[Mac 26, Sat@ 9:30am] walk and rawk for CHANGE
walk and rawk for CHANGE
organisers: EMPOWER, Women's Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam, Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT), Suara Rakyat (SUARAM), Tenaganita, Centre for Independant Journalism (CIJ), Malaysia Youth and Students' Democratic Movement (DEMA), Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor and All Women’s Action Society
100 years of women's struggles - in commemoration of International Women's Day
Saturday, March 26 · 9:30am - 12:30pm
Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
Why we MUST walk ?
Everyday, 10 women report physical, emotional and sexual abuse;- 9,575 statutory rape cases were reported over the past 5 years;
- Every day, four women are raped in Malaysia;
- Migrant workers are increasingly abused, tortured and enslaved;
- Basic, decent minimum wages do not yet exist for all Malaysians;
- Women in the plantation and informal sectors earn well below the poverty line;
- Amendments to the Employment Act remove work security and erode the rights women gained at work;
- The Federal Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land, have clauses that continue to discriminate against women;
- Amendments to the Islamic Family Law Act have diminished the rights of Muslim women;
- Representation of women in politics has been less than 10% for the past 20 years;
- Women labour force participation has stagnated at 47% for the past 20 years;
- Foreign wives with more than 10 years of residency still denied permanent residence.
We walk because it is our right - to be seen, heard and respected as equals.
We walk for all women who remain hidden, silenced and discriminated.
We call upon ALL parliamentarians, state assembly persons, government representatives
AND the PEOPLE of Malaysia -- Make the Change.
We want women’s voice and representation
at all levels of decision making
WILL YOU WALK WITH US?
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Executive Director
EMPOWER
13 Lorong 4/48E
46050 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603 77844977
Fax: 603 77844978
Email: empower05@gmail.com
Facebook event address: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117634291646895
Malaysian Bar Council 
