In the Pipeline

In addition to our documentation work:

We are concretising the idea of setting up our Resource Centre out of which we hope to run our programmes.
We will be conducting trainings and seminars on women and decision-making and on “knowing your rights”.

Participation at Regional Conference

Two of our members also represented us at the sub-regional workshop of women politicians from South East Asia organized by APWLD’s Women’s Participation in Political Processes (WPPP) Task Force “Women’s Participation in Political Processes, Women and Decision making in South East Asia, Chiangmai, 4-5 Nov 1999″ and presented a paper “The Women’s Candidacy Initiative - [...]

Increasing public awareness on women and decision-making

WCI believes that participation in parliamentary politics is one of the means to an ends. We are aware that if we are to achieve our goal of increasing the participation of society, especially women in decision-making processes, our work must go beyond supporting women into office and must survive beyond elections.
To this end, we have [...]

Women’s discussion list

The email discussion list which we originally started to organise and plan the candidacy turned into a bulletin board for events and writings on women’s issue. We have converted it into a women’s discussion list to encourage more discussion and for it to be a networking place for activists on women’s issues in the country.
This [...]

Fielding a candidate in the elections

WCI fielded its and Malaysia’s first independent women’s candidate in 1999, allied with the alternative front. In the face of skepticism, to the point of being berated for “politicising” women’s issues (!), WCI forged ahead with its mission and came away with what we feel was a resouding victory, though not in the conventional sense [...]

Want to help? Don’t know how?

1. Use your Consitutional right. Our Members of Parliament are responsible for representing our issues. It is not only our right but our duty to make sure they represent us and be held accountable. Contact your MP and ask them:

What have they done to find out more about women’s problems?
How have they represented women’s issues [...]