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  NGOs can help disseminate info about laws relating to domestic violence, says Nancy PUTRAJAYA: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can play a role in helping to disseminate information related to domestic violence laws, especially to women in rural areas, says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The Women, Family and Community Development Minister said the NGOs include Skuad Waja or the women anti-crime squad which has a membership of about 350,000 nationwide. "We hope that these NGOs can assist us in spreading the relevant information so that we can help (domestic violence) victims out there in terms of legal issues,” she told a press conference after launching the Matahari (Increasing Women’s Resilience and Psychology) and Iris (Legal Literacy and Women’s Rights) programmes here.

  More than a dozen Senate Dems  openly opposed the appointment ahead of the committee vote. Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan), the chairman of the judiciary committee, and others argue that while the state Constitution instructs the governor to get the “advice and consent” of the Senate on nominations it also grants each house in the Legislature the power to set its own rules. It was the first time in state history that a governor’s pick for chief judge was rejected by lawmakers since the current process has been in place since 1977.