The Star: Wednesday February 6, 2013
‘Make marital rape a crime’
By YUEN MEIKENG
meikeng@thestar.com.my
PETALING JAYA: Husbands forcing themselves on wives and women forced to insert objects into their private parts – these should be included in the definition of rape in the law.
This is one of the reforms that the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is hoping will materialise, following the Prime Minister’s pledge that pro-women laws will be implemented swiftly.
The group, which consists of nine bodies including Sisters In Islam (SIS) and Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), said the country’s laws should be amended to expand the definition of rape in line with current needs.
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