Preeti Jha
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Past articles by Preeti:
Can Contested Carbon Offsets Save Southeast Asia’s Forests?
A closer look at a key component of the region's fight against the climate crisis. → Read More
What's Next in the Battle for Southeast Asian History?
Independent collectives in the subregion are building new platforms to give voice to alternative histories. → Read More
Two Wheels Good: Motorbike Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
A recent heated debate is just the latest incident in the motorbike taxi scene in Southeast Asia. → Read More
Southeast Asia’s Hidden Female Genital Mutilation Challenge
Activists have launched a new Asia-wide network to end the lesser-known practice of FGM in the region. → Read More
Can New Malaysia Move Beyond Old Race Divides?
A key government adviser has renewed calls for an end to race-based affirmative action that favors the Malay majority. → Read More
Beware Myanmar’s New Information War
The government’s internet shutdown in the country’s restive west is a worrying move amid growing prosecutions of peaceful critics. → Read More
Malaysia’s New Sex Scandal: Look Beyond the Politics
The scandal is also demonizing an already persecuted LGBT minority. → Read More
Is Southeast Asia Ready for a Future Dementia Epidemic?
Governments need clear plans to tackle an expected surge in dementia cases as the region ages. → Read More
The Battle to Curb Swine Fever in Southeast Asia
The subregion has not been exempt from the epidemic, and worries have been rising. → Read More
A Digital Nation for the Stateless Rohingya?
A team of Rohingya Muslims is using blockchain technology to forge digital identities for the persecuted minority’s diaspora. → Read More
Will Malaysia End Its Archaic Suicide Law?
The repeal of a colonial-era law could help to destigmatize mental illness. → Read More
The Generational Challenge for Thailand’s Generals
While Thailand’s coup leader remains premier, the polls unleashed new democratic sentiments that the regime now struggles to silence. → Read More
The Everyday Activists Behind Malaysia’s Democracy Struggle
We need to look beyond Mahathir, and even Anwar, to understand Malaysia’s seismic power shift. → Read More
How do you talk about gender when the words ‘simply don’t exist’ in your language?
The 28-year-old lawyer founded The G-Blog (pun intended) two years ago to spark frank conversations on everything from body image and sexuality to religion. Online discussions soon spawned offline forums, together forging a new space for debate on subjects often deemed controversial in the Muslim-majority nation. → Read More
Superheroes and hijabs: Malaysia's Muslim cosplayers
A growing number of Malaysian female cosplayers are merging their fandom with their religion in creative new ways. → Read More