The Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly returns for a third edition this August 26 to 27, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, continuing the vital work of fostering resilience and solidarity within the digital rights community in the Asia-Pacific. Building upon the foundations of DRAPAC23 Chiang Mai and DRAPAC24 Taipei, the assembly will unite diverse stakeholders to combat rising digital authoritarianism...
Kuala Lumpur, 26 August 2025 – The panel discussion “Tech-Facilitated Abuse and Its Threats to Democracy and Human Security in Southeast Asia” convened regional experts, activists, and researchers from Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia to examine how technology is increasingly abused by bad actors to threaten democracy and human security in the region at...
Kuala Lumpur, 27 August 2025 — INITIATE.MY participated in the Women’s Leadership Course organised by the British High Commission and Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and Philippine National Police (PNP), delivering a presentation titled “Engaging Civil Society.” The session, led by Aizat Shamsuddin, explored how civil society organisations (CSOs) play an essential role in promoting tolerance,...
Kuala Lumpur, 28 August 2025 – On the third day of the Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly 2025 (DRAPAC25), INITIATE.MY, in collaboration with APCOM Foundation, World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS), and Cloudflare, co-organised a capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the ability of civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) to navigate digital and...
Join us for a focused workshop equipping civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) with strategies to strengthen protection against digital and physical threats, featuring: 👥 Speakers - Jun Ng, Decent Design, User Experience and Discovery Lab (Open Technology Fund) - Josef Benedict, CIVICUS Monitor Asia Pacific Researcher, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen...
Kuala Lumpur, 10 September 2025 – INITIATE.MY participated in the Platform Design and Governance Workshop organised by Architects of Diversity, in collaboration with the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia and supported by Luminate. The two-day workshop convened policymakers, researchers, legal professionals, and civil society representatives to strengthen collective understanding of platform governance,...
Bandung, 11-15 August 2025 - The SEAN-CSO SAFER Workshop 2025 equipped civil society organisations with practical skills, innovative tools, and a collaborative mindset to counter hate speech and violent extremism. It aimed to empower individuals and organisations to combat online hate while promoting gamification, AI innovation, and cross-border partnerships that build a safer digital space...
Kuala Lumpur, 19 September 2025 – The International Youth Rationalisme Forum 3.0: Exploring Solutions to the Growing Issue of Racial and Religious Extremism in Malaysia from Different Perspectives’ organised by the International Youth Rationalism Forum Committee gathered speakers of diverse background to encourage discourse and exchanges on addressing social inequality and all forms of discrimination...
How prepared are we to confront the growing threats enabled by technology — from disinformation, online hate to crimes targeting vulnerable communities? Bringing together experts from Malaysia and across the region, our panel will unpack how technology is reshaping the threat landscape from online extremism and disinformation to digital abuse — and what policy, platform,...
Online, 25 October, 1-2 November 2025; Kuala Lumpur, 7-9 November 2025 – A total of thirty participants from civil society, legal practice, media, academia, youth organisations and universities enrolled into the Peace Lab for Malaysian Leaders and Thinkers , a programme designed to strengthen their capacity in peacebuilding, digital resilience and community leadership. The initiative...
