Malaysia Youth & Student Democratic Movement ( ms, Gerakan Demokratik Belia & Mahasiswa Malaysia; ;

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: DEMA) formed on 17 September 1998.Jac Sm Kee (2007). Human Rights and Youth Activism in Malaysia, p.72. Women's Development Collective. The movement consists of a group of students from various universities who were responsible for presenting the effects of

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on the youth and student movement in

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. The presentation was in November 1998 where two conferences -

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(APEC) and the Asia Pacific People’s Assembly (APPA) were organized around that issue of

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in the framework of globalization and

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Structure

DEMA has a network involving several state campuses in Malaysia. DEMA has a national body with bases known as Students Progressive Front in several state universities across Malaysia. The Students Progressive Fronts are largely autonomous, with internal meetings, activities and annual general meetings (AGM) where posts are elected. Within each Students Progressive Front, there is an external coordinator who also functions as the Campus Coordinator of DEMA. The Campus Coordinator ensures that information, issues, activities and members flow between the Students Progressive Front at the campus level and DEMA. DEMA coordinates different campus-based issues and activities at the national level. The structure of DEMA encourages bottom-up participation.

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