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SUMMARY:Fulbright Student Fellowships 2018-2019 Opened for Cambodian Applicants
DESCRIPTION:The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opportunity to compete for 2018-2019 Fulbright Student Fellowships for graduate study in the United States leading to a Master’s or Doctoral degree. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified candidates under the auspices of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program\, subject to the availability of funding. \nDeadline: June 1\, 2017\nThe Fulbright Program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress as a means “to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” For more than sixty years the Fulbright Program has provided opportunities for foreign nationals to study\, teach\, and pursue research in the U.S.\nTo be eligible\, applicants must: \n\nHave a strong academic background and a record of excellence in previous studies;\nHave completed a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Master’s degree program\, or have a Master’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Doctoral program;\nBe proficient in English (a minimum score of 570 on TOEFL or TOEFL ITP\, or 230 on computer-based TOEFL\, or 88 on internet based TOEFL\, or 7.0 on IELTS);\nDemonstrate the ability to adapt readily to a foreign environment;\nBe in good health and able to undergo a rigorous study program; and\nNot have extensive experience living or studying in the United States.\n\nFulbright Student Fellowship grants provide round-trip transportation to the United States\, as well as tuition fees\, and living expenses for full-time graduate study. Grant provisions do not include financial support for dependents.\n \nSource: https://kh.usembassy.gov/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019/\n  \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019-opened-cambodian-applicants/
LOCATION:The United State of America\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191125
DTSTAMP:20260730T022354
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SUMMARY:[Fully Funded] US – ASEAN WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Mission to ASEAN will host the sixth installment of the Women’s Leadership Academy in Jakarta\, Indonesia from March 30 – April 3\, 2020 (travel on March 30th to Jakarta and travel back to respective countries on April 3). \nThe workshop will focus on leadership training and capacity-building with an emphasis on promoting economic development in the region. The program will include mentorship and will emphasize participants’ ties with the larger ASEAN Economic Community. \nELIGIBILITIES \n\nA YSEALI Member\nA citizen and current resident of YSEALI member countries: Brunei\, Cambodia\, Indonesia\, Laos\, Malaysia\, Myanmar\, Philippines\, Singapore\, Thailand\, Vietnam\, Timor-Leste;\nAges 20 – 30 (at the time of application and workshop);\nHave at least a tertiary-level education qualification (e.g. Higher National Diploma\, Degree or equivalent);\nFluent in written and spoken English;\nHave a valid passport that expires after October 2020 (at least 6 months’ validity);\n\nSource: https://aseanop.com/fully-funded-us-asean-womens-leadership-academy-march-30-april-3-2020-in-jakarta-indonesia/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/fully-funded-us-asean-womens-leadership-academy/
LOCATION:Jakarta
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191123T110000
DTEND;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191123T183000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating World Children’s Day for All  (Bazaar\, Creative Activities for Children and Panel Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:World Children’s Day\, held on November 20th each year\, celebrates the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This year\, 2019\, marks thirty years since the convention was introduced in 1989\, and SEA Junction would like to mark the occasion on Saturday\, November 23rd\, with children’s activities\, international youth performances\, and a panel discussion focusing on refugee children and their right to play and education. \nChildren from migrant and refugee backgrounds face a number of challenges in Thailand and the wider region. Most countries in Southeast Asia recognize the importance of international Education for All\, UNCRC and Sustainable Development Goal Four – Education 2030 agendas stating that all children have a legal right to access primary and early secondary school education\, regardless of race\, disability\, ethnicity and citizenship status. In practice\, however\, there are still many gaps in their effective implementation and financial\, cultural and logistic barriers makes it difficult\, if not impossible enrollment in formal education. For these reasons\, many refugee children and young people attend informal learning centers\, usually run by volunteers with minimal resources and offering little opportunity to achieve recognized qualifications\, so valuable to a young person’s future career prospects. In addition to all these issues\, refugees