Arches of shame

The amount of funds wasted every year on useless projects is scandalous, reports our Thinking Allowed column.

Public intellectuals or policy architects?

The majority of academics agree to bow down their heads and spoon feed the political machinery with their intellectuality, with some even joining the inner circles of power, observes Pierre Marthinus.

Budget 2011 for big boys, civil servants

From the listed projects, it appears that we are returning to the era of mega high-status, expensive projects which will provide little value-added to the Malaysian economy, says Lim Teck Ghee.

Women judges and sharia

Why have conditions been laid down in the case of the two Malaysian women judges? Is it not sheer male prejudice against women, wonders Asghar Ali Engineer.

The man who fought for justice

When D R Seenivasagam passed away in 1969, some 150,000 people lined the streets of Ipoh to bid him a touching final farewell. Who was this man? Andrew Lin explains.

The speech that wasn’t delivered

P Ramakrishnan was supposed to deliver this address at an anti-ISA vigil in Penang on 1 August 2010, but before he could speak, four activists were arrested and the police dispersed the crowd.

Comprehensive policy, action plan needed

At the end of a landmark conference on gender justice, a declaration calling for a comprehensive policy and action plan on gender was presented to the Penang Chief Minister.

What are we mainstreaming into?

Prema Devaraj warns that gender mainstreaming alone will not bring about gender equality as oppression manifests itself in many ways. Gender equality has to be in the larger context of justice for all.

Political solutions to the gender gap

Gender equality is about both women and men. It is not a women’s agenda but a social justice agenda, says Chong Eng, adding that political solutions are needed to narrow the gender gap.

Good governance and gender equality

Francis Loh reports on a landmark two-day conference in Penang that looked at where we are in the struggle for gender justice.

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