KUALA LUMPUR, 28th
June 2016 – Yeo Bee Yin, of Pusat Khidmat ADUN Damansara Utama, in conjunction
with All Women’s Action Society (AWAM), kicked off their second collaboration
centered on anti-rape awareness today. The launch of the new website, antirogol.com,
aims to educate and provide survivors and the general public with basic
information and resources on rape and sexual violence such as what constitutes
rape, information on the laws pertaining to rape in Malaysia and possible steps
that survivors could take if rape takes place and other avenues where survivors
can seek help.
On average, 3000
rape cases are reported every year in Malaysia. Over 60% of these cases
involved children below eighteen years old. This breaks down to a woman or a
child being raped every three hours. More disturbing and important to note is
that only two out of ten rape cases are estimated to be reported, which means
that the overall number of cases occurring per year would be much higher.
