Eighteen teenage girls reach out to MP to make Malaysia safer for girls


Fahmi (standing, centre) with WAO capacity building officers (standing) and several Gerak participants (seated). Photo: Women's Aid Organisation

Eighteen teenage girls from the Lembah Pantai grassroots community have reached out to their Member of Parliament with an appeal to make Malaysia safer for girls.

The girls who are part of the 'Gerak: Suara Kami' project, together with NGO Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), shared a memorandum, zine and video with 29 demands to make Malaysia safer for girls to Fahmi Fadzil who is the Lembah Pantai MP and Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Women and Children Affairs member.

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