Advocacy
SIS main advocacy is Law and Policy Reform. We have engaged with policy makers, media, NGOs and grassroots women’s groups. We have formed coalitions and conducted campaigns to improve laws and policies and raise public awareness on range of issues such as matters fall under the Islamic Family Law i.e. polygamy, equal right to guardianship of children and others such as moral policing, hudud law, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.
Research
Research has formed the basis of SIS’ arguments for legal reform, the introduction of new policies, and challenges to statements made in the name of Islam that discriminate against women and violate the ethical teachings of the religion. Research has also served SIS directly in its advocacy. In 2006, SIS engaged in two major on-going research projects in the areas of Muslim family law reform and on the impact of polygamy on family life. In addition, SIS has embarked on a global Islamic Family law reform research and advocacy project. Called MUSAWAH, this global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family was launched in February 2009. In 2014, SIS in partnership with ARROW embarked on a research project ‘Religious Fundamentalisms and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Global South’. Title of the research paper ‘is National report on Malaysia. Child Marriage: its Relationship with Religion, Culture, and Patriarchy’. The project completed in April 2018.
Outreach & Empowerment
SIS main advocacy is Law and Policy Reform. We have engaged with policy makers, media, NGOs and grassroots women’s groups. We have formed coalitions and conducted campaigns to improve laws and policies and raise public awareness on range of issues such as matters fall under the Islamic Family Law i.e. polygamy, equal right to guardianship of children and others such as moral policing, hudud law, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.
Legal advisory
SIS provides free legal advisory services to women and men on their legal rights under the Islamic Family Law and the Syari’ah Criminal Offences Law. Our legal clinic which is called Telenisa operates every Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am to 5:00pm (except for public holidays).