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Podcast: Consider This
Episode: Consider This: School Walkout (Part 1) - Demanding A Comprehensive Response
Description: In light of the recent accounts of rape culture, sexual harassment, and period spot checks in schools, an alliance of NGOs, youths, parents and teachers, have organised a nationwide School Walkout Day. Slated for the 6th and 7th of May, the National School Walkout Day is to demand for comprehensive action from authorities, and to stand in solidarity with the victims. But it get the intended response? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Firzana Redzuan is founder of Monsters Among Us, a youth NGO combatting child sexual abuse through advocacy, education, and community involvement.