About Sisters in Islam
It began with a question. If God is just
as Islam is just “ why do laws and policies made in the name of Islam
create injustice? This was the burning question faced by the founding
members of Sisters in Islam (SIS) when they began their search for
solutions to the problem of discrimination against Muslim women in the
name of Islam.
The group first assembled in 1987 within the Association of the Women Lawyers (AWL) when several women lawyers and their friends came together under the Association's Shariah subcommittee to study problems associated with the implementation of new Islamic Family Laws that had been legislated in 1984, and enforced in 1987. The group was composed of lawyers, academics, journalists, analysts, and activists, and many women confided in them their marital problems and the difficulties they faced when seeking legal redress from religious authorities. These early meetings focused on problems with the law and its implementation, and the solutions needed to remedy shortcomings within the system.
The group held its first meetings in the living room of a house shared by Zainah Anwar, a former journalist and senior analyst and Noor Farida Ariffin, then President of AWL and Legal Advisor to the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department.
The group's first initiative was to organise a workshop in 1988 involving the National Council of Women's Organisations, the Federal Government's Women's Affairs Division, and the Islamic Centre (Pusat Islam) of the Prime Minister's Department. The workshop sought to alert the authorities to the problems women faced with the implementation of the new Family Laws, and to recommend substantive legal and procedural reform to ensure that Muslim women's rights were upheld under the law.
The group first assembled in 1987 within the Association of the Women Lawyers (AWL) when several women lawyers and their friends came together under the Association's Shariah subcommittee to study problems associated with the implementation of new Islamic Family Laws that had been legislated in 1984, and enforced in 1987. The group was composed of lawyers, academics, journalists, analysts, and activists, and many women confided in them their marital problems and the difficulties they faced when seeking legal redress from religious authorities. These early meetings focused on problems with the law and its implementation, and the solutions needed to remedy shortcomings within the system.
The group held its first meetings in the living room of a house shared by Zainah Anwar, a former journalist and senior analyst and Noor Farida Ariffin, then President of AWL and Legal Advisor to the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department.
The group's first initiative was to organise a workshop in 1988 involving the National Council of Women's Organisations, the Federal Government's Women's Affairs Division, and the Islamic Centre (Pusat Islam) of the Prime Minister's Department. The workshop sought to alert the authorities to the problems women faced with the implementation of the new Family Laws, and to recommend substantive legal and procedural reform to ensure that Muslim women's rights were upheld under the law.
Position Available
- Finance & Operations Manager
- Finance Officer
- Programme Officer
- Accountability
- Internship
Basic Requirements and Qualifications
- depends on the placement positions available at a particular point in time .
How to Apply
Interested applicants, please submit your detailed resume, a passport-sized photograph (non-returnable) and contact number(s) to sistersinislam@pd.jaring.my or fax to +603.7785.8737. For further clarification, please call our Operations Manager Rozinah Wanzoor at +603.7785.6121.
For those who unable to submit online, you may also submit your detailed resume, a passport-sized photograph (non-returnable) and contact number(s) to:
Rozinah Wanzoor
Operations Manager
SIS Forum (Malaysia)
No. 7, Jalan 6/10 off Jalan Gasing
46000 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
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Contact
SIS FORUM (MALAYSIA)
(Co. No. 266561W)
No. 4 Jalan 11/8E
46200 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia.
Tel: +603-7960 3357 / 7960 5121 / 7960 6733
Fax: +603-7960 8737
Email: sistersinislam@pd.jaring.my
or visit Sisters in Islam website for further
information.
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