CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA.
Published by June 24th, 2008 in Gender. 0 CommentsGENDER STUDIES PROGRAMME*
*FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES*
*UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA*
*INVITATION TO*
*GENDER STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES 2008*
WOMEN LEARNING TO LABOR IN CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA.
*BY*
*LISA MCLAUGHLIN*
*Date & Time*
*26th June 2008, 3.00 p.m.*
*Venue:*
*Dean’s Meeting Room 1, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, *
*University** of Malaya***
Short Film Screening
Published by June 24th, 2008 in Foreign Perspective, Religion, Gender and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsAn Afternoon with The Hijjabed
by Nadia Hamzah and Wan Muhammad Tamlikha
8 mins/2005
A mockumentary revolving around five different Malaysian women who vastly differ in character, but share one common trait, all of them don the ‘tudung’ Moslem veil. As they sit over tea one fine afternoon, they ponder upon thoughts and consequences of wearing the veil. […]
A memorandum calling for media law reform was launched on May 3 2008 (World Press Freedom Day). It has three simple demands:
(a) a parliamentary select committee on media law reform (the terms of reference is being drafted by civil society with the help of Human Rights Committee of the Bar Council);
(b) the shelving of the […]
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