Live & Learn

World Refugee Day is celebrated worldwide each year on the 20th of June as a salute to the world’s refugees and this year’s theme is ‘Take A Step With Refugees’. Today’s show looks at the current situation faced by refugees in Malaysia and the opportunities for protection under the new administration.

The National Archives day is coming up this month. This is a space that holds our history in pictures and so on today’s show, we get to know this place better.

In the past month, the tragic deaths of 14 Orang Asli from the Bateq community living in Kampung Kuala Koh, Kelantan had shocked and saddened many. We look at some of the environmental factors that have an impact on the community’s quality of life and what can be done to improve this moving forward.

Parents Day was celebrated earlier this month, but is there enough being done to support and empower parents in the workplace? The Ministry of Human Resources has proposed amendments to the Employment Act, which includes new rights for parents. Tan May Lee, from the Women’s Aid Organization and Derek Toh, the founder of WOBB joins us on the show today to unpack this and discuss parental discrimination at the workplace.

After a brief hiatus, Bukit Gasing State Assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran is back for his monthly show, and we are set to discuss public transportation, together with Ang Yoke Kee, the chief operating officer of Prasarana. 

The Financial Industry Collective Outreach, or ‘Finco’ is the largest collective impact initiative in Malaysia that works to provide underprivileged children with the tools to achieve their life goals. Clare Walker, the CEO of Finco is joining us on the show today to tell us more about their ongoing programmes.

Law & Behold is a series aimed at improving constitutional literacy among Malaysians, done in collaboration with The Malaysian Bar and the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law. In our sixth episode, we discuss provisions on equality and affirmative action in the Federal Constitution. We’ll be speaking to Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, professor of constitutional law at the University of Malaya, and Surendra Ananth, co-chairperson of the Bar Council’s Constitutional Law Committee to look at how these provisions and principles have transcended into everyday life.

Dignity and Services is an advocacy movement speaking and acting on behalf of and alongside persons with learning disabilities (intellectual disabilities). In today’s show, we look at how the right living skills can help this community transition towards economic and social empowerment and eventually independent living.

The United Nations Population Fund recently released their 2019 State of the World Population report. Today, we discuss the findings and what will it take to provide basic rights for all, and to improve a person’s autonomy over their own bodies, with access to proper sexual and reproductive health.

Law & Behold is a series aimed at improving constitutional literacy among Malaysians, done in collaboration with The Malaysian Bar and the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law. In our fifth episode of the series, we’ll be looking at gender equality and specifically discrimination against women, through the lenses of both the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, as well as the Women’s Convention. We speak to Firdaus Husni, the Chief Human Rights Strategist at the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights, and Kee Hui Yee, a member of the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee, to find out what has been done -- and what remains to be done -- when it comes to achieving gender equality in Malaysia.