N. Alagappar, Ponmalar and Marican, Sabitha (2014) The issue of sexual harassment legislation in a mainstream newspaper in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 368-373. ISSN 1877-0428

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Abstract

In Malaysia, presently there is no legislation that specifically deals with sexual harassment in the workplace.Women's activist groups in Malaysia have been working together to bring greater awareness to the issue of sexual harassment and with legislation in place, it can effectively prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and provide victims with timely and meaningful access to legal redress. Awareness is the most important weapon in the fight of sexual harassment in the workplace.The paper examines how a mainstream pro-government newspaper in Malaysia represents the issue on the need for legislation of sexual harassment.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	International Conference on Communication and Media 2014 (i-COME’14), Organised by School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, UUM, 18 - 20 October, 2014, Holiday Villa Beach Hotel and Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sexual harassment; newspaper; women activist groups; legislation
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	School of Multimedia Technology & Communication
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2015 02:42
Last Modified:	23 May 2016 07:38
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13056

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