In Search of a Place to Call Home
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In Butterworth, 10-year-old Mohamed Noor is playing football with his friends in an alley behind a row of shophouses. The children are speaking fluent...
Parenting in a Pandemic: Tension, Stress and Guilt
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NO INSTRUCTION MANUALS nor guide books were available on “How to parent under lockdown”, especially not in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Penang Pushes Ahead with its Gender Inclusiveness Policy
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In January this year, the Penang state government announced that it had tabled and passed a Gender Inclusiveness Policy aimed at building an inclusive society i...
Active Ageing Becoming a Norm
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AS TECHNOLOGY, science and the standard of living improve, more people are living a longer life. Like many other countries, Malaysia, with 7% of its population...
Pressure on Parents Rises as the Pandemic Drags On
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DURING COVID, PARENTS have been forced to assume full child-rearing duties, including playing the role of educator; these responsibilities used to be shared wit...