1Care – A Careless Reform
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IntroductionAneurin Bevan (1897-1960), the UK’s Minister of Health immediately after the Second World War, once stressed that where medical needs exist,...
Visualising the Poverty Line
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What does it mean to be poor, really?That was the question photographer Stefen Chow asked when he started The Poverty Line. The undertaking is unusual for a p...
Microcredit, Macro-Goals
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Poverty eradication has always been a tall order, and approaches to do so over the years have been subject to much debate.You may have heard of Prof Muhamma...
Encore, Penang World Music Festival
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It wasn’t so long ago that Penang played host to some of the best international acts that the music world had to offer. This was at the Penang World Music...
The Thought Bazaar
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Carbon dioxide rockets shot up from makeshift launching pads, and their plastic bottle cargo parachuted down briskly to the ground. Every zipping projectile t...
PSC Pillars Talk Science
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Datuk Wong Siew HaiPillar leader for the Penang Technology Centre Chairman, Malaysian American Electronics IndustryTell us a little more about the proposed...
Penang Sets Its Sights On Science
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It’s been 40 years since multinational corporations (MNCs) first set up factories in Penang. The technological innovations involved have undergone seismic...
An Overview of Women’s Organisations in Penang
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In an undeniably patriarchal world order, women’s organisations have not only filled the gaps in civil society to address the unmet needs of women, but have also been a powerful galvanising force in pushing forward the march towards equality for all.
Hooking The Young on Heritage
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George Town’s heritage built environment played a significant role in its listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site and the city boasts the largest concentr...
Should Men Still Hold The Door Open for Women?
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Opening the door for a woman isn't about thinking she can’t do it herself; it is about respecting her enough to go the extra mile for her.
Of Menstrual Blood and Chicken Rice
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The potency of feminism is excitingly enormous because women’s social roles have been supporting ones for so long that perspectives coming from that half of humanity tend to be extremely challenging for men and their status quo. Never is this truer than when the female body is involved.
Gender Equality and The Millennium Development Goals
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Malaysia: The Millennium Development Goals at 2010 paints a general but holistic picture of the status of Malaysia since the midterm review in 2005. I was impre...