Over 5,000 ‘super' women will walk the streets of Petaling Jaya on March 18, before gathering at a public field to demand for clean and good governance.

“We are expecting about 5,000 women... We will gather at three locations and walk to the Astaka field,” organiser Ho Yock Lin told Malaysiakini .

NONE The protesters will gather concurrently at the Taman Jaya lake and the iconic Section 14 Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque, at 2pm before marching to their final destination.

Ho, who is deputy president of All Women’s Action Movement (Awam), added that the three groups will meet up at the Astaka field, which is located in front of Amcorp Mall.

At the gathering, the women will hear speeches from various personalities, sing songs and shout slogans relating to their demands.

Ho said the event will also focus on the plight of Orang Asli and workers’ rights.

   

“We have informed the police of the event,” said Ho, when asked if they had notified the authorities.

Purple clothes and white gloves

Participants of the rally have been urged to dress in purple or wear at least one article of clothing in that colour to celebrate International Women’s Day (which falls on March 8), and to don white gloves to symbolise their call for clean governance.

Ho said members of major NGOs, including Awam, Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam, Tenaganita and Empower, will lead the march of the 'super' women.

The NGOs are part of a movement of 15 women’s organisations, called Wanita Suara Perubahan (WanitasuperMY), formed to voice out their rights and press for their demands: a government free from graft; decent wages for workers; a better quality of life; cessation of all violence against women; repeal of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2011; and a clean and fair general election.

“We have also sent out invitations to all the political parties. If they come, we shall let them join in,” she added.

In the run-up to the march, Ho said WanitasuperMY also plans to hold two additional events.

“On March 8 at 10am, we will go to the post office at Dayabumi in Kuala Lumpur to send a pair of white gloves to the government as a symbolic gesture of asking for a clean government.

“On March 13, we shall go to the Parliament House to deliver our list of demands,” Ho said.