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News
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Call for nominations – Raif Badawi Award 2021
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom will award the annual Raif Badawi Award for Courageous Journalists at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Who will receive the award this year?
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Hans van Baalen – A great European
Hans van Baalen, ALDE President and member of the Board of Trustees of the Freedom Foundation, passed away tonight. Like no other, he shaped liberalism in Europe and tirelessly carried the message of freedom to the outside world. From now on, as a liberal family, we must continue alone along the path he blazed. His commitment to a united Europe will remain unforgotten.
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Presenting: Wonder Women of Southeast Asia
A digital policy specialist. A human resource professional and homemaker. A business manager turned civil society activist. An architect, technologist, and educator. A frontline doctor. A public official creating spaces for entrepreneurship. Women who will share innovative ways to restart.
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Buka Puasa, Buka Parlimen: Youth Break Fast in front of Malaysia Parliament in Protest.
Hundreds of youth marcher in front of Malaysia parliament on Friday, 30th April 2021 to demand it’s reopening. Which they called “Buka Puasa, Buka Parlimen” which mean “Break the Fast, Open Parliament” (a play on the Malay word).
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Defending women’s rights in Islam
As the Executive Director of Malaysia's Sisters in Islam, Rozana Isa's role is to make sure that Muslim women are being heard. She finds women are being grossly disadvantaged under the Syariah laws, and she believes that women have a right to question the injustice they experience in the name of Islam. Isa’s resolve to make Islam truly stand for equality and justice is remarkable.
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Perception Towards Liberalism in Malaysia
The Merdeka Centre's latest survey shows Malaysians are having a growing hesitation towards the concept of liberalism. The survey, "Perceptions Towards Liberalism in Malaysia", shows that perceptions towards liberalism as a 'bad concept' for Malaysia has increased from 22% to 42% between 2016 to 2020.
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Corruption Complex: Who Will Bell the Cat?
Decades of corruption in Malaysia has led to the erosion of public trust in the goverment. Anti-corruption strategies intruduce by the goverment had failed to reduce systemic corruption. Immediate action and urgent measures should be undertaken to arrest the scourge of corroptuon. Who should be responsible?
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#TelenisaTellsLive
Telenisa Tells Live series is an effort to bring advocacy and outreach programs to women especially during this pandemic. In the year 2020, Telenisa has produced and broadcasted 19 online sessions of Telenisa Tells Live under FNF project with issues covering women’s rights, women’s socio economic, child rights, Muslim family issues, Islamic Family Law and gender discourse.
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An inclusive Malaysia is vital
In promoting an inclusive Malaysia, policies to eradicate poverty should focus on empowering the poor and helping them to be competitive and not be dependent on assistance. Inclusive Malaysia is essential to rebuilding trust. The government should be for all Malaysians. The voices of the people matter. We need to recognise that despite our diversities we are all Malaysians together.
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Equitable vs equal burden sharing in times of crisis
We should have equitable burden-sharing during these difficult times. The government should provide expanded social protection at these times. While employers should do their best to take care of their employees.
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The Future of Malaysia's Energy Mix
The economic importance of the oil and gas industry to Malaysia add complexity to these already challenging policy issues. How can Malaysia foster the growth of greener, less-carbon intensive, sources of energy while preserving reliability of supply and affordability of cost? Can the country achieve its Paris Agreement pledge with the current energy mix and policies?
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Tourism Recovery plan: an opportunity for change post covid-19
Tourism SMEs are the key drivers of Malaysia’s tourism sector. According to the Tourism Statistics from the Economic Census 2016, the travel agencies and other reservation services subsector had the second-highest percentage (99.93 per cent) of SMEs in terms of the total establishments within the subsector.
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Building SME Digital Resilience: what have we learned from the MCO?
This paper aims to provide a discussion about how SMEs in the retail sector, including micro-SMEs (MSMEs), have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper will also consider policy implications and provide recommendations to support SME digitalisation moving forward.
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Covid 19 and Malaysia's Democratic Resilience
Much of the discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic focuses on the difficult trade-offs that policymakers face between protecting lives and saving the economy. While indeed health and economic wellbeing are facing serious strain during this crisis, we should also consider the impact the virus is having on our democracy.
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GLIC Footprint in the Private Sector : Policy Dilemma
While the nation, like the rest of the world, is occupied with the most significant public health and ultimately the economic challenge of our times, it is important to keep reminding ourselves that the structural issues of our economy around GLCs are not going to be withered away. The broad presence of government ownership in the economy, either directly or indirectly, is a double-edged sword.
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Introducing..our new focus on our website "MY.Blog" MY. Blog is the abbreviation of Malaysia Blog. MY is the country code for Malaysia. On this blog we featuring articles written by our partners and us, that covers what is happening in Malaysia or simply the writer's thoughts about issues that happening in the country or in the world. Visit our new kid on the block, click link down below (MY.Blog): https://www.freiheit.org/malaysia/focus/myblog
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With women at the helm of leadership, businesses and communities are more successful. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bich Hang proves that. With her as Country Director of Marie Stopes Vietnam, the organization was awarded as the most innovative and sustainable NGO in the country. Join us in a conversation with her tomorrow, 13 May at 3pm GMT+7. Catch us live here or you can still register at bit.ly/WonderWomenSeri
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We would like to wish a peaceful, healthy, and joyous Eid to our followers who celebrate. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri 1442H Mohon maaf zahir & batin
