KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Human rights advocates, lawmakers and concerned mothers reiterated their stance on the need to reform “outdated” and “unfair” Malaysian citizenship laws that penalise Malaysian women for having children abroad.
“Malaysian women have been living with this injustice since independence. Every day the government maintains its appeal to the High Court decision. Every day the government delays the Federal Constitution is another day that a child of Malaysian women goes without access to education, healthcare or therapy.
Today’s forum and subsequent press conference dubbed “The Other Side Of The Story — Do Mothers Have Rights?, were hosted by Penang Women’s Development Corporation and was attended by representatives from Family Frontiers as well as affected and concerned mothers. “The Constitution can be amended when necessary. So what we want from the government today is to take their words seriously. To show what they really mean when put a women chapter in the RMK12. Don’t pay lip service,” she said.
“Yes, they have married someone overseas but if they believe it is their jodoh to marry someone overseas, I mean what can they do? It should not be a reason to give them fewer rights as a mother just because they married a foreigner and gave birth to a child in a foreign land,” she said.
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