Gender Discrimination In Malaysia

56 of malaysian women have experienced at least one form of gender discrimination in the workplace according to the voices of malaysian women on discrimination harassment in the workplace survey undertaken by the women s aid organisation.

Gender discrimination in malaysia. According to the women family and community development minister datuk rohani abdul karim the government is working to introduce a gender equality act to deal with discrimination against women at workplace and also looking to amend other existing laws such as the employment act the pensions act the penal code and the domestic violence act to accommodate the proposed gender equality law. Examples of sex discrimination includes not giving the women the chance to hold a pose and not hiring women for a job because of the mentality that they will not fit to be in a particular job. Let s look at the gender gap report which first started in 2006 and look at how we fared in 2014. Malaysia ratified the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women cedaw in august 1995 with reservations.

It underlies one of the guiding principles of the 2030 agenda for development the concept of leaving no one behind. The online survey polled a total of 222 women from across malaysia to shed light on workplace discrimination towards pregnant women. Sistem penerbangan malaysia anor 2005 3 mlj 681 beatrice s case which held that an employee can be legally dismissed for getting pregnant. No discrimination on grounds of race descent place of birth or gender this challenge is illustrated in the case of noorfadilla bt ahmad saikin v chayed bin basirun ors 2012 1 mlj 832 where the court had to decide whether termination on the grounds of a person s pregnancy was an act of discrimination based on gender contrast with the position in the uk.

Gender equality centered in human rights is both a development goal on its own and a critical factor for achieving sustainable development. New survey research by women s aid organisation wao and research agency vase ai supports the urgent call to amend the employment act 1955. More than 40 of women polled have experienced job discrimination due to their pregnancy as revealed in the workplace discrimination survey by women s aid organisation wao. Apart from the amendment there are no gender specific legislations on discrimination a need which has become apparent following the 2005 decision of the federal court in beatrice fernandez v.

Certain reservations were removed in 2010 but some were maintained namely articles 9 2 16 1 a 16 1 c 16 1 f and 16 1 g as these articles were said to be in conflict with the malaysian federal constitution and islamic law shari.