youth - Bridget Welsh

Articles / 31.10.2022

Now everyone can vote: Youth electoral power

Part of the "on the road to GE15" series, Dr. Bridget Welsh looks at the impact of Malaysia's young voters in determining the outcome of the upcoming general election....

Articles / 25.04.2022

Preliminary observations of Sarawak polls: Election retrospective Part 2

‘Older’ parties did not get the same level of electoral support as the past...

Articles / 03.04.2022

Post-Johor projection: Who could win GE15?

Malaysia is in politicking mode, with politicians focused on their own fortunes...

Articles / 26.03.2022

Divided and loyal: Johor voters generational analysis

How youths, middle-aged, and elders voted in Johor's March election...

Articles / 09.03.2022

Uncertain transformation: Malaysia’s first ‘youth’ election

Malaysia’s young people are more optimistic and hopeful than older Malaysians, believing in the country and themselves. There is a louder clarion call from youth for politicians to ‘get real’ – to solve problems and deliver better governance....

Articles / 01.05.2021

Malaysian youth in peril

Taken from malaysiakini.com. Co-authored with Calvin Cheng. Young Malaysians are under siege. Covid-19 has created a perfect storm of economic, social, and political pressures that will have long-term implications for an entire generation of young Malaysians, and for the future of the Malaysian economy and society as a whole. Economic hardships It is...

Articles / 18.04.2020

Malaysia’s youth on the unemployed frontline

While the old may face greater health risks, it’s the young who will bear the brunt of a recession....