Investing In Good Nutrition Benefits Mental Health
We need to promote policies and practices which actively support and encourage personal and community responsibility for health.
LGBT People Need Safe Mental Health Care Services
These stories of pain are more a norm than an exception when it comes to LGBT people’s interaction with Malaysia’s mental health services. The reality is that our local mental health services are unsafe and poorly equipped to deal with the needs of LGBT people.
Default male: gender disparity in data
“In Malaysia, this has resulted in such surveys capturing approximately 75 percent of men’s economic activities but no more than 30 percent of women’s activities on an international level. This is not reflective of the total labour women do and risk overlooking their impact and contributions to society.”
It’s Never Just About Cancer
We must stop blaming patients for defaulting their treatment or for not coming forward earlier for diagnosis.
Increase Wages, Not Retirement Age
Higher salaries and wages are better catalysts in ensuring improved household savings and financial resilience, hence enabling sufficient contributions for retirement.
Malaysia Loses From Discriminating Against LGBT People
A 2016 World Bank study found that homophobia alone was estimated to cost India’s economy up to $32 billion a year, approximately 1.7% of its gross domestic product (GDP).
Support PSM’s Proposal For Direct Income Transfers
Crediting RM100 into a woman’s bank account directly each month is an act of encouraging autonomy and empowerment amongst B40 women.
Make Our Public Spaces Safe For Women Pedestrians
Malaysia has one of the highest gender step gap out of 46 countries observed, ranking third place in high activity inequality between genders (just below Saudi Arabia and Qatar).
Eliminating roadside stalls will bring hardship
“Taking away this convenience and the ease of doing such small scale businesses, deprives a person from a lower income household to improve their financial situation and contribute towards economic stability.”
Punitive public policies hurt the most vulnerable
“By not considering potential variables that contribute to transgressions or non-compliance, it punishes an already vulnerable community for something that may not have been avoidable, of their fault or ability to control. It is a recipe to drive people to the brink.”