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30 October 2020
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Post-MCO, KL Urban Poor Still Earning Less Than 2019
Over a third struggle to buy sufficient food for their families, while female-headed households are recovering more slowly and also remain more at risk of backsliding than other…
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17 September 2020
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Malaysia’s Covid-19 recovery needs to centre on women and girls
Tomorrow, Malaysia marks six months of implementing the movement control order (MCO) which has recently been further extended to December 31, 2020 — and we at United…
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25 August 2020
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Women and Children most vulnerable in Covid-19 Crisis
Women and children, especially those from low-income urban households, have been the most negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and need support urgently, a study by two…
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24 August 2020
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UNFPA-Unicef study shows struggles of low-income families post-MCO
While eight in 10 urban poor children in Malaysia were able to study online during the initial stages of the country’s lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, only…
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21 August 2020
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Donating 5,000 ‘dignity kits’ to refugees, migrant women and girls
Malaysia’s United Nations Agencies in collaboration with Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have distributed 5,000 “Dignity Kits” to underserved…
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03 June 2020
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Malaysia-based NGO help form Asia-Pacific network to end female genital mutilation
The United Nations population fund (UNFPA) estimate that by 2030, a further 15 million girls in Indonesia will be mutilated if efforts to end the practice are not accelerated.
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13 November 2019
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Malaysia’s Challenging Path To SDG 5 By 2030
UNFPA’s three commitments are zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet family planning needs, and zero gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation and child…
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07 November 2019
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Room To Improve Gender Equality in Malaysia
Malaysia still has room for improvement in the fight for gender quality and women’s empowerment even though the nation has had notable progress in achieving Sustainable…
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11 April 2019
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Religious Conservatism Affecting Women’s Health
At the launch of the UNFPA SWOP Report 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, rights advocates gathered to discuss the pressing issues derived from the report. What they found was that a rise…
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