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The sexual and gender-based violence challenge in Asia
Asia faces a huge challenge in confronting sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) – from child marriage to institutional neglect and online abuse. Hyein Ellen Cho and Amira Aftab analyse the breadth of the problem and offer some hopeful solutions.
The unintended impact of taklik marriage clauses for Muslims in secular Singapore
Reviewing the standardised taklik clauses is needed so both Muslim women and men can break away from rigid gender roles.
Contestation and collaboration: Politics in Singapore
New Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong inherits a more lively political landscape of diverse demands of citizens and civil society.
The managed securitisation of Malay-Muslims in Singapore
The state has a vision of Singapore where each ‘race’ plays its part to maintain what it sees as the nation’s fragile status.
Echoes of future past: The continued hyper-securitisation of Islam and Muslims
What is the current place of Islam in the imaginary of Australia and other nations given that it continues to be securitised more than 20 years after 9/11?