have no legal status\, so they are constantly at risk of being arrested and detained indefinitely. Sometimes parents are afraid to let their children go to school\, and go outside to play\, in case they are spotted and either heavily fined or arrested. This fear puts a huge strain on a young person’s emotional and mental health\, and limits their physical and cognitive development. \nTo stress the importance of more inclusive policies and interventions for refugee children SEA Junction together with concerned individual and institutional partners will hold a range of activities. A food and craft bazaar will be organized for refugee and rights organizations to profile their products and raise some funds. Creative activities for children will also be organized including making together a mural painting on the theme and henna painting. \nTo end the program\, a panel discussion will focus on three of the articles in the UNCRC: article 22 on the protection of refugee children; article 28 on the right to education; and article 31 on the right to leisure\, play and culture. The invited panelists will explore what these rights mean; how they are put into practice in the context of Thailand\, Malaysia and Indonesia; what are the barriers to and opportunities for their implementation; and what are some of the initiatives trying to find positive approaches and solutions to the effective implementation of the right to play\, leisure\, culture and education for urban refugee children living in extended exile in Southeast Asia. \nAgenda for the Day \n11am – 7pm: \nBazaar selling food and crafts in combination with SEA Junction Mini Book and Craft Fair \n11am – 2pm: \nChildren’s creative activities \n\nMural design themed on the right to education\, culture and play\nHenna skin painting\n\n2.30 pm- 3.30 pm: \nInternational youth performances (tentative) \n\nDancers from Vietnam\, Pakistan and Sri Lanka\nMusician from Pakistan\n\n5-7pm: \nPanel discussion “Upholding the Right to Learn and Play for Young Refugees in Southeast Asia” \n\nHartini Zainuddin\, founder of Yayasan Chow Kit and independent consultant\nRebecca Warren\, independent expert on refugee education in Bangkok\nNiroshan founder of Cedar Learning Centre\, Thailand\nAriane Alana\, Roshan Learning Centre\, Indonesia\n\nShort bios \nHartini Zainudin \nHartini is the founder of Yayasan Chow Kit\, a 24-hour crisis centre based in Malaysia for at-risk Children which provides essential meals and educational programmes for the children\, and vice president of Voice of the Children. In addition\, she has tirelessly engaged in numerous projects and campaigns to advocate on children’s issues for the last 20 years. With her PhD from Columbia University\, she was recently appointed as a UN consultant. \nRebecca Warren \nRebecca is a teacher and educational researcher\, completing her doctoral thesis on the educational experiences of young refugees living in extended exile in Bangkok. The research is an ethnographic narrative exploring the backgrounds\, needs\, opportunities and aspirations of young urban refugees from Pakistan\, Vietnam\, Somalia\, Iraq\, Sudan and Sri Lanka in Thailand. \nNiroshan \nNiroshan is the founder and director of Cedar Learning Centre (CLC). The Center began in 2018 as a small Bangkok-based refugee initiative with the aim of providing education and humanitarian aid for refugee children and families most in need. Being a refugee himself\, Niroshan has researched problems faced by the refugee community here in Bangkok and so was motivated to help his people and fellow refugees. He is currently also working as the Migration & Community Liaison Officer for a charity organization. \nAriane Alana \nAriane is a teacher with 10 years of experience. She started working with refugees in 2016 and is currently a Lead Teacher and Academic Manager at Roshan Learning Center in Jakarta\, Indonesia. The Center serves over 200 asylum seekers and refugees\, providing preschool to secondary classes for children and youth\, as well as English classes for adults. Ariane’s primary interests are pedagogy for refugee children as well as community engagement of young refugee women. \n \nThe event is free\, but donations are most welcome to enable SEA Junction to continue its activities and keep events accessible to the public. \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia (see https://seajunction.org)  \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \nTIFA Foundation \nA grant making institutions working for human rights and democracy in Indonesia and supporting civil society to work in key fields like access to information\, community and independent media\, legal aid\, anti-corruption\, and minority rights. In recognition of the importance of placing Indonesia within the broader regional context\, since 2016 Tifa Foundation has started the Regional Hub program cooperating with the New Mandala and now with SEA Junction. For more information see http://www.tifafoundation.org/en/ (in Indonesian). \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/celebrating-world-childrens-day-for-all-bazaar-creative-activities-for-children-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, Room 408\, BACC\, 939 Rama 1 Rd\, Pathum Wan\, Khet Pathum Wan\, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok\, Thailand\, Bangkok\, Thailand
