Analysis Of Current Affairs
Tham, Jia Vern
Policy Researcher
Malaysia
A researcher with 3 years of experience in journalism, public policy, and stakeholder engagement.
Malaysia
A researcher with 3 years of experience in journalism, public policy, and stakeholder engagement.
Analysis Of Current Affairs
Migrant workers are among the most vulnerable in a pandemic. We look at current migrant workers living space standards and discuss implications for policy today.
Towards fairer and more proportionate penalties for MCO violations, I explore the concept of scaling fines based on income.
Times of crisis amplify emotion and tension between groups. With Twitter as a gauge, I take a look at racial speech during Malaysia’s Covid-19 outbreak and ponder the importance of addressing hate during extraordinary times.
A fun word-scraping of post-GE14 Dewan Rakyat hansards.
A conversion therapy victim confided in me – which led to the birth of this article. Various methods of conversion therapy were looked into, and I engaged with vulnerable persons as well as NGOs for information on the practices.
Study on the contradictions over legality of marijuana in Malaysian laws.
Study on public caning and its legality under both civil and Syariah laws.
A look at the loopholes in Malaysian legal framework which continuously allowed child marriages to happen.
A look at the regulation of halal products in Malaysia before JAKIM came into existence.