Recognise domestic violence as a serious public health concern

To date, there has only been one comprehensive study on the prevalence of domestic violence in Malaysia done by USM in 2014. Filepic

Women's rights activists are pushing for domestic violence to be included in the National Health and Morbidity Survey to enable policy makers and advocates access to accurate and critical information about the prevalence of domestic abuse in the country.

In a statement released yesterday, Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) said that as a "serious public health concern", that is associated with other negative health conditions, domestic violence affects hundreds of thousands of Malaysian women.