Media statement by Sim Chee Keong, Pakatan Harapan candidate for P.45 Bukit Mertajam parliamentary constituency 01 MAY 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG For more than a hundred years, every year on 1 May, workers and the working classes are celebrated on Labour Day. It originated from the struggle of the labour movement advocating for an… Continue reading This Labour Day, let us recognise the labour of love by homemakers
Category: Gender
The Mother of all Budgets neglects mothers
Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 01 NOVEMBER 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR When he tabled the 2018 Budget on 27 October 2017, Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Najib Razak presumptuously called his own budget, “The Mother of All Budget”. What is utterly surprising, and ironical, The Mother of All Budget does not contain… Continue reading The Mother of all Budgets neglects mothers
IWD 2017: Women migrant workers in Malaysia
08 MARCH 2017 | KUALA LUMPUR Happy International Women’s Day. In my International Women’s Day message last year, I urged the government to redirect subsidy for migrant workers to empower Malaysian women in the economy, including expanding our workforce instead of hiring migrant workers, increasing female labour participation rate, as well as providing better social… Continue reading IWD 2017: Women migrant workers in Malaysia
Malaysian girls missing from the job market
MP for Serdang Dr Ong Kian Ming wrote an excellent article about the worrying gender imbalance in Malaysian public universities. Our colleagues in the Penang Institute have shown that women greatly outnumbered men in major public universities. In institutions such as Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris etc., female students constituted… Continue reading Malaysian girls missing from the job market
IWD 2014: Equality for women, equality for all women – stop the invisible discrimination against homemakers and mothers
This year’s United Nations’ theme for International Women’s Day is “Equality for women is progress for all”. My predecessor, former MP for Bukit Mertajam and DAP Wanita chief, Chong Eng used to say, “There is no social equality without gender equality”. The betterment of women is the betterment of humankind. Yet today, the second class… Continue reading IWD 2014: Equality for women, equality for all women – stop the invisible discrimination against homemakers and mothers
PRESS: BN patut menghormati Gelombang Ibu dan Tsunami Rakyat, laksana Manifesto PR
Kenyataan media 120513 | Bukit Mertajam Saya mengambil peluang ini mengucapkan Selamat Hari Ibu kepada para ibu di Malaysia. Dahulunya, ramai yang kata wanita terutamanya para ibu hanya boleh duduk di rumah menjaga anak. Tapi pada hari ini kita sedar bahawa para ibu merupakan satu penjana kesejahteraan sosial yang penting. Pada pilihan raya umum ke-13… Continue reading PRESS: BN patut menghormati Gelombang Ibu dan Tsunami Rakyat, laksana Manifesto PR
308 – a marker of our struggles
An email I sent to my friends on March, 8: March, 8 is celebrated worldwide as International Women's Day. It is a reminder both of how far we have come from a 100 years ago in women's rights struggle as well as how far still the journey towards our goal. Today, we stand in solidarity… Continue reading 308 – a marker of our struggles
PRESS: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak insults struggle for gender equality
021012 | Bukit Mertajam Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's statement today at the National Women's Day celebration saying, there is no need for women's rights movement in Malaysia is both delusional and offensive. It shows how naive the Prime Minister is in regards to the challenges faced by women in Malaysia and everywhere. To add… Continue reading PRESS: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak insults struggle for gender equality
NEWS: Duta Wanita Hijau LA21 diberi pengenalan keadilan gender
*Chinese version here Dalam program Bengkel Duta Wanita Hijau LA21 anjuran Ahli Majlis Tan Xin Ying, peserta-peserta diberi pengenalan kepada konsep keadilan gender bagi membolehkan mereka menjadi pemimpin komuniti yang lebih menyeluruh. Speaker, Steven Sim memulakan sesi dengan analisa konsep jantina dan gender untuk menjelaskan faktor-faktor berlakunya diskriminasi gender. Beliau menjelaskan bahawa gender sebenarnya merupakan… Continue reading NEWS: Duta Wanita Hijau LA21 diberi pengenalan keadilan gender
NEWS: 准女环保大使上性别平等课程
*Bahasa Melayu version here 威省市政局21世纪地方议程辖下的卓越女性工作队周六在北海Ixora酒店举办女环保大使工作坊，参加者除了可以增进环保和其他相关课题的知识之外，也上了由沈志强市议员主讲的性别平等课程，以确保她们在推动社区活动中成为更全面的领袖。 在课程中，沈志强通过分析性与性别的概念来解释为什么性别歧视会发生，加上社会对性别的刻板印象，女性常被视为不适合当领袖或成为决策者。他提醒参加者，这些对女性的刻板印象是时候要被改变了。 沈志强也提出了几个问题让参加者从中思考女性所面对的挑战。 （一）女性占据马来西亚一半的人口，但却只有10%的女国会议员。 （二）我国的发展计划是否确实有照顾到女性的需求，为何国家可以花费数亿发展足球运动，却没有拨款设立足够的托儿所。 （三）我国的经济政策没有承认母亲和家庭主妇对国家经济的贡献。中央政府必须强制替她们缴纳公积金和社会保险金，尤其是来自低收入家庭的家庭主妇。 （四）在国家安全政策中，政府拨款几十亿来购买潜水艇，但女性的安全却没有被重视。在2009年，每天平均有11个女性成为强奸案的受害者。 50名来自不同背景的女性在工作坊中积极参与讨论，也将在不久的将来在各自的社区推动环保运动，确保槟城成为一个更干净、更绿化的州属。
