Wan Ahmad Amir Zal Wan Ismail

Prof. Dr. Wan Ahmad Amir Zal Wan Ismail is the Director of the Institute of Poverty Research and Management (InsPek) at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK). He has been actively involved in research concerning poverty and its impacts on society, particularly in relation to generational poverty and its correlation with early marriages. In a recent news article, he discussed how poverty contributes to the high rates of underage marriages in Kelantan, highlighting that children from impoverished backgrounds are likely to repeat the patterns of early marriage seen in their families.