Malaysia

The GALE Right to Education Monitor still has to be done in Malaysia.
Interested to become a reporter? Contact info@lgbt-education.info.

Relevant Conventions

Convention against Discrimination in Educationnot signed

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Convention on Technical and Vocational Educationnot signed

signed

ratified

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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rightsnot signed

signed

ratified

succession

Convention on the Rights of the Child

not signed

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succession

Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

not signed

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succession

Links to interesting articles

  1. The Global Gay Rights Battlefields (Article on Malaysian negative attitude toward homosexuality, by Max Strasser in foreignpolicy.com, December 2010).
  2. A Look At Homosexuality In Brunei (January 2011)
  3. Malaysia's First Film with Gay Lead Characters Breaks Taboo (Article about the film '... Dalam Botol' that causing a stir in the Muslim-majority country, March 2011)
  4. Malaysian boys sent to de-homofication camp (Press statement issued by the Department of Women, Family and Community Development on Besut bootcamp being in violation of Child Act 2001, April 2011)

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    This page was last updated on 21 December 2012.