Health Equity Initiatives’ (HEI) research seeks to demonstrate the links between social marginalization and ill-health.
This enables the organization and stakeholders to collectively advocate for the development of just, fair and inclusive policies that enables disadvantaged communities to gain control over their health.
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Sexual Education Needs Assessment
This report is a study on the sexual education needs of Myanmar children. The study examines the linkages between marginalization and sexual health and education needs.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This report is a study on the situation of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. Through 73 interviews with Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, data from its case management and mental health services, and interviews with UNHCR and other non-profit organizations, the report highlights the chronic multi-dimensional deprivation experienced by this population. The report also provides insights into the refugees’ dilemmas, especially with regards to the way in which global events and developments related to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees intersect with their daily lives.
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Human Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Mental Health
Malaysia is host to one of the largest refugee and asylum seeker populations in Asia. The absence of refugee protection in the national legal system is an overarching structural issue that gives rise to many issues and concerns. Unable to work legally in the country, many refugees and asylum seekers survive on low-paying jobs in the plantation, construction, manufacturing, or service sectors – albeit without legal protection and with increased vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labor. Although Malaysia has ratified 5 out of 8 core ILO conventions, notably the C29 Forced Labor Convention (1930), the rights of non-citizens under these and other domestic laws apply only to those deemed legal. Refugees and asylum seekers are considered “illegal immigrants” under Malaysian law, specifically the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155).
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