This is section is a comprehensive repository of research and reports produced by KRYSS Network, some are done in collaboration with our partners, some are done entirely by our partners where we find them relevant to the work we do.
Research by KRYSS Network:
Voice, Visibility and Influence: Towards Mapping Media Agents of Change for Gender Equality in Malaysia
“Women in media” has been interrogated through research in many ways. Conventionally, it touches on the portrayal of women, women’s role and responsibilities, and the structural challenges faced by women journalists in media. As such, “voice”, “visibility” and “influence” of…
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On the Record: Violence Against Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Transgender Persons In Malaysia
It was in 2010 that the CEDAW Committee adopted two ground-breaking General Recommendations that clearly elaborated the human rights protections afforded to lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people under the UN Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination…
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Voice, visibility and variety of viciousness: A Malaysian study on women’s lived realities on social media
This is the fourth study on internet rights by Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER) under the APC-IMPACT project. It builds on EMPOWER’s previous research on online freedom of expression and freedom of information as well as freedom of assembly and association. It…
Keep readingExtremism and The “Progressive” Extremist in Malaysia: Towards Understanding the Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity through the Collective and Its Ideology
This paper begins with an ideological analysis of “violent extremism” and “extremism”, and argues that to effectively prevent violent extremism, there is an urgent need to better understand and counter extremism. This paper makes a conscious distinction between “violent extremism”…
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