The Hefty Sacrifices Homemakers Make
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Thirty-nine-year-old Caroline Teoh is armed with a master’s degree in Business Administration and worked as a financial advisor in a multinational company...
Covid-19 and the Rohingya: Staying Home when One is Homeless
7 min read
On April 16 Malaysia made headlines when the Royal Malaysian Navy turned away a boat carrying 200 Rohingya men, women and children; the boat is still reportedly adrift at sea.
Working for Peace and Justice is an Uphill Battle
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WORKING FOR PEACE is an attractive, but nebulous cause. Without Justice, conflicts are hard to avoid and peace gets disrupted. And so, the work begins again on...
Tackling Sexual Harassment
6 min read
SEXUAL HARASSMENT is about power, not sexual desire.The term first hit international airwaves in the 1980s – four decades ago. On the heels of the #MeTo...
Migrant Workers Face an Ever More Challenging Present, and an Ever More Uncertain Future
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THE MONTH OF May witnessed a string of raids targeting migrant workers in specific areas around KL. The actions took place, almost in catch-up mode, to ring-fen...
Getting Women into Politics Takes Effort from Above and Below
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THE TWO-DAY WORKSHOP Sidang Wanita is the outcome of the 2016 Gender Electoral Forum. Held last October, the workshop was organised by the Penang Women’s...
The Value of Loving Care
13 min read
Homemakers run various roles and tasks such as taking care of the children, sending them to school, planning the household budget based on the given allowance, cooking, cleaning, shopping, planning timetables, organizing family get-togethers and planning recreation.
Hands-on Business Training for Home-based Chefs during Covid-19
5 min read
Asnita Abd Hamid sells baked goods for a living.THE FIRST MCO was especially paralytic for women from the lower tiers of the B40 and M40 groups, who sold...
Making Women in Politics a Norm
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A WOMAN’S INITIATION into politics is as crucial as it is demanding. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Penang Monthly sits down over Zoom...