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SUMMARY:Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair
DESCRIPTION:Once a month\, SEA Junction holds a mini book and craft fair focusing on Southeast Asia. \nFor the books\, three kinds of books are displayed: \n\nNew books given in consignment from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Book from Thailand\, ISEAS form Singapore and Yayasan Pustaka Obor from Indonesia\nNew and used books that are double to those of SEA Junction’s Library. They include books in Thai\, English and Indonesian on various issues related to Southeast Asia and the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS)\nFew literature and development-related works from outside the region that have been donated to SEA Junction for the purpose of the fair.\n\nThere are also different types of crafts from Southeast Asian countries to enjoy and appreciate\, for example: \n\nPapier-mâché from Myanmar and the Philippines;\nMeter tapes and sand doll from Vietnam\nHandmade bags and postcards from Thailand; and\nPuppets made from recycle papers\, batik pencil case and fabric dolls from Indonesia\n\nAll profit from the books in consignment as well as from the donated books and crafts will contribute to SEA Junction’s functioning and activities. \nThis month\, the first day of the Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair is part of the bazaar organized to celebrate World Children’s Day for All. Information on this day event can also be found on our website\, but in brief the agenda looks out as follows: \nAgenda for 23 November \n11am – 7pm: \nBazaar offering varied food and crafts including those of SEA Junction Mini Book and Craft Fair \n11am – 2pm: \nChildren’s creative activities \n\nMural design themed on the right to education\, culture and play\nHenna skin painting\n\n2.30 pm- 3.30 pm: \nInternational youth performances (tentative) \n\nDancers from Vietnam\, Pakistan and Sri Lanka\nMusician from Pakistan\n\n5-7pm: \nPanel discussion “Upholding the Right to Learn and Play for Young Refugees in Southeast Asia” \n\nHartini Zainuddin\, founder of Yayasan Chow Kit and independent consultant\nRebecca Warren\, independent expert on refugee education in Bangkok\nNiroshan founder of Cedar Learning Centre\, Thailand\nAriane Alana\, Roshan Learning Centre\, Indonesia\n\n \nFor information/reservation for our events please email: southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nOrganizer: \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia  \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners\, and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajuction.org and join the Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/southeast-asia-mini-book-and-craft-fair-5/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, Room 408\, BACC\, 939 Rama 1 Rd\, Pathum Wan\, Khet Pathum Wan\, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok\, Thailand\, Bangkok\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191123T170000
DTEND;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191123T183000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion “Upholding the Right to Learn and Play for Young Refugees in Southeast Asia”
DESCRIPTION:World Children’s Day\, held on November 20th each year\, celebrates the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This year\, 2019\, marks thirty years since the convention was introduced in 1989\, and SEA Junction would like to mark the occasion on Saturday\, November 23rd\, with children’s activities\, international youth performances\, and a panel discussion focusing on refugee children and their right to play and education. \nChildren from migrant and refugee backgrounds face a number of challenges in Thailand and the wider region. Most countries in Southeast Asia recognize the importance of international Education for All\, UNCRC and Sustainable Development Goal Four – Education 2030 agendas stating that all children have a legal right to access primary and early secondary school education\, regardless of race\, disability\, ethnicity and citizenship status. In practice\, however\, there are still many gaps in their effective implementation and financial\, cultural and logistic barriers makes it difficult\, if not impossible enrollment in formal education. For these reasons\, many refugee children and young people attend informal learning centers\, usually run by volunteers with minimal resources and offering little opportunity to achieve recognized qualifications\, so valuable to a young person’s future career prospects. In addition to all these issues\, refugees have no legal status\, so they are constantly at risk of being arrested and detained indefinitely. Sometimes parents are afraid to let their children go to school\, and go outside to play\, in case they are spotted and either heavily fined or arrested. This fear puts a huge strain on a young person’s