{"id":8330,"date":"2020-03-10T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T09:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2020-03-10T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T09:57:14","slug":"conviction-and-political-will-in-upholding-womens-and-childrens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/conviction-and-political-will-in-upholding-womens-and-childrens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"CONVICTION AND POLITICAL WILL IN UPHOLDING WOMEN\u2019S AND CHILDREN\u2019S RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sisters in Islam (SIS) views with grave concern whether the Perikatan Nasional government has the conviction and political will to uphold and strengthen the rights of Malaysian women and children as well as migrants, refugees and stateless women and children, following Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin\u2019s recent announcement on the new cabinet line-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The vision to end child marriage in Malaysia is not a shared goal between Sisters in Islam and PAS, one of the political parties that make up the Perikatan Nasional government. Women\u2019s groups have been advocating for many years to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years for all girls in Malaysia without exception, and yet, we have a political party in the new federal government that deemed child marriage to still be a necessity in the PAS-ruled states. With PAS in the fold, would the Perikatan Nasional government be at all interested to protect the interest of the child without resorting to marriage as being the answer for her to have a future?<\/span><\/p>\n

The government of Malaysia, together with other countries around the globe, have made commitments towards achieving by 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals. Amongst the 17 goals is Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The targets and indicators for this goal include, and are not limited to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n