children's rights Archives

1 October 2024

Nurul Izzah Calls For United Push On Children’s Health And Wellbeing

While Malaysia has made strides in paediatric surgery with specialist teams in every state, more work is needed to advocate for child rights, health, and welfare, says Nurul Izzah Anwar, who is patron of the Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA).

30 September 2024

Letter

To Restore Confidence In Child Protection Services, We Need A Royal Commission Of Inquiry — CSOs & Activists

Any and every space that a child is in must be a safe space. We must restore public confidence in our child protection agencies.

13 September 2024

Letter

Professional Support Needed For Recovery Of Sexually Abused Children In Welfare Homes — FRHAM

FRHAM stresses an urgent need for comprehensive professional support to aid the healing process and recovery from such "unimaginable horrors" faced by 402 children recently rescued from welfare homes, who allegedly suffered sexual and physical abuse.

12 September 2024

Letter

A Wake-Up Call For Child Protection Services — Child Rights Advocates

41 police reports were lodged against GISBH from 2011 to 2024. In working with the Welfare Department, we noticed a reluctance to monitor and enforce child protection policies in religious institutions. Is religion an excuse to not enforce the Child Act?

2 September 2024

Letter

Reflections On The State Of Our Children — Dr Amar-Singh HSS & Farah Nini Dusuki

Malaysia's child mortality rates have remained stagnant for the past 20 years. Every single day, paediatricians nationwide have to search for an intensive care bed for a premature baby or an ill child. There's an urgent need for more NICU and PICU beds.

13 May 2024

World

How Child Maltreatment Drives Mental Health Crisis

Many cases of mental illness in Australia could be eradicated by targeting child maltreatment. The impacts of doing nothing are devastating.

9 May 2024

Letter

Provide Childcare Allowance To All Mothers To Curb Child Malnutrition And Stunting — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Dr Amar-Singh HSS supports UNICEF's proposed childcare allowance for mothers from birth until the child reaches two years of age, but calls for it to be made available to all mothers, regardless of poverty levels, to curb child malnutrition and stunting.

5 February 2024

Letter

Safeguarding Children’s Lives: A Public Health Approach To Preventing Tragedies Of Children’s Deaths In Cars (Part 1) — Dr Erwin Khoo, Dr Ikram Ilias & Prof Dr Zulkifli Ismail

The brain can generate false memories, leading a parent to believe their child is safe at school or home when the child has been forgotten in the back seat of a vehicle. Stress, sleep deprivation, and habit memory can override short-term memory.

20 November 2023

Letter

Have Child Rights Improved In Malaysia? — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Children are our treasure today and our hope for the future. Investing in them benefits all of us.

14 November 2023

Malaysia

Decoupling GEG From Tobacco Bill Violates Child Rights: Family Medicine Specialists

The Malaysian Family Medicine Specialists’ Association says Cabinet’s decision to delay the tobacco bill and to decouple the GEG from the bill shows the government’s failure to protect child rights, as enshrined in the CRC ratified by Malaysia in 1995.

Tag: children's rights

Nurul Izzah Calls For United Push On Children’s Health And Wellbeing

To Restore Confidence In Child Protection Services, We Need A Royal Commission Of Inquiry — CSOs & Activists

Professional Support Needed For Recovery Of Sexually Abused Children In Welfare Homes — FRHAM

A Wake-Up Call For Child Protection Services — Child Rights Advocates

Reflections On The State Of Our Children — Dr Amar-Singh HSS & Farah Nini Dusuki

How Child Maltreatment Drives Mental Health Crisis

Provide Childcare Allowance To All Mothers To Curb Child Malnutrition And Stunting — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Safeguarding Children’s Lives: A Public Health Approach To Preventing Tragedies Of Children’s Deaths In Cars (Part 1) — Dr Erwin Khoo, Dr Ikram Ilias & Prof Dr Zulkifli Ismail

Have Child Rights Improved In Malaysia? — Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Decoupling GEG From Tobacco Bill Violates Child Rights: Family Medicine Specialists

Battling NCD Crisis Starts With Eating Right To Get To Healthy Weight

Don’t Fear Lawsuits From Performing CPR: IJN Doctor

Closed In Three Hospitals, MOH’s FPP Service Severely Cut Post-Pandemic

Dewan Rakyat Passes Controversial Act 342 Amendment Bill On Infectious Disease Control

IJN Seeks Up To 40% Fee Hike For Government Patients, Plans Diversification Beyond Cardiovascular