The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia
In Malaysia, presently there is no legislation that specifically deals with sexual harassment in the workplace.Women's activist groups in Malaysia have been working together to bring greater awareness to the issue of sexual harassment and with legislation in place, it can effectively prevent se...
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| author | N. Alagappar, Ponmalar Marican, Sabitha |
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| description | In Malaysia, presently there is no legislation that specifically deals with sexual harassment in the workplace.Women's activist groups in Malaysia have been working together to bring greater awareness to the issue of sexual harassment and with legislation in place, it can effectively prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and provide victims with timely and meaningful access to legal redress. Awareness is the most important weapon in the fight of sexual harassment in the workplace.The paper examines how a mainstream pro-government newspaper in Malaysia represents the issue on the need for legislation of sexual harassment. |
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| spelling | uum-130562016-05-23T07:38:29Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13056/ The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia N. Alagappar, Ponmalar Marican, Sabitha HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Philology. Linguistics In Malaysia, presently there is no legislation that specifically deals with sexual harassment in the workplace.Women's activist groups in Malaysia have been working together to bring greater awareness to the issue of sexual harassment and with legislation in place, it can effectively prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and provide victims with timely and meaningful access to legal redress. Awareness is the most important weapon in the fight of sexual harassment in the workplace.The paper examines how a mainstream pro-government newspaper in Malaysia represents the issue on the need for legislation of sexual harassment. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13056/1/pro52.pdf N. Alagappar, Ponmalar and Marican, Sabitha (2014) The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 368-373. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.307 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.307 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.307 |
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| title | The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia |
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| title_short | The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia |
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| topic | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Philology. Linguistics |
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