Tag: Women’s Rights
Malaysia maid pipeline resumes
Cambodia has signed a long-anticipated agreement to resume the legal flow of domestic workers to Malaysia, putting an end to a ban introduced more than four years ago amid reports of serious migrant abuses, which had led to multiple deaths.
Fri, 11 December 2015
Chhay Channyda and Alice Cuddy
Cambodia has signed...
ASEAN Commission to release report on women’s rights, gender equality
Datin Paduka Hjh Intan Kassim, Brunei’s representative to ACWC and chairperson of the human rights body until the end of 2016, said the report took almost three years of data collection by national researchers.
Quratul-Ain Bandial | The Brunei Times/ANN | Bandar Seri Begawan
Fri, April 29 2016 | 08:33 pm
The...
Indonesia marks 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
In observance of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, UN Women Indonesia held a range of activities, including lighting up in orange the Monas Tower in Jakarta, radio talk shows, university events and a film screening to raise awareness of and encourage action to stop violence against women...
asean calls on more women`s participation addressing human rights issues
The Commissioner of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Dinna Wisnu calls on more womens participation in the politics and public policy to address a very diverse issues of human rights in the region.
Rabu, 18 Januari 2017 09:02 WIB | 1.082 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Commissioner of...
Women in the Philippines Have Had Enough of President Duterte’s ‘Macho’ Leadership
As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepared for his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, his third since assuming power in 2016, protesters took to the streets in and around Manila. Police expected around 40,000 protesters against his administration and 40,000 in favor of the controversial leader.
Among those...
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and the Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Fachsheet
The highlights of ACWC 2017 performance is an exclusive sneak peak for The performance evaluation of the human rights
mechanisms of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and the Protection of the Rights of...
Moving toward Decent Sex Work: Decent Work and Exploitation in Thailand (Sex Worker Community Research)
In 2016, Thai society is more concerned with addressing exploitation, reducing corruption and honouring the rights of the child than punishing the buying and selling sex. Most of Thai society may well consider exchanging sex for money to be immoral. However, we propose that the breach of some of...
DFA, DOJ officials to meet with Indon execs over Mary Jane Veloso case
Officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are scheduled to meet with their Indonesian counterparts on July 29 to discuss developments in the cases filed in the Philippines against the recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso, it was learned.
By: InterAksyon.com
July 28, 2015 2:23 PM
InterAksyon.com
The...
Vietnam: UN committee review unmasks grave violations of women’s rights
“Vietnam has made extensive legal commitments to guarantee women’s rights on paper but has taken no steps to enforce or protect them in practice. Thirty-three years after Vietnam’s ratification of CEDAW, Vietnamese women and girls are still relegated to the status of second class human beings,” said FIDH President...
#SaveMaryJane | ‘Delay will not come from prosecution’ – De Lima
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima promised that all hands are on deck to push the case of Mary Jane Veloso, after the Justice Department filed charges of illegal recruitment, estafa and human trafficking against Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao.
By BETTINA CATLI and CHRISTINE ANNE T. CABANATAN
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Justice...
