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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Southeast and East Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, and Yangon. We also work in Malaysia. In Malaysia we work with 12 local partners. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
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Manufacturing Eurekas: Innovating Political Narratives
During crisis situations, populists tend to put intense pressure onto existing structures and look for pragmatic ways to seize power. They fashion themselves as a necessary protagonist that represents drastic change to a decaying system that has failed the people. There are many instances throughout mankind’s history where populist leaders had come and gone, yet this time around there seems to be more sophistication and menace in their quests.
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A Day In Our Life
50th year anniversary. When you hear the sound of the fingerprint machine and when the door starts to open you know our day has started. Dark turns into light. And soon other footsteps came in. We would like to take you for a walk into our humble office and show you behind the door. We hope you enjoy our #LifeatfFNF video.
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Shariah Court Procedures
A recent report shows that there is a high percentage of divorce cases during the Covid pandemic period which is about 70,000 cases. In view that legal literacy is still low amongst the public, especially among women, it is thus important to raise awareness on the matter so that women could access justice.
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Statistics and Findings 2021
Over the years, Telenisa has received hundreds of cases from the public on issues relating to Islamic Family Law and Syariah Criminal Offences Law. The Telenisa Statistics and Findings aims to provide insight and information based on each year’s cases and trends
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#TanyaTelenisa
Telenisa new program #TanyaTelenisa will be aired every Thursday on Twitter Space. Telenisa is part of Sisters in Islam, Telenisa is a free legal advisory service to women and men on their legal rights under the Islamic Family Law and the Syari’ah Criminal Offences Law.
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Open Markets and Entrepreneurship
Hi, I’m Praba Ganesan an IAF Alumnus and I will share my story of conducting a replication program “Open Markets and Entrepreneurship” for Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in Kuala Lumpur.
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Rough Road for Malaysia’s Economic Recovery
With the projection of a stagnated economic growth in Malaysia, the country struggles to find footing to lay out a comprehensive plan to put the country back on track for recovery. As the nation grapples with a triple crisis of politics, economy and health, the silver lining for Malaysia as the country is set to achieve a herd immunity of 80 percent by the end of 2021.
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Safeguarding Democracy in the Digital World
20 participants were selected to attend this workshop. I introduced myself as a facilitator to help sort-out discussions throughout the workshop. Among the activities that we do was a discussion of basic democracy (Democracy 101). After that, we talked about how the pandemic will affect our democracy.
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Malaysian Outlook Conference 2022
Featuring 3 noteworthy sessions relevant to the post pandemic times, this event will host a great number of speakers and cover areas of policy making, politics and the economy in Malaysia with a focus on charting the way forward.
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Tingkatkan capaian internet
PELAN pemulihan kerajaan perlu lebih fokus dalam usaha penambahbaikan capaian internet di seluruh negara. Mengambil pengajaran daripada pengalaman sepanjang tempoh Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP), kebanyakan aktiviti terpaksa dilakukan secara dalam talian.
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Not yet a failed state, Malaysia is decaying rapidly
The country is currently undergoing its cruelest wave of COVID-19, already having surpassed a record 24,000 daily cases. Its health care system is teetering, suicide rates have spiked and citizens had at one point taken to waving a white flag from their window to request basic foodstuffs and rent money. Economically, Malaysia has been caught in the so-called middle-income trap for at least a decade.
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The New Economic Policy and Contesting Bumiputera Identity Among Orang Asli and the Indigenous Peoples of Sabah and Sarawak
Contrary to the claim of the NEP in promoting national unity, the Bumiputera identity is one that is fraught with its own ambiguities and contradictions and has arguably contributed to greater social inequalities and underpinned the persistence of “race thinking” in Malaysian public discourse.
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Fifty Years of The New Economic Policy: Revisiting Its Impact on Social Cohesion, National Unity and Creation of Bangsa Malaysia
In 2021, the New Economic Policy (NEP) commemorates its 50th birthday. This is an opportune moment to revisit the NEP, especially its philosophical underpinnings, its achievements, impact, challenges and unintended consequences, and the lessons that can be drawn for future development and nation building efforts.
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The New Economic Policy Beyond Fifty: Assessing its Strengths and Weaknesses to Chart a Cohesive Malaysian Society
The New Economic Policy’s 50th anniversary in 2021 provides an opportunity to reflect on its achievements and shortfalls, and imagine boldly into the future. Undoubtedly, Malaysia has been transformed by the NEP at all levels and aspects. The debates surrounding the NEP tend to be polarising and often reach a stalemate.
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‘50 Years of New Economic Policy’ to assess impact and shortcomings of policy
IDEAS embarked on a research and advocacy project on Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP), with the aim to revisit and reexamine the successes and shortcomings of the policy, as well as its implementation in subsequent development plans.
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📣Announcing our FNF SEEA Journalist Training Program 2022. Our theme for 2022 is “LGBTQ+ Life in Southeast and East Asia” Join our training program to receive: 👉Multiple training sessions with high-profile journalists 👉2,000 Euro Honorarium for a multimedia article (English) 👉International recognition via publication of your article by FNF and possibly by other media channels 👉 Networking with other young aspiring journalists ⏰Apply before July 24th, 2022, by sending your CV, links to your previous work, and a half-page pitch for your story to journalism.seea@freiheit.org. For more info: https://www.freiheit.org/southeast-and-east-asia/fnf-seea-journalist-training-program-2022 #journalism #lgbtq #youngjournalist #journalismforgood #oppression #gaymarriage #Pride #samesex #LesbianVisabilityDay #queer #gay #bisexual #transgender
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Yesterday, Honorable Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, Chief Information Officer, People's Justice Party (PKR) visit our office in Jakarta. We talk about how’s covid-19 situation in both countries, Indonesia and Malaysia, and how wethe cope with that after 2 years. Honorable Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin also discussed with us how to collaborate on a climate change program. As we know climate change has been a hot topic around the world because it will affect our day-to-day life, maybe not now but in the future. #lifeatfnf #fnfmalaysia #beourguest #WeHaveAGuest
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During crisis situations, populists tend to put intense pressure onto existing structures and look for pragmatic ways to seize power. They fashion themselves as a necessary protagonist that represents a drastic change to a decaying system that has failed the people. There are many instances throughout mankind’s history where populist leaders had come and gone, yet this time around there seems to be more sophistication and menace in their quests. The participants carefully explored how populism today is a total rejection of post-modernity. Halmie Azrie, Researcher from Array, attend our IAF Seminar on Liberalism vs Populism in Gummersbach, Germany. Read more about his key takeaway from the seminar. Array https://www.freiheit.org/malaysia/manufacturing-eurekas-innovating-political-narratives
