Indigenous groups
Orang asli and orang asal communities potentially faced unique challenges during the Movement Control Order (MCO), which threatened some of the villages' access to food, healthcare, and continuation of livelihoods. A number of villagers relied on community support, traditional wisdom, and observed a resurgence in barter trade to navigate the challenges presented.
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06 Jul 2020 . B40, COVID-19, Disabilities, Economic Outlook, Indigenous Groups, Jobs, Migrants/ foreign workers/ refugees, Policy, Urbanization, Women
UN report: Malaysia’s national poverty line does not reflect reality, needs revision
Malaysia has made impressive progress against poverty in the past forty years, but its...
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04 Jun 2020 . B40, Children, Education, Indigenous Groups, Policy, Youth
Preserving higher education as the great equaliser
Trends in student enrolment at tertiary institutions require continuous scrutiny. Socioeconomic background data of...
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03 Jun 2020 . Education, Indigenous Groups, Jobs
Bahari is first Orang Asli to be appointed faculty dean
First orang asli to be appointed as faculty dean of USM School of Computer...
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24 Apr 2020 . COVID-19, Education, Indigenous Groups, Youth
MCO: 53,000 IPT students to return home on Monday
The government has allowed students of public and private institutions of higher learning (IPT),...
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