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Should Government Buildings Have Dress Codes?

Parveen Kaur Harnam, Lawyer | Dr Lai Suat Yan, Senior Lecturer , Gender Studies Program, University Malaya

22-Feb-23 18:00

Should Government Buildings Have Dress Codes?

There have been several incidents over the last two months of women being turned away, or being denied services in government buildings, because of what they were wearing. So first, we look at whether dress codes are legally enforceable. And then later on - why is the Rukun Negara being dragged into this?

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Produced by: Lim Jih-Ming, Kelly Anissa

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  governmentLaw/Activism

Tags:  police stationrukun negarawomen's rightsgovernment buildingspublic servicehospitaldress codes





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