The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia
This paper offers some reflections on coming to terms with the situation of domestic violence in Malaysia.The issue of domestic violence has been identified across all religions, ethnicities, cultures, ages and economic statuses.Indeed, it also describes as a significant social and public health pro...
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| author | Abdul Ghani, Mariny Ahmad, Noor Azizah Tewiran, Syaliza Adiha |
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| description | This paper offers some reflections on coming to terms with the situation of domestic violence in Malaysia.The issue of domestic violence has been identified across all religions, ethnicities, cultures, ages and economic statuses.Indeed, it also describes as a significant social and public health problem in many countries in the world. The common definition of domestic violence is often referred to as the violence occurred between husband and wife, non-married partners (dating as well as cohabitation) and among the same sex relationships.In Malaysia, however, the explanation of domestic violence situation is only regarded as the violence occurring among intimate partners who are either spouses or ex-spouse of a legal relationship.Since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1970, the government has established numerous plans and developed various strategies in order to assist domestic violence victims and survivors in Malaysia.Therefore, this paper seeks to critically review the recent scenario of the problem particularly to describe the magnitude of domestic violence against women in Malaysia as well as to identify limitations in combating this social problem in the country. |
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| spelling | uum-132322016-04-27T01:42:46Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13232/ The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia Abdul Ghani, Mariny Ahmad, Noor Azizah Tewiran, Syaliza Adiha HQ The family. Marriage. Woman This paper offers some reflections on coming to terms with the situation of domestic violence in Malaysia.The issue of domestic violence has been identified across all religions, ethnicities, cultures, ages and economic statuses.Indeed, it also describes as a significant social and public health problem in many countries in the world. The common definition of domestic violence is often referred to as the violence occurred between husband and wife, non-married partners (dating as well as cohabitation) and among the same sex relationships.In Malaysia, however, the explanation of domestic violence situation is only regarded as the violence occurring among intimate partners who are either spouses or ex-spouse of a legal relationship.Since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1970, the government has established numerous plans and developed various strategies in order to assist domestic violence victims and survivors in Malaysia.Therefore, this paper seeks to critically review the recent scenario of the problem particularly to describe the magnitude of domestic violence against women in Malaysia as well as to identify limitations in combating this social problem in the country. 2014-08-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13232/1/41.pdf Abdul Ghani, Mariny and Ahmad, Noor Azizah and Tewiran, Syaliza Adiha (2014) The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia. In: International Social Development Conference 2014 (ISDC 2014), 12 – 13 August 2014, Bayview Hotel Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.insanmaya.net/ |
| spellingShingle | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Abdul Ghani, Mariny Ahmad, Noor Azizah Tewiran, Syaliza Adiha The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title | The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title_full | The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title_short | The silent scream: Domestic violence in Malaysia |
| title_sort | silent scream domestic violence in malaysia |
| topic | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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