JUST IN: CoA in agreement w Govt of Malaysia tht Malaysian mothers cannot pass citizenship to overseas born kids.

🇲🇾 women ARE indeed second class citizens- no wonder we have a 57% migration rate- the 2nd highest regionally.

I mean, look how we treat women who WANT TO STAY!🤯
Malaysian men have constitutional right to pass on citizenship to overseas born children just because of their gender.

Malaysian women meanwhile- WHO BIRTH actual children- too bad!
Womb bearing doesn’t mean you have ANY EQUAL CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS!

MAJU eh #KeluargaMalaysia 🤯
I’m personally impacted by CoA’s ridiculous ruling, as the adult child of a 🇲🇾 mother born overseas.

But let’s NEVER FORGET- this appalling sexism affects EVERY Malaysian woman! Plus intersectional impacts on poor, abused, minority, indigenous, queer, disabled, stateless women.
A country whose courts and government are in AGREEMENT to uphold gender discriminatory legislation - is a country that doesn’t care about 50% of its population AND overall national development. These are FACTS.
Clearly- this back & forth by courts RE @FamilyFrontiers wastes precious time and lives.

Malaysian Moms and overseas born children’s lives hang in the balance.

It’s past time to cut thru the BS- AMEND THE CONSTITUTION & RELATED LAWS TO ENSURE EQUAL CITIZENSHIP. ENOUGH!
Is 🇲🇾 govt waiting until ALL 🇲🇾 women with overseas born children DIE?
My mom & others passed away without ANY change.
Playing this sly waiting game WON’T prevent 🇲🇾 women from building families they choose. We’ll fight until this changes. FOR ALL 🇲🇾 WOMEN. We promise you that.

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Aug 5
This was my childhood, teens & early 20’s- up & down JPN Shah Alam,Putrajaya with my 🇲🇾 Mom:
• getting student visa extensions then social visit passes
• processing endless paperwork while dealing w abuse, xenophobia from officers.

I’ve lived in 🇲🇾 since 1995. I’m still not 🇲🇾
Finally receiving my Malaysian PR in 2010 TRANSFORMED my life.

In the struggle to catch up,I’d no time to dwell on what I’ve lost, only being able to start somewhat LIVING at 26.

Career opportunities, access 2 services is better since 2010- but FAR from non discriminatory!
At a recent interview on Unequal Citizenship- the journo asked me

“Has this prevented you from starting YOUR OWN FAMILY?”

I’m 38 years old btw.

The lump in my throat was so immense, I had no words- just grief for everything I & other overseas born children go through.DAILY.
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Nov 14, 2021
1/ Blaming Malaysians for diabetes, obesity without increasing wages (step 1 in affording better nutrition) is cruelly disingenuous.

I grew up w Mom counting last Rm10 in her wallet, then last Rm2- every month. We ate WHATEVER she could afford. FOOD WAS GOOD- CHEAP FOOD BETTER.
2/ I’m sure Mom wanted to make better nutritional choices,she was educated enough to know better- just couldn’t afford it on her wages.
Poverty, Food Insecurity, Poor Nutrition directly impact Health & Well-Being. Raising minimum wage is ONE way to immediately make a difference.
3/ Chronic social stress has long been associated with changes in dietary preference, food intake, weight gain & fat accrual. Plus, psychological stress is linked to visceral fat deposition i.e greater health risk thru NCD’s.

& there are few things more stressful than POVERTY.
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