Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC)

The Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC) stands in solidarity with the position taken by Women, Family and Community Development Minister, YB Rohani Abdul Karim, as well as with women’s groups across the country in condemning the recent dropping of statutory rape charges by the Kuching High Court against 22-year-old Ahmad Syukri Yusuf, accused of statutory rape of his 14-year-old victim, on the grounds that he had married her.

The world is saddened by the murder of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch on Sunday, July 17, 2016. The 26-year-old was killed by her brother, who shows no regret over the crime conducted and had confessed he strangled her for “honour”.