Latest items for Malaysia
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"[M]any Malaysian mothers took to social media to show that their cases are still pending" (para 14). "On X, user Tee Li Li , a single mother, is one of many who showed screenshots of their citizenship applications to register their child which is currently still marked as 'being processed' with her application dating back to 2017" (para 15).
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"[M]any Malaysian mothers took to social media to show that their cases are still pending" (para 14). "On X, user Tee Li Li , a single mother, is one of many who showed screenshots of their citizenship applications to register their child which is currently still marked as 'being processed' with her application dating back to 2017" (para 15).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Non-citizens are also barred from attending government schools" (para 18). Lack of citizenship can hinder a girl's education (MV-coder comment).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Non-citizens are also barred from attending government schools" (para 18). Lack of citizenship can hinder a girl's education (MV-coder comment).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Malaysia is] allowing foreign-born children to Malaysian mothers and their non-Malaysian spouse to automatically get citizenship" (para 1). "Under the current law which goes back to 1963, only Malaysian men who marry non-citizens and have a child abroad can pass their citizenship to their children, while children born to Malaysian mothers under the same arrangement are deprived of the same right" (para 2). "Article 14 of the constitution, made no mention of mothers when it comes to conferring citizenship to a person born outside of Malaysia" (para 5). "[Malaysia] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were...more
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Malaysia is] allowing foreign-born children to Malaysian mothers and their non-Malaysian spouse to automatically get citizenship" (para 1). "Under the current law which goes back to 1963, only Malaysian men who marry non-citizens and have a child abroad can pass their citizenship to their children, while children born to Malaysian mothers under the same arrangement are deprived of the same right" (para 2). "Article 14 of the constitution, made no mention of mothers when it comes to conferring citizenship to a person born outside of Malaysia" (para 5). "[Malaysia] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were...more
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCC-LAW-2
"Article 14 of the constitution, made no mention of mothers when it comes to conferring citizenship to a person born outside of Malaysia" (para 5).
Variables: CLCC-LAW-2
"Article 14 of the constitution, made no mention of mothers when it comes to conferring citizenship to a person born outside of Malaysia" (para 5).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCC-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he lack of citizenship sets up hurdles in [the] daily lives [of women and their children], including hospital visits and schooling, with the latter costing exorbitant sum for non-citizens compared to the token 1ringgit ( US cents) for citizens" (para 17).
Variables: CLCC-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he lack of citizenship sets up hurdles in [the] daily lives [of women and their children], including hospital visits and schooling, with the latter costing exorbitant sum for non-citizens compared to the token 1ringgit ( US cents) for citizens" (para 17).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCW-LAW-1
"[Malaysia is] allowing foreign-born children to Malaysian mothers and their non-Malaysian spouse to automatically get citizenship" (para 1).
Variables: CLCW-LAW-1
"[Malaysia is] allowing foreign-born children to Malaysian mothers and their non-Malaysian spouse to automatically get citizenship" (para 1).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CONST-LAW-1
"'[P]arent' in the present constitution, for decades, has meant father" (para 4).
Variables: CONST-LAW-1
"'[P]arent' in the present constitution, for decades, has meant father" (para 4).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"[M]any Malaysian mothers took to social media to show that their cases are still pending" (para 14). This is a virtual protest towards the citizenship of their children (MV-coder comment).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"[M]any Malaysian mothers took to social media to show that their cases are still pending" (para 14). This is a virtual protest towards the citizenship of their children (MV-coder comment).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, the advocacy group Family Frontiers sued the governemnt over the gender bias in the law and won when a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge ruled that foreign-born children of these mothers are entitled to citizenship" (para 9).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, the advocacy group Family Frontiers sued the governemnt over the gender bias in the law and won when a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge ruled that foreign-born children of these mothers are entitled to citizenship" (para 9).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"On the case of the Malaysian mother giving birth abroad with their [non-Malaysian] partners, all 3,000 [cases] have been resolved last week" (para 13). This was said by the Home Minister of malaysia (MV-coder comment).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"On the case of the Malaysian mother giving birth abroad with their [non-Malaysian] partners, all 3,000 [cases] have been resolved last week" (para 13). This was said by the Home Minister of malaysia (MV-coder comment).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he lack of citizenship sets up hurdles in [women's] daily lives, including hospital visits and schooling, with the latter costing exorbitant sum for non-citizens compared to the token 1ringgit ( US cents) for citizens" (para 17).
