FEBRUARY 20 As representatives of the Malaysian Citizenship Rights Alliance (MCRA), we have consistently expressed serious reservations about the proposed revisions to.
Children are usually the most impacted in times of crises but often the last to be considered. The Child Rights Coalition Malaysia (CRCM) aims to change this.
Documented through the eyes of children from low-income urban families: Nethra tutors her younger brother. Photo: Nethra
Six in 10 Malaysian households are unable to buy enough food for their families, while one in three report difficulties in providing enough pocket money for their children once they return to school.
These are among the findings of the fourth and final edition of UNICEF and UNFPA’s Families on the Edge (FoE4) report launched recently by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy), Datuk Sri Mustapa Mohamed.
The study reveals that crisis-intervention policies and initiatives such as Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) and Education TV programmes (EduTV) have helped in cushioning the effects of the pandemic on low-income families.