The Women’s Aid Organisation said there is a need for a systematic mechanism to record, monitor and analyse the gender-related killings of women and girls. (Envato Elements pic)PETALING JAYA: The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) has called for femicide to be recognised within Malaysia’s legal framework and for a systematic mechanism to record, monitor and analyse the gender-related killings of women and girls.
Several women and girls have been killed between January and October in cases reported in Batu Pahat, Butterworth, Kepong, Kulim, Ketereh, Kuantan and Yong Peng.
The cases included the recent deaths of a 19-year-old woman in Kuantan, Pahang, and a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Yong Peng, Johor.
