Tag: Economic and Social Rights
Myanmar Students Vow Continued Reform Push After Passage of Education Law
Myanmar’s Union Parliament on Thursday voted into law a controversial bill for education reform, angering student activists who said the law in its amended form has failed to include key provisions they believed had been agreed to in government-sponsored talks.
2015-06-19
Myanmar’s Union Parliament on Thursday voted into law a controversial...
Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict ‘more economic than religious’
The general perception about Myanmar's Rohingya conflict is that it is a religious issue. Analyst Siegfried O. Wolf, however, believes the crisis is more politically and economically driven.
Date 04.06.2015
Author Interview: Shamil Shams
DW: Could there be a domestic solution to the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar? What are the impediments to...
Repats help revitalize Myanmar
Members of the Burmese diaspora are returning home and finding their footing in a new, somewhat more open society
June 8, 2015 5:30AM ET
by Joseph Schatz
YANGON, Myanmar — Tony Ohn doesn’t blink as the lights suddenly go out in his 12th-floor office at Parami Hospital, a private clinic where the...
Minister Contradicts President; Says Papua Transmigration Will Continue
An Indonesian minister has countered President Joko Widodo’s declaration that the controversial transmigration program to Papua province will be stopped, saying instead that, if anything, it will be expanded.
By Jakarta Globe on 05:18 pm Jun 07, 2015
Jakarta. An Indonesian minister has countered President Joko Widodo’s declaration that the controversial...
Ensure RH in BBL – PLCPD
Reproductive health advocates from both houses of Congress called on the government to honor its commitments to three United Nations declarations by ensuring that the issue of RH is adequately addressed in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
By: Kahlil Ibrahim, InterAksyon.com
June 3, 2015 9:28 AM
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Jakarta court cancels world’s biggest water privatisation after 18-year failure
The Central Jakarta District Court on 24 March annulled the water privatisation contracts of Suez (PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya – Palyja) and Aetra, finding that the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) were negligent in fulfilling the human right to water for Jakarta’s residents.
The court decision is the culmination of many years...
‘Work’ delays WHO chief’s police visit
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) representative in Thailand Yonas Tegegn has asked to delay until Friday reporting to police in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret district to answer allegations of abusing his domestic helper.
Ethiopian expats give Tegegn full backing
Published: 7/04/2015 at 06:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) representative in...
Asian parliamentarians gather in Vietnam to recognize children’s right to nutrition
Leaders and parliamentarians from Asian countries will gather in Hanoi today to recognize the vital role of parliamentarian leaders in advancing child nutrition and development. Following the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary (IPU) Assembly, UNICEF and Alive & Thrive will co-host “The Role of Parliamentarians in the Fulfillment of Child’s Rights to...
Killing in the rice fields: how are companies protecting their workers?
Asia Pulp and Paper is facing tough questions after an Indonesian employee and known workers’ rights activist was found dead in Sumatra
Alison Moodie | Wednesday 1 April 2015 17.25 BST
In late February, a young Indonesian farmer named Indra Pelani showed up at a checkpoint manned by security guards for...
‘Bringing dignity to fellow human beings’
Dr Rai was then a health coordinator with Women's Education for Advancement and Empowerment - an organisation that empowers and supports the needs and basic human rights of indigenous women.
Andrea Ng | The Straits Times | Thursday, Apr 02, 2015
WHEN Dr Subadhra Devi Rai first arrived in a refugee...
