Research Fellowship - Monitoring OKU Rights
This project addresses the gap in accessible information on parliamentary debates and policies concerning Persons with Disabilities (OKU) in Malaysia.
- Type
- Research and knowledge generation
- Status
- Implementation
| Start Date | 2025-07-14 |
| End Date |
Project Activity Details
The "Monitoring OKU Rights" project, implemented by Adhura H. Farouk from 14 July 2025 to 15 January 2026 in Malaysia, was designed in response to the significant challenges faced by Persons with Disabilities (OKU) and their advocates in tracking and engaging with parliamentary discourse on issues that affect them. Parliamentary Hansard records and policy documents are often fragmented and not easily searchable by topic, creating a barrier to effective oversight and advocacy.
Objectives
- Centralise and make accessible all parliamentary documents related to OKU rights into a single, open database;
- Enhance the capacity of civil society and journalists to utilise this data for monitoring and advocacy;
- Promote greater government transparency and accountability on OKU issues.
To achieve these goals, the team conducted activities including data scraping and cleaning of hjstorical Hansard records, the development of a user-friendly public database, and a stakeholder engagement roundtable for disabled persons' organisations and media representatives.
