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Nothing About Us Without Us: Are PWDs Given Agency?
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08:00, 3 Dec 2024
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Guest: Murugeswaran Veerasamy, President, Damai Disabled Person Association Malaysia, Meera Samanther, Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Persons with Disabilities of the Bar Council
Malaysia is a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and has translated the convention into legislation through the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008. However after 16 years in force, the PWD Act has failed to live up to expectations of upholding the rights of Malaysians with disabilities.
How should the law be reformed to enable PWDs to lead decent, dignified and independent lives? We discuss these themes with our panel of experts on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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Presenter: Shazana Mokhtar
Producer: Adani Binti Mohamad Zaidi
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34 mins
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08:00, 3 Dec 2024
Guest: Murugeswaran Veerasamy, President, Damai Disabled Person Association Malaysia, Meera Samanther, Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Persons with Disabilities of the Bar Council
Malaysia is a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and has translated the convention into legislation through the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008. However after 16 years in force, the PWD Act has failed to live up to expectations of upholding the rights of Malaysians with disabilities.
How should the law be reformed to enable PWDs to lead decent, dignified and independent lives? We discuss these themes with our panel of experts on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Podcast Transcript
Presenter: Shazana Mokhtar
Producer: Adani Binti Mohamad Zaidi
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