For decades they have been bullied, ignored and marginalized, forced off their land and deprived of their rights. All that is about to change for the unassuming Orang Asli, the indigenous people of ...

This edited article by Sabrina Aripen with contributions from WITNESS ASIA-PACIFIC team was published on March 8, 2023 by WITNESS, an international organization that supports people using video in ...

MELAKA: A Melaka-born Orang Asli doctor, who is heading clinical research in the United States, is an example of how those ...

For the Orang Asli, the indigenous and oldest inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia, the fear of disappearing from their homeland is very real. Oppressed and disdained by other Malaysians and with the ...

Berasau Orang Asli Village here has made history by becoming the first remote Orang Asli settlement in the country to receive ...

Recent cases reflect the systemic marginalisation of the Orang Asli, according to the 24 civil society groups. Twenty-four civil society groups have urged the government to protect the rights of the ...

Malaysia is home to a wide range of educational fellowship programmes, each designed to support different communities through leadership development, networking and social impact. Yet, until recently, ...

The true equaliser is not just welfare and charity, but uncompromising structural access to quality education.

The victory for Barisan Nasional (BN) in the by-election in the Cameron Highlands demonstrated the way in which Orang Asli voting patterns have only slowly shifted toward the ruling Pakatan Harapan ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (Bernama) -- Allianz Malaysia Berhad’s (Allianz Malaysia) corporate social responsibility arm, together with social partner Yayasan Kajian dan Pembangunan Masyarakat (YKPM), is ...

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell ...