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MALAYSIA-INDONESIA AGREE TO PROMOTE TALIAN NUR 15999
JAKARTA, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to promote the "Talian Nur 15999" hotline service to Indonesian workers in Malaysia in a bid to expand their joint programmes in women and family development next year.
The hotline service, which was introduced in 2007 to deal with problems of domestic abuse in Malaysia, had been extended to the Indonesian workers since November last year after several cases of domestic abuse were reported involving Indonesian maids in Malaysia.
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry secretary-general Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said apart from the hotline, five other joint programmes would also be implemented next year, including exchanging visits and micro-credit activities, especially for single mothers.
"We have also agreed to exchange our information and research findings, including data and experiences concerning child, women and family issues as well as and information exchange and capacity building in good governance," she said in a statement in conjunction with the women and family development joint-working committee meeting here Tuesday.
The meeting was chaired jointly by Dr Noorul Ainur and the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of Indonesia, Sri Danti.
Two other joint programmes to be held next year are the Policy Dialogue on Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan and the preparation of a proposal to introduce skill trainings in handicraft-making to help create a source of income for the needy, especially single mothers.
The joint-committee meeting was aimed at assessing the performance of Malaysia-Indonesia joint programmes implemented in 2009 and 2010, besides planning for new programmes for 2011.
The Malaysian delegation comprised five senior officers from Social Welfare Department, Women Development Department and National Population and Family Development Board.
The hotline service, which was introduced in 2007 to deal with problems of domestic abuse in Malaysia, had been extended to the Indonesian workers since November last year after several cases of domestic abuse were reported involving Indonesian maids in Malaysia.
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry secretary-general Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said apart from the hotline, five other joint programmes would also be implemented next year, including exchanging visits and micro-credit activities, especially for single mothers.
"We have also agreed to exchange our information and research findings, including data and experiences concerning child, women and family issues as well as and information exchange and capacity building in good governance," she said in a statement in conjunction with the women and family development joint-working committee meeting here Tuesday.
The meeting was chaired jointly by Dr Noorul Ainur and the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of Indonesia, Sri Danti.
Two other joint programmes to be held next year are the Policy Dialogue on Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan and the preparation of a proposal to introduce skill trainings in handicraft-making to help create a source of income for the needy, especially single mothers.
The joint-committee meeting was aimed at assessing the performance of Malaysia-Indonesia joint programmes implemented in 2009 and 2010, besides planning for new programmes for 2011.
The Malaysian delegation comprised five senior officers from Social Welfare Department, Women Development Department and National Population and Family Development Board.
