20 December 2023
MY Voice celebrates Human Rights Day
The MY Voice team took part in the annual Human Rights Festival 2023 organised by the Bar Council Human Rights Committee at Kuala Lumpur on 10 December 2023.
The festival, themed ‘’Dignity, Freedom and Justice for all!’’ highlighted the importance of equality rights for all, regardless of their background or status.
The MY Voice booth at the festival was buzzing with activities and visitors as the team shared activities and initiatives by the MY Voice project to address forced labour and child labour in Malaysia's palm oil and garment sectors. The booth also offered opportunities to collaborate with civil society and other key stakeholders.
As the project involves multiple stakeholders across different geographical locations and areas of expertise, the festival provided a safe platform to engage with other civil society organisations and migrant worker groups; some of whom expressed interest in collaborating in MY Voice’s future activities.
Workers' education and information was also shared during the festival with attendees. A part of MY Voice's initiative is to build capacity on labour topics and the Just Good Work (JGW) app was introduced as the worker-voice application to fill this knowledge gap.