Events

Myanmar Coup One Year On: ASEAN Must Not Fail Its Peoples

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), and Progressive Voice would like to invite you to an online press briefing 'Myanmar Coup...

Tokyo Democracy Forum 2022

The Tokyo Democracy Forum (TDF) 2022 is a joint initiative by the Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), Asia Democracy Network (ADN), and Asia Development Alliance (ADA), to defend civic space through mutual dialogues and cross-border cooperation in Asia. The TDF is to take place virtually for 2 days,...

The Role of ASEAN in Dealing with the Myanmar Crisis: Are We Putting the Wrong Hope?

ASEAN initiatives may have been lauded as beyond expectation. But beyond mere political symbolism and commitments, they have not had a significant impact on the situation that has afflicted the Myanmar people. As the lack of progress on ASEAN’s effort continues, more news of military crackdowns on ethnic minorities...

Transregional Approaches to Southeast Asian Studies

The Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto University, will organize a SEASIA Webinar on Transregional Approaches to Southeast Asian Studies on 26 January 2022 at 3:00 pm (Manila/Singapore Time).  The purpose of this webinar is to examine how a comparative and transregional approach to Southeast Asian area studies is conducted...

Defiant Art: A Year of Resistance to the #MyanmarCoup in Images

The Southeast Asia Junction (SEA Junction), the Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), and Raise Three Fingers will organize a creative exhibition "Defiant Art: A Year of Resistance to the #MyanmarCoup in Images" from 18 to 30 January 2022 at the Curved Wall, 4th Floor of the Bangkok Art and...

Appreciating the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the interlinkages with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

A webinar entitled “Appreciating the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the interlinkages with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)” is being organized by Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia) and...

Harmony Laws in Southeast Asia

The Asia Centre will organize a report launch “Harmony Laws in Southeast Asia” during the the 7th Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief (SEAFoRB) Conference on 22 November 2021 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am (Bangkok Time / GMT+7). The panelists in this event include Khin Mai Aung, Advisory...

Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia

The Asia Centre will launch an online event titled “Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Progress Towards Developing National Action Plans” on 15 December 2021. The event will be separated into 2 panels. The first panel is from 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM (GMT+7). The second panel is...

Advancing and Realizing Alternative Regionalism: Southeast Asian Peoples Solidarity and Resistance in COVID-19 Times

The third Regional Conference on Alternatives titled "Advancing and Realizing Alternative Regionalism: Southeast Asian Peoples Solidarity and Resistance in COVID-19 Times" will take place from November 13 to 15, 2021 via Zoom. 11:30am- New Delhi 12:30pm- Yangon 1pm- Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok, Phnom Penh 2pm- Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hongkong 3pm-...

Call for Applications: Master of Public Health Global Program, Thammasat University

Admissions for the Master of Public Health Global Health Program 2022 are now open! Applications will close on June 30, 2021. MPH Global Health is a dedicated postgraduate professional program designed to meet the demand for leadership in support of a 21st century global health model. Although our students come...