The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday October 11th, 2022 – International Day of the Girl Child
In 2022, we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl (IDG). In these last 10 years, there has been increased attention on issues that matter to girls amongst governments, policymakers and the general public, and more opportunities for girls to have their voices heard on the global stage. Yet, investments in girls’ rights remain limited and girls continue to confront a myriad of challenges to fulfilling their potential; made worse by concurrent crises of climate change, COVID-19 and humanitarian conflict. Girls around the world continue to face unprecedented challenges to their education, their physical and mental wellness, and the protections needed for a life without violence. COVID-19 has worsened existing burdens on girls around the world and worn away important gains made over the last decade.
Could Malaysia Field Multiracial Political Parties? by Murray Hunter
The train of events that put Malaysia’s most influential political figure behind bars for 12 years – although the disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been wriggling mightily at finding ways to get out –has raised profound questions about race-based politics, the political equation that has governed the country since its independence.
These questions have assumed added urgency with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s recent announcement that he intends to dissolve parliament soon and call national elections. Sources claim UMNO has already begun renting shophouses across the country as constituency election operations centres. As we are heading into GE15, both sides of the political spectrum are jockeying for position.
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Sisyphus #poem by Jan Sand
“That stone which rolled so well
Up and down the mountain
Is now cracked, fractured in finalities.
It murmurs in distinct groan
That its end is near.
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Jayaprakash Narayan: Advocate of the Nonviolent Total Revolution by Rene Wadlow
Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979) whose birth anniversary we mark on 11 October, was an Indian social reformer in the struggle for Indian independence led by Mahatma Gandhi and a social reformer after the independence of India. J.P. as he was usually called, had followed the advice given by Gandhi to refuse schooling financed by the British colonial authorities. Thus in 1922, he left India to go to the USA. With part-time jobs, he financed his education at different U.S. universities until 1929 when he received a Master’s degree in sociology from the University of Ohio and then returned to India.
While at the University of Wisconsin, through some professors and a few students, he discovered the writings of Karl Marx and ever after considered himself a Marxist. As he wrote “Marxism provided a beacon of light for me: equality and brotherhood. Freedom was not enough. It must mean freedom for all – even the lowliest – and this freedom must include freedom from exploitation, from hunger and poverty.”
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Ephemera #71 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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