Women's Tribunal a valuable tool for advocating policy change and law reforms


The Women’s Tribunal Malaysia report will help in advocating policy change and law reforms. Photo: Women's Tribunal Malaysia

The Women's Tribunal Malaysia’s final report compiles eye-opening stories on women and the violations and discrimination they went through.

There’s Latha, who was caught in the poverty web when she had to stop schooling to work as a rubber tapper at 15. She was then married off, raped and forced to resort to sex work by the men in her family. She eventually rose up by herself to become an activist.

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