Consider This: IWD 2026 — Confronting Intimate Partner Violence

Author Margaret Atwood once wrote, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” Despite writing that 44 years ago, the realities of violence against women remain disturbingly relevant today. To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, the Women’s Aid Organisation has just released a new policy brief examining the state of Intimate Partner Violence in Malaysia. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Nazreen Nizam, Executive Director of Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), and Zati Hanani Zainol Abidin, Senior Advocacy Officer, WAO.