CSI-Child Safeguarding Initiative SABAH

13/10/2026

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12/09/2026

Thank you to the amazing CRC4CWDs Team for all your hard work behind the scenes to make this happen.

We had 95+ teachers, therapists, and professionals come together at
RAIA Hotel, Kota Kinabalu for a one-day CRC Awareness Workshop focused on Children with Disabilities.

The goal: to build understanding, support, and safer spaces for CWDs in our community.

Your effort made it possible💛

With gratitude to,

JJennifer LiewCCHILDSabahSSUHAKAM (Human Rights Commission of Malaysia)Sabah
MMajlis Perkhidmatan Masyarakat Sabah [MPMS]

17/08/2026

14/08/2026

13/08/2026

💜“Fostering safety starts with awareness. Every right in the Convention on the Rights of a Child (CRC) is a promise we keep for our children”

Join us for this very important workshop that will equip educators and therapists with practical strategies for promoting and protecting child rights within a learning and therapeutic community.

Click on this link to register.

https://forms.gle/GDSbPNbmAYZYXpwJ9

15/07/2026

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia’s child protection laws are among the strongest in the world but often fail victims because of poor enforcement, advocate Datin Mary Gomez (pic) said, citing a Sandakan case in which a school bus driver escaped conviction because of a flawed investigation.

“Our laws are actually one of the best in the world, I have to say that, but it fails in practice. The gap is actually enforcement and not in drafting,” said Gomez, an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak with 36 years at the Bar.

Full story: https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/284805/child-protection-laws-are-poorly-enforced-lawyer/

14/07/2026

KOTA KINABALU: Very few child abuse perpetrators are punished under existing laws, while negligent parents are almost never fined despite legal provisions allowing such action, said paediatrician Dr Ng Su Fang.

“So far, how many parents have you seen being penalised? None,” said Dr Ng, who leads the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at the Sabah Women and Children’s Hospital in Likas.

Full story: https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/284642/time-to-penalise-parents/

10/07/2026

09/07/2026

Child protection is a shared responsibility that requires cooperation from families, schools, agencies, communities and the wider society, said judge Elsie Primus.

For report, click: https://www.theborneopost.com/2026/07/09/child-protection-is-everyones-responsibility-says-judge/