Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia

Despite having sophisticated laws and policies regulating domestic violence, problems on either the husband or wife being battered are endless. Worst still, domestic violence against women has become one of the major problems across the world. It cuts across lines of races, religion, income and clas...

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Main Authors:	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Mohd Zin, Najibah, Md Hashim, Noraini
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/1/adequacy_of_legal_protection.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/2/ADEQUACY_OF_LEGAL_PROTECTION_FOR_WOMEN_AGAINST_DOMESTIC.pdf

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spelling	iium-314642014-01-22T08:19:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/ Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Mohd Zin, Najibah Md Hashim, Noraini K Law (General) Despite having sophisticated laws and policies regulating domestic violence, problems on either the husband or wife being battered are endless. Worst still, domestic violence against women has become one of the major problems across the world. It cuts across lines of races, religion, income and classes of people. It is also deeply embedded in all cultures, so much so that millions of women consider it as a way of life. In Malaysia, the issue of domestic violence on women is one of the main agendas of the government’s policy on women. Under this policy, various programmes and laws have been introduced to regulate and control the problem of domestic violence against women. This paper seeks to discuss the Malaysian policy on the protection of women against domestic violence and the current applicable laws and remedies and to present to what degree these laws are adequate in controlling the problem of domestic violence on women in Malaysia. 2013-02-15 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/1/adequacy_of_legal_protection.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/2/ADEQUACY_OF_LEGAL_PROTECTION_FOR_WOMEN_AGAINST_DOMESTIC.pdf Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina and Mohd Zin, Najibah and Md Hashim, Noraini (2013) Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia. In: International Conference of Law and Society 1 (ICLAS 1), 15-17 Feb 2013, Universiti Muhammadiyah Jogjakarta Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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description	Despite having sophisticated laws and policies regulating domestic violence, problems on either the husband or wife being battered are endless. Worst still, domestic violence against women has become one of the major problems across the world. It cuts across lines of races, religion, income and classes of people. It is also deeply embedded in all cultures, so much so that millions of women consider it as a way of life. In Malaysia, the issue of domestic violence on women is one of the main agendas of the government’s policy on women. Under this policy, various programmes and laws have been introduced to regulate and control the problem of domestic violence against women. This paper seeks to discuss the Malaysian policy on the protection of women against domestic violence and the current applicable laws and remedies and to present to what degree these laws are adequate in controlling the problem of domestic violence on women in Malaysia.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Mohd Zin, Najibah Md Hashim, Noraini
author_facet	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Mohd Zin, Najibah Md Hashim, Noraini
author_sort	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
title	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia
title_short	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia
title_full	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia
title_sort	adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/1/adequacy_of_legal_protection.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/31464/2/ADEQUACY_OF_LEGAL_PROTECTION_FOR_WOMEN_AGAINST_DOMESTIC.pdf
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Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia

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