COMMENT | Gender discrimination still persists in M'sia

COMMENT | On Dec 10 every year, the global community celebrates Human Rights Day. This Dec 10 marked the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The emergence of the doctrine of human rights is premised on the following assumption that the state is in high need to duly protect and preserve human dignity.

As far as the rights of human beings are to be duly honoured and ennobled, they are essentially inherent or inalienable rights that are duly bestowed upon all human beings.

Muslims believe that such rights are duly endowed by the Almighty God as succinctly stated in the Quran, 17: 70 reads “We have ennobled the Children of Adam...”.

One of the key provisions in the UDHR is Article 7, which provides that “All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”