Survey: 57% of Malaysian women experience verbal sexual harassment on the streets


PETALING JAYA: More than 50% of Malaysian women have experienced verbal sexual harassment when walking on the streets, a survey shows.

The survey, which was done by the Centre for Governance and Political Studies (Cent-GPS) in collaboration with the All Women’s Action Society (Awam), revealed that 57% of Malaysian women said they experienced being sexually harassed verbally on a regular basis when walking on the streets.

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