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PEMALIK

Pertubuhan Memupuk Asas Ikatan Keluarga Kuala Lumpur Dan Selangor(Association For Fostering Family Ties Kuala Lumpur And Selangor)

No. Pertubuhan: 1784-06 WKL

Thank You for your active

Participation and efforts

in today’s programme

Terima Kasih diucapkan kepada anda yang

telah berganding bahu dan bertungkus lumus

untuk menjayakan program ini

Objectives

Create awareness by exposing related problems

of children & parents through mass-media

Create awareness of the traumatic effects faced by children & parent thru discussions & counseling

Create awareness amongst Legal profession & related of bodies on such negative effects

Create awareness on Parental Responsibility

Early Intervention Project – Panel to guide

both party intending divorce – finance,

upbringing, education, welfare etc.

Aims

To highlight the seriousness of Parental Alienation, Domestic Violence & Custody Disputes and Abuses

To help identify with the Victims - not only children

but parent(s) too. Effects - mental trauma, lack of interest in social & physical activities deterioration in studies and the victims losing self esteem

Promote – family activities values together & children

to have good amount of time parents

Review & Propose Reform

Short Term Goals

Create awareness thru press, publish articles issues involving domestic violence, children & families displaced by custody disputes

Dialogue with relevant agencies PDRM, JKMM Judiciary, Bar Council & AG’s chambers and Chief Justice to the implementation of an Early Intervention system

To setup networks with members in all states

and to network with similar groups locally & internationally

Medium to Long Term

To lobby the govt & relevant agencies to look at ways overcome the negative effects of parental alienation, domestic violence & custody disputes

To lobby Parliamentarians & policymakers to review and enforce relevant sections in the Law on Domestic Violence & Custody Disputes

To work towards achieving a Caring Society

Domestic Violence

A pattern of behavior where one maintains controlof the other through physical force, intimidation or threats

This abuse can take many forms

Physical - Kicking, punching, shoving, slapping, pushing, burning, biting, choking, kicking, throwing or hurling objects

Sexual - Forced or pressured sexual acts, criticizing his/her body parts & rape

Verbal - Name Calling & Put-downs Emotional - Jealousy, Crazy Making Mind Games, Isolation from

friends & family, making victim feel worthless Spiritual – Attacking the victim’s spiritual beliefs Financial - Controlling the victim’s economic status, withholding

money & prohibiting the victim to work Destructive - Destruction of property, vandalism & causing harm Immigration – Using fear of deportation

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE& CUSTODY DISPUTES

USINGECONOMIC

ABUSE

MALE ORFEMALE

PRIVILEGE

USINGCHILDREN

PUTTINGBLAME ORDENYING

USINGISOLATION

PHYSICALSEXUAL

USINGEMOTIONAL

ABUSE

THREATS&

COERCION

USINGINTIMIDATION

POWER&

CONTROL

EARLY INTERVENTION PROJECTSCHOOL

EDUCATION

MAINTENANCE

OUTDOOR

HOLIDAYS

GRANDPARENTS

RELATIVES

FESTIVALS

BIRTHDAY

TUTIONCOUNSELING

VISITS

EMERGENCY

UPBRINGING

RESIDENCE

RELIGION

FINANCE

HEALTH

CHILD

FOR A COUPLE WITH CHILDREN INTENDING TO DIVORCE MUST

PANEL TO WORK OUT DETAILS TO

REACH AGREEMENT ON: