SEA Junction Januari 2022 Agenda
As the anniversary of the Myanmar coup on 1 February 2022 approaches, this month activities are devoted to highlight the dramatic situation in the country.
Year-End Thanks and Solidarity Call for the Small Grants Program
As the end of the year approaches, it is our hope that in the spirit of solidarity and festivity, you consider supporting disadvantaged communities in Southeast Asia by making a donation to our dedicated SEA Junction’s Small Grants Program “Staying Resilient Amid the Pandemic in Southeast Asia”.
Bury at Sea any Watered-Down Torture Law
In June, the cabinet finally approved a draft of a landmark piece of legislation, the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act.
Call for Donations to SEA Junction’s Small Grants Program “Staying Resilient Amid the Pandemic in Southeast Asia”
The second year of the pandemic draws to a close with the fear for the new Omicron variant taking center stage. It has been a difficult year for Southeast Asia with sharp increases in infection cases and deaths in the first half of the year only starting to decline last September. Untimely decisions and delays…
Workers’ rights in Myanmar: a decade of fragile progress comes under threat
Labour protections were insufficient before the coup. Now the junta is rolling them back
SEA Junction December 2021 Agenda
Our photo exhibition “Women Out on the Streets for a New Burma” ended with a grand finale thanks to performances by Myanmar musicians and their colleagues over the weekend.
Photo Exhibit Honors Myanmar Women’s Fights for Democracy
BANGKOK — Sixty photos taken by various photographers showing Burmese women’s struggle against military junta are on display at Bangkok Arts and Culture Center until Sunday. The “Women Out on The Streets for a New Myanmar” exhibition is organized by SEA Junction, a Bangkok-based non-profit organisation working for a better Southeast Asia. Captions are available…
Myanmar’s Military Regime Has Weaponized Public Health
Restoration of health and wellbeing requires a strong condemnation of the junta for the appalling violations of basic human dignity that they have committed and continue to perpetrate, of which the weaponization of health is only one tragic and inexcusable example.
SEA Junction November 2021 Agenda
This month, we are getting back into the swing of events. We continue to pay close attention to the evolving situation in Myanmar with a renewed series of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Bi-Weekly Updates.
Cambodia and the Philippines: Connections Through the Centuries
Having lived in Cambodia for the past 13 years, enamored with the country’s history and its people, I wanted to look at the history of relations between Cambodia and the Philippines, exploring the “ties that bind”, and discovering little bits of trivia here and there.