emotional and mental health\, and limits their physical and cognitive development. \nTo stress the importance of more inclusive policies and interventions for refugee children SEA Junction together with concerned individual and institutional partners will hold a range of activities. A food and craft bazaar will be organized for refugee and rights organizations to profile their products and raise some funds. Creative activities for children will also be organized including making together a mural painting on the theme and henna painting. \nTo end the program\, a panel discussion will focus on three of the articles in the UNCRC: article 22 on the protection of refugee children; article 28 on the right to education; and article 31 on the right to leisure\, play and culture. The invited panelists will explore what these rights mean; how they are put into practice in the context of Thailand\, Malaysia and Indonesia; what are the barriers to and opportunities for their implementation; and what are some of the initiatives trying to find positive approaches and solutions to the effective implementation of the right to play\, leisure\, culture and education for urban refugee children living in extended exile in Southeast Asia. \nAgenda for the Day \n11am – 7pm: \nBazaar selling food and crafts in combination with SEA Junction Mini Book and Craft Fair \n11am – 2pm: \nChildren’s creative activities \n\nMural design themed on the right to education\, culture and play\nHenna skin painting\n\n2.30 pm- 3.30 pm: \nInternational youth performances (tentative) \n\nDancers from Vietnam\, Pakistan and Sri Lanka\nMusician from Pakistan\n\n5-7pm: \nPanel discussion “Upholding the Right to Learn and Play for Young Refugees in Southeast Asia” \n\nHartini Zainuddin\, founder of Yayasan Chow Kit and independent consultant\nRebecca Warren\, independent expert on refugee education in Bangkok\nNiroshan founder of Cedar Learning Centre\, Thailand\nAriane Alana\, Roshan Learning Centre\, Indonesia\n\nShort bios \nHartini Zainudin \nHartini is the founder of Yayasan Chow Kit\, a 24-hour crisis centre based in Malaysia for at-risk Children which provides essential meals and educational programmes for the children\, and vice president of Voice of the Children. In addition\, she has tirelessly engaged in numerous projects and campaigns to advocate on children’s issues for the last 20 years. With her PhD from Columbia University\, she was recently appointed as a UN consultant. \nRebecca Warren \nRebecca is a teacher and educational researcher\, completing her doctoral thesis on the educational experiences of young refugees living in extended exile in Bangkok. The research is an ethnographic narrative exploring the backgrounds\, needs\, opportunities and aspirations of young urban refugees from Pakistan\, Vietnam\, Somalia\, Iraq\, Sudan and Sri Lanka in Thailand. \nNiroshan \nNiroshan is the founder and director of Cedar Learning Centre (CLC). The Center began in 2018 as a small Bangkok-based refugee initiative with the aim of providing education and humanitarian aid for refugee children and families most in need. Being a refugee himself\, Niroshan has researched problems faced by the refugee community here in Bangkok and so was motivated to help his people and fellow refugees. He is currently also working as the Migration & Community Liaison Officer for a charity organization. \nAriane Alana \nAriane is a teacher with 10 years of experience. She started working with refugees in 2016 and is currently a Lead Teacher and Academic Manager at Roshan Learning Center in Jakarta\, Indonesia. The Center serves over 200 asylum seekers and refugees\, providing preschool to secondary classes for children and youth\, as well as English classes for adults. Ariane’s primary interests are pedagogy for refugee children as well as community engagement of young refugee women. \n \nThe event is free\, but donations are most welcome to enable SEA Junction to continue its activities and keep events accessible to the public. \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia (see https://seajunction.org)  \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \nTIFA Foundation \nA grant making institutions working for human rights and democracy in Indonesia and supporting civil society to work in key fields like access to information\, community and independent media\, legal aid\, anti-corruption\, and minority rights. In recognition of the importance of placing Indonesia within the broader regional context\, since 2016 Tifa Foundation has started the Regional Hub program cooperating with the New Mandala and now with SEA Junction. For more information see http://www.tifafoundation.org/en/ (in Indonesian). \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/panel-discussion-upholding-the-right-to-learn-and-play-for-young-refugees-in-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, Room 408\, BACC\, 939 Rama 1 Rd\, Pathum Wan\, Khet Pathum Wan\, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok\, Thailand\, Bangkok\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Event
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