Bali, Indonesia, 13-15 May 2025 – Hari Shankar, INITIATE.MY’s Data Scientist, participated in an intensive workshop hosted by EngageMedia. The programme was designed to equip civil society actors with the necessary tools to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is developed and deployed in an accountable and ethical manner. The workshop, led by award-winning journalist Karen...
Kuala Lumpur, 24 May 2025 – The panel discussion ‘Tech Abuse Threats and Accountability: How Can We Work Together?’ brought together over 65 participants of digital rights advocates, academics, civil society leaders, and platform companies representatives from the region. This event was part of the ASEAN Peoples @ ASEAN2025 Forum. INITIATE.MY co-organised the session with...
🌐 ASEANPeoples@ASEAN2025: Digital Rights & Internet Freedom Cluster Join us for an engaging event exploring the state of online rights in Southeast Asia, featuring:🗣 Session B – Panel Discussion on Tech Abuse Threats & Accountability: How Can We Work Together?⚖️ Regional leaders explore how we can work together to address tech-enabled abuse and protect digital...
Putrajaya, 21–25 April 2025 – Aizat Shamsuddin, Founder and Director of INITIATE.MY, co-facilitated a series of high-level stakeholder meetings on foreign criminality in partnership with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). GI-TOC is an international organisation that strengthens responses to organised crime through research, policy dialogue, and cross-sector engagement. The meetings convened law...
27 May 2025, Kuala Lumpur – INITIATE.MY, in collaboration with Bait Al-Amanah, convened a closed-door policy briefing titled “Myanmar’s Evolving Political Landscape – Emerging Trends and 2025 Outlook.”. Aizat Shamsuddin, Founder and director of INITIATE.MY, facilitated the session, which featured Myanmar policy analyst Arkar Hein and brought together representatives from the Malaysian government, diplomatic community,...
INITIATE’s First Live Storytelling Event: Salam Stage Petaling Jaya, 14 June 2025 一 INITIATE.MY and the Freedom Film Network (FFN) successfully organised Salam Stage, a live storytelling platform that amplified diverse voices through powerful personal accounts of courage, resilience, and hope. The event was supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Malaysia. Over 100...
REGISTER HERE : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salam-stage-tickets-1372678140269?aff=oddtdtcreator 🎟 Free entry – Limited seats! Real stories. Bold voices. Shared struggle. Join us at Salam Stage, a live-storytelling event Salam Stage, a TED-style live storytelling event co-organised by the Initiative to Promote Tolerance and Prevent Violence (INITIATE.MY) and the Freedom Film Network (FFN) that spotlights powerful, personal stories of courage,...
Kuala Lumpur, 15 June 2025 – The dialogue session ‘Peaceful Generation: Youth Against Extremism’ brought together Malaysian youth in conjunction with National Youth Day 2025, celebrated under the theme ‘Believe You Can!’ at the Human Expression Hub, Merdeka Square. The event was held in collaboration between the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Malaysian Youth...
Kuala Lumpur, 18 June 2025 – INITIATE.MY organised the second session of the Knowledge Hub series titled "Data-Driven Advocacy: Data Gathering Methods". This full-day workshop built on the earlier session on tech abuse threats to enhance civil society’s capacity for evidence-based advocacy to address the threats with a focus on credible and ethical data collection...
Kuala Lumpur, 24 June 2025 - INITIATE.MY participated in the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) International Conference 2025 with the theme of "Emerging Trends in Terrorism and Violent Extremism". The conference brought together counterterrorism experts, researchers, policymakers, and civil society representatives to address the evolving challenges of preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE),...
