Women’s Aid Organisation: Foremost Women’s Advocacy in Malaysia

At Women's Aid Organisation, we are tackling the issue of nation-wide Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on three approaches.




Our solution has 3 limbs:





 	
Effective legal frameworks with local implementation mechanisms;
 	
Coordinated and capacitated localised community action; and
 	
Societal intolerance for gender inequality.



Our solution is built upon immediate access to localised support for women through improving the State’s response, increasing public awareness and building local capacities to support women and girls. Through identifying, capacitating and sustaining partnerships with women, girls and women-led and girls-led groups, our expertise and proven models motivate them to take ownership of WAO programme models, replicate, upscale and modify the model within their localised context.




Building their capacity encourages women to see themselves as active participants and change-makers. Grounding the advocacy and policy work in the women’s respective localities lowers the barriers for participation. Leveraging evidence from women’s lived realities provides material for impact assessment and public awareness.




For more information on our work, do refer to our Slide Deck.