KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 -- The Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) has released its 2024-2025 Statistics and Findings Report, shedding light on the pressing issues of violence against women in Malaysia.

The findings revealed a sharp increase in the total number of violence cases handled by WAO, rising to 7,939 in 2025, up from 5,209 in 2024.

The report highlighted significant increases across various categories of violence.

General inquiries surged from 2,691 to 3,952, while domestic violence cases rose from 1,162 to 1,759.

Additionally, the data indicated a worrying rise in relationship disputes, non-intimate domestic violence, technology-based harassment, sexual harassment, and child abuse, suggesting more complex and overlapping forms of...