Nor Fadilah: Women’s welfare should not be politicised.
JOHOR non-governmental organisations for women’s rights are calling on the state government to reintroduce a legal aid scheme to help women through contentious divorces.Johor Women’s League (Jewel) programme chairman Thanam Visvanathan-Suresh said divorce tended to be a heavy burden for women, especially those who had to go through dispute.
Legal aid provided by the Federal Government now, she said, had its limitations as only straightforward divorce cases were accepted, leaving women with disputed cases in the lurch.
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