Education and Social Policy

Education and Social Policy
Addressing period poverty crucial in meeting the socio-economic needs of marginalised girls and women

To advocate the well-being of young girls and women in Malaysia, the new federal administration must first identify the root causes of period poverty.
By Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Rethinking and reconceptualising the affirmative action agenda in Malaysia

The term, “keluarga”, evokes one of the most basic instincts and is the fundamental social expression of what it means to be human.
By Jason Loh and Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Brain drain and reversing the trend

Reversing brain drain should be seen as an integral aspect of human capital development.
By Jason Loh

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Covid-19 endemic stage: Healthier lifestyle can make a big difference

Empowerment of individual health is a crucial and indispensable component of social protection and community-level resilience against current and future health crises.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Bahasa Malaysia
Mechanisation in the plantation industry a boon for eradicating underemployment

And this could also solve the triple problems of unemployment, underemployment and too much reliance on foreign labour.
By Jamari Mohtar

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Very risky to reopen schools in September

Premature school reopening gambles our children’s life, health, and future functional capacity.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Breakthrough infections threaten NRP indicators and the fully-vaxxed

Breakthrough cases and high infectivity rate of variants could make vaccination targets to be underestimated, and threaten NRP indicators towards recovery.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Preventing Unemployment Suicides

Early intervention on suicide prevention is necessary to help unemployed individuals with suicide attempts finding new ways to start all over again.
By Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Graduate unemployment (and under-employment) – part of our structural growth challenge

Otherwise, graduate and youth unemployment and under-employment will increasingly become a part of our broader structural growth challenge in the years to come.
By Rais Hussin and Jason Loh

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Addressing structural issues to gain overall employability

The government has to work harder to ensure that the actual unemployment figures for subsequent months after June onwards can be brought down.
By Jamari Mohtar and Amanda Yeo

4 years ago

To advocate the well-being of young girls and women in Malaysia, the new federal administration must first identify the root causes of period poverty.

The term, “keluarga”, evokes one of the most basic instincts and is the fundamental social expression of what it means to be human.

Reversing brain drain should be seen as an integral aspect of human capital development.

Empowerment of individual health is a crucial and indispensable component of social protection and community-level resilience against current and future health crises.

And this could also solve the triple problems of unemployment, underemployment and too much reliance on foreign labour.

Premature school reopening gambles our children’s life, health, and future functional capacity.

Breakthrough cases and high infectivity rate of variants could make vaccination targets to be underestimated, and threaten NRP indicators towards recovery.

Early intervention on suicide prevention is necessary to help unemployed individuals with suicide attempts finding new ways to start all over again.

Otherwise, graduate and youth unemployment and under-employment will increasingly become a part of our broader structural growth challenge in the years to come.

The government has to work harder to ensure that the actual unemployment figures for subsequent months after June onwards can be brought down.