Maria Chin: New govt must review laws that discriminate against women


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 19 May 2018

PETALING JAYA: A national committee should be formed to review all laws that discriminate against women, said Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah.

In a statement on Saturday (May 19), she said that this should include relating to the family, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment as well as the employment act and the draft of a gender equality Bill, among others.

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