Moving to a new place for work has its own set of challenges, even when it is within the same country. Each state in Malaysia, or even districts within each state, has its own culture, cuisine, norms, and even accents or slang. For a number […]
There is so much going on in the world right now, so much hate, that sometimes I find myself thinking, is this hollow feeling that I wake up with almost every day just me and my depression-prone, hypersensitive brain, or is the world really full […]
18 Jun, tarikh keramat Hari Antarabangsa untuk Melawan Ucapan Kebencian telah diraikan buat julung kalinya pada tahun 2022 selepas ia diisytiharkan oleh Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) melalui resolusinya mengenai “menggalakkan dialog antara agama dan antara budaya serta toleransi dalam menentang ucapan kebencian” yang diterima pakai pada Julai 2021.
Resolusi itu mengiktiraf keperluan untuk menentang diskriminasi, xenofobia dan ucapan kebencian dan seterusnya menyeru semua pihak yang berkepentingan, untuk meningkatkan usaha mereka dalam menangani fenomena ini, selaras dengan undang-undang hak asasi manusia antarabangsa.
Rice is a staple in Borneo – in food, in culture, in spirit. It is what we consume, both physically and philosophically. As we plant seeds into the soil, so too do we plant ourselves, rooting our identities into our home and heritage. But as […]
Tiada definisi universal yang dipersetujui dalam merungkai maksud ucapan kebencian, begitu juga dengan istilah ucapan kebencian yang dikodkan dalam undang-undang antarabangsa. Dalam mengkaji definisi ucapan kebencian daripada pelbagai institusi, ARTICLE 19 telah mengenal pasti bahawa istilah untuk merangkumi mana-mana ekspresi menyampaikan pendapat atau idea – membawa pendapat atau idea dalaman kepada khalayak luar.
In response to a recent event reported in the media (“Anger over Sabahan subjected to chokehold”), our writer recounts her own personal experiences as a Sabahan living abroad in Semenanjung Malaysia around two decades ago. Have you ever felt similarly for being Sabahan in Malaysia? In a country divided by the South China Sea, do you think that media has played a role in distorting perceptions of what it is to be Sabahan?
Borneo Speaks presents our very first show, the Apa Cerita? podcast. With this podcast, we will kupas-kupas issues that affect everyday Sabahans by asking What’s Up? with an Ui, Apa Ba Cerita Ni? attitude. Taking us through these (sometimes difficult) conversations is host Amy Dangin. […]
Recently KPWKM told us that women ought to take on Doraemon’s voice to speak to our partners because men are simpletons who need to be babied. I thought it was fake news.
The recent posters that were published in social media by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development seems to be proof that they have a very male-centric mindset. This is sad, considering that this is a ministry that is supposed to be upholding the […]