| The United Nation Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women or CEDAW was passed in 1979 and came into forced on 3rd Mac 1981 with 182 countries as members at that time. Malaysia ratified CEDAW on 5 July 1995 with reservations. These reservations were made with the view that they are in conflict with Islamic laws and the Federal Constitution. After the Beijing Conference in 1997 Malaysia withdrew its reservations to articles 2(f), 9(1), 16(b), (d), (e) and (h). However, reservations on articles 5(a), 7(b), 9(2), 16(a), (c), (f) and (g) remained. The reason for the reservation is that most of the articles reserved are in conflict with Islamic law. This paper intends to look at each article reserved and to see whether it is in conflict with Islamic law. It also the aim of this paper to show that many of the reservations are not in conflict with Islamic laws and it areas of conflicts between CEDAW and Islamic Law, Islamic laws shall prevail. It is also hope that this paper will also give a better perspective of Islamic laws, which is often being seen as discriminatory against women. |