The Panel Discussion “Upholding the Right to Learn and Play for Young Refugees in Southeast Asia” was organized to recognize the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the World Children’s Day, which is held on November 20th each year. This year, 2019, marks thirty years since the convention was introduced in 1989, and SEA Junction marked the occasion by organizing the panel discussion on this issue.
Photo by Tipakson Manpati
Event poster
Panel discussion started with Rebecca Warren talking
about urban refugees in Bangkok
Niroshan, Director of the CedarLearning Center in Bangkok
The Cedar Learning Centerprovides access to education
to refugee youths
Hartini Zainudin of YayasanChow Kit in Malaysia
Engagement, education andemployment is the child
empowerment model
Creating jobs is the heartof helping refugee children
Working with partners tosupport refugee kids
Ariane Alana of the RoshanLearning Center talked about
the right to learn and play for
young refugees in Indonesia
The map shows refugeecenters in Indonesia
Refugees from Afghanistanis the largest group of
refugees in Indonesia
The Roshan Learning Centerwas one of the first refugee centers
established in Indonesia in 2014
The Roshan Learning Centerprovides informal learning
for young refugees
Q & A session
A participant asking a question
More questions from the floor
The topic prompted many questions
Hartini addressing the questions
Ariane making a contributionto the discussion
Niroshan expanding onhis initial remarks
Rebecca addressing questionsabout her research on refugee
children in Thailand