KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Cambodian women parliamentarians Sunday urged Asean to ensure that laws on the trafficking of women were strictly enforced.
Cambodia Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, Khuon Sudary said this should be accompanied by an awareness campaign so that the public particularly women understand provisions in the law that protect them.
"This could be done by way of community education and media campaign," she said at the Women Asean Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (Waipa) here today.
The meeting was chaired Waipa Chairperson Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, the Member of Parliament for Papar.
Sudary also called on parliamentarians within the bloc to support the move to treat domestic violence as a criminal act.
"Parliamentarians should also encourage further reforms towards a uniformed legislation in violence against women."
She believed that the root cause of the trafficking of women was not only poverty but all about control and domination.
"Men are able to control and dominate so many aspects of women's lives in the household, community and the society because of unequal power.
"Violence against women including domestic, trafficking and rape are not only a violation of women's rights but also the ultimate obstacle to their full participation in social, economic and political activities."
Sundary said changes in laws or even strict law enforcement alone were not the answer as laws alone could not protect women from violence committed by men.
As such, a holistic strategy was needed, incorporating legal mechanisms and requiring cooperation among parliaments and governments with civil societies, development agencies and the media.
Indonesian delegate, Maryamah Nugraha Besoes said women should be empowered to increase their participation by becoming decision makers in all sectors.
"Through this meeting, we hope to expose women participation and give more input to our governments concerning women issues," she told Bernama after the meeting.
Maryamah said the Indonesian parliamentarians were amending the law to get more women to become members of Parliament and become decision makers.
"Women participation in our Parliament is at only 11.5 per cent of the 550 seats. We are going to amend the law of politic to put up more women candidates for election," she said.
On the draft resolution of Waipa, Maryamah said Indonesia supported the resolution as it was a global issue which countries have to work together to control and eradicate.
"We discussed about violence against women and the need to eliminate discrimination against women and children as proposed in a resolution by the Malaysian parliamentarians," she said.
Cambodia Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, Khuon Sudary said this should be accompanied by an awareness campaign so that the public particularly women understand provisions in the law that protect them.
"This could be done by way of community education and media campaign," she said at the Women Asean Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (Waipa) here today.
The meeting was chaired Waipa Chairperson Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, the Member of Parliament for Papar.
Sudary also called on parliamentarians within the bloc to support the move to treat domestic violence as a criminal act.
"Parliamentarians should also encourage further reforms towards a uniformed legislation in violence against women."
She believed that the root cause of the trafficking of women was not only poverty but all about control and domination.
"Men are able to control and dominate so many aspects of women's lives in the household, community and the society because of unequal power.
"Violence against women including domestic, trafficking and rape are not only a violation of women's rights but also the ultimate obstacle to their full participation in social, economic and political activities."
Sundary said changes in laws or even strict law enforcement alone were not the answer as laws alone could not protect women from violence committed by men.
As such, a holistic strategy was needed, incorporating legal mechanisms and requiring cooperation among parliaments and governments with civil societies, development agencies and the media.
Indonesian delegate, Maryamah Nugraha Besoes said women should be empowered to increase their participation by becoming decision makers in all sectors.
"Through this meeting, we hope to expose women participation and give more input to our governments concerning women issues," she told Bernama after the meeting.
Maryamah said the Indonesian parliamentarians were amending the law to get more women to become members of Parliament and become decision makers.
"Women participation in our Parliament is at only 11.5 per cent of the 550 seats. We are going to amend the law of politic to put up more women candidates for election," she said.
On the draft resolution of Waipa, Maryamah said Indonesia supported the resolution as it was a global issue which countries have to work together to control and eradicate.
"We discussed about violence against women and the need to eliminate discrimination against women and children as proposed in a resolution by the Malaysian parliamentarians," she said.
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Vietcong are the root cause of all evil in Cambodia!
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