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he lack of citizenship sets up hurdles in [women's] daily lives, including hospital visits and schooling, with the latter costing exorbitant sum for non-citizens compared to the token 1ringgit ( US cents) for citizens" (para 17).
April 12, 2024, 5:34 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[There is] a Malaysian woman living in Berlin, whose children were not Malaysian citizens due to this provision (para 7). "[A] Kuala Lumpur High Court judge ruled that foreign-born children of these mothers are entitled to citizenship" (para 9).
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[There is] a Malaysian woman living in Berlin, whose children were not Malaysian citizens due to this provision (para 7). "[A] Kuala Lumpur High Court judge ruled that foreign-born children of these mothers are entitled to citizenship" (para 9).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Malaysia ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Malaysia ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Malaysia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Malaysia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon, Malaysia, United States
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
21
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
21
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Malaysia was 21 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Malaysia was 21 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Malaysia is 52.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Malaysia is 52.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malaysia is 77 years for women and 73 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malaysia is 77 years for women and 73 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Malaysia is 72.6 years for men and 77.1 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Malaysia is 72.6 years for men and 77.1 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
0
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
0
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"14.8 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"14.8 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 28, 2023, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '11.0%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '9.3%.'"
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '11.0%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '9.3%.'"
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote D'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Eritrea, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Moldova, Namibia, Nepal, Slovakia, Somalia, Suriname, Thailand, Turkmenistan
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
3.0
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
3.0
May 6, 2023, 4:59 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
Malaysia's largest online community forum, lowyat.net, had an inquiry post regarding the socially acceptability of two cousins getting married; the post had over 8 thousand engagements, and the responses were generally encouraging of the practice in that Malaysia on the whole would be accepting despite the health risks (VC - CODER COMMENT). "Me and my cousin (father side) know and play with each other since young. We have been together as couple for few years but we do not tell others. Family member and friends just think we are 'close to each other' since we are cousin and have been like that since childhood. Recently we think of our future...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
Malaysia's largest online community forum, lowyat.net, had an inquiry post regarding the socially acceptability of two cousins getting married; the post had over 8 thousand engagements, and the responses were generally encouraging of the practice in that Malaysia on the whole would be accepting despite the health risks (VC - CODER COMMENT). "Me and my cousin (father side) know and play with each other since young. We have been together as couple for few years but we do not tell others. Family member and friends just think we are 'close to each other' since we are cousin and have been like that since childhood. Recently we think of our future...more
April 30, 2023, 7:45 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"(1) No person shall marry his or her grandparent, parent, child or grandchild, sister or brother, great-aunt or great-uncle, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew, great-niece or great-nephew, as the case may be: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any person who is a Hindu from marrying under Hindu law or custom his sister’s daughter (niece) or her mothers’s brother (uncle). (2) No person shall marry the grandparent or parent, child or grandchild of his or her spouse or former spouse. (3) No person shall marry the former spouse of his or her grandparent or parent, child or grandchild."
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"(1) No person shall marry his or her grandparent, parent, child or grandchild, sister or brother, great-aunt or great-uncle, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew, great-niece or great-nephew, as the case may be: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any person who is a Hindu from marrying under Hindu law or custom his sister’s daughter (niece) or her mothers’s brother (uncle). (2) No person shall marry the grandparent or parent, child or grandchild of his or her spouse or former spouse. (3) No person shall marry the former spouse of his or her grandparent or parent, child or grandchild."