SEA Junction July 2023 Agenda
Building upon the momentum of Pride Month, we further explore gender-related issues. This time, the focus expands beyond gender per se to examine the intersections of capitalism, enchantment, and queer rituals.
1st Batch Grantees: Small Grants Program “Staying Resilient Amidst the Multiple Crises in Southeast Asia”
The Small Grants Program “Staying Resilient Amidst the Multiple Crises in Southeast Asia,” managed by SEA Junction with the support of CMB Foundation, received an overwhelming response, with a total of 209 proposals submitted.
Myanmar Insein: A Rare Glimpse Inside a Barbaric Prison
Phyo Wai Hlaing, a 21-year-old wi-fi technician, had been missing for a week in July 2021 when his father received an anonymous phone call telling him to go to a bridge far from his neighbourhood in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.
ภาคประชาสังคมร่วมจัดสัมนา “Time for A Change World Refugee Day 2023” เนื่องในวันผู้ลี้ภัยโลก 2023
ชุมทางอุษาคเนย์ (SEA-Junction) ร่วมกับ องค์การนิรโทษกรรมสากล ประเทศไทย( Amnesty International Thailand), เครือข่ายสนับสนุนสันติภาพกะเหรี่ยง (Karen Peace Support Network), ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma)
SEA Junction Mid-June 2023 Agenda
As we find ourselves in the middle of June, we embrace yet another month of significance. World Refugee Day, observed annually on 20 June, calls for solidarity with refugees worldwide.
Dedicated Service: Rosalia Sciortino explains her decades of service to development in Southeast Asia
(Interview) Rosalia Sciortino has made Southeast Asia her home and as an anthropologist and development sociologist is a prime mover in improving local and international awareness about the crisis in Myanmar.
Migrant Workers in Fishing Industry Continue to Face Decent Work Deficit
Migrant workers in the fishing and seafood processing industry in Thailand continue to face major decent work deficits, despite the major reforms government has introduced, according to Benjamin Harkins, Technical Officer (Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia), International Labour Organisation.
April 2023 Agenda
This month, we are focusing on the pressing issue of migration in Southeast Asia. It begins with a photo exhibition highlighting the lives and labour of migrant workers in Thailand’s fishing and seafood processing industry.
Giving Up My Student Life for Democracy
I do not feel regret of joining Civil Disobedient Movement since it can make me feel that I am with my friends who are against military coup and fighting for democracy from jungles, rural areas and unban and I am also contributing in this revolution by doing as much as I can.
Small Grants Program “Staying Resilient Amidst Multiple Crises in Southeast Asia”
In Southeast Asia as in other regions, the pandemic has exposed deep social and health inequities across countries and people and shown the multi-dimensional and interlinked aspects of marginalization.