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Episode 10: Fighting Sexual Harassment – Call Out or Cancel Culture
Host: Angela M. Kuga Thas Featuring Guest Speakers: Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, a lawyer by training and currently doing her PhD in Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and Daniella Zulkifli, Vice President of the Association of Women Lawyers and is part of the team that drafted the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill. “Cancel culture”…
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (2022)
Illustration by Elena “Women’s voices have always been here. The problem isn’t that women are afraid to speak but rather were you listening when they were speaking?” For 2022, in light of the General Elections (GE-15) that was happening in the country, we shared stories of women in Malaysia – their experiences, lived realities, and…
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Kesan-Kesan Keganasan Dalam Talian Berasaskan Gender
Ilustrasi oleh Asyiqin M. Zin Ditulis Oleh: Alia AliDiedit oleh: KRYSS Network & Nurhuda Ramli Keganasan berasaskan gender yang berlaku di dalam talian sering diremehkan kerana dianggap tidak mempunyai apa-apa impak terhadap mangsa. Namun, hakikatnya ia amat tidak benar kerana semua bentuk keganasan boleh memberi kesan yang negatif terhadap mangsa dari segi fizikal, emosi dan…
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Keganasan Dalam Talian Berasaskan Gender: Sebuah Pengenalan
Ilustrasi oleh Asyiqin M. Zin Ditulis Oleh: Alia AliDiedit oleh: KRYSS Network & Nurhuda Ramli Mutakhir ini, isu keganasan dalam talian berasaskan gender semakin mendapat perhatian dalam kalangan masyarakat. Kesedaran ini berlaku kerana ledakan informasi dan pengetahuan dengan adanya talian internet dan kemajuan teknologi. Namun, apa yang malang adalah semakin hari, kes-kes keganasan dalam talian…
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Episode 9: Riding Social Media Algorithms
Host: Angela M. Kuga Thas Featuring Guest Speakers: Ratna, Fat Liberationist and Syar S. Alia, Activist and Writer As a virtual public space, social media has been harnessed by activists to call out patriarchal norms, share rights-based gender content, and build movements for change. It has been regarded as an empowering space for feminist activism.…
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Episode 8: Internet Access From a Gender Lens
Host: Angela M. Kuga Thas Featuring Guest Speakers: Freeda Jane Madius, Research Manager from WISDOM Foundation, and Mastura M. Rashid, Strategist from Impact Malaysia There’s no denying that access to the internet has become essential in our daily lives. Thanks to technology, we are now able to work, shop, communicate and acquire important services remotely…
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Online Gender-Based Violence Resource Toolkit
Illustration by Appolonia Tesera Online violence affects millions of people but girls, women, and gender-diverse people are more likely to be the survivors and victims of it. The ubiquity of digital technologies only means that there are new ways for gender-based violence to manifest with even greater intensity and reach. This issue is known as…
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The Hidden Codes that Shape Our Expression: Understanding How Social Media Algorithms Obstruct Feminist Expression and How Malaysian Women Navigate the Challenges
Women’s visibility and expression on social media are often burdened by the risks of hate and harassment. The potential backlash and violence online have spurred women of all diversity to practice self-policing and censorship and to base their expression on the perceived reactions of their audiences. Several women in KRYSS Network’s earlier research have also…
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Overview of Monitoring and Documentation of Online Gender-Based Violence for Year 2021
Illustration by Shan May Written by Nisa Rawi Edited by Angela M. Kuga Thas and Serene Lim This is an overview of KRYSS Network’s monitoring and documentation of online gender-based violence (OGBV) cases in Malaysia for 2021. We take note of cases where victims approach us for support or when we discover OGBV cases through…
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Access to the Internet As a Human Right Campaign
Illustrated/ Designed by Gwyn When COVID-19 struck, it exposed the reality of how essential the internet is and how dependent we are on it. Unfortunately, it also brought home the unpleasant realization that not everyone has meaningful access to the internet at home. We have come to understand that, in this crisis, meaningful access to…
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