PUTRAJAYA, Feb 11 — The government is still in the process of drafting a legal framework to address gender discrimination, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said.
For this purpose, Dr Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister said 16 engagement sessions involving various stakeholders including the Foreign Ministry, the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academicians and those with related expertise had been conducted.
“These session will continue with the participation of other interested parties. Discrimination is gender-blind and we do not want men and women discriminating one another,” she told the media after opening the Malaysian edition of the 2020 Safer Internet Day (SID) programme here today.
Also present were Communications and Multimedia deputy minister Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith and secretary-general Datuk Suriani Ahmad.
The Bills are, first, to prohibit all forms of discrimination against women and second, to address the issue of sexual harassment within and outside the workplace.
— Bernama
