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Registration date: Friday, 12 October 2018, 18:00 (Korea Standard Time: GMT +09:00) Summary: The International Winter Course ‘Human Rights and Asia’ intends to allow participants to think about the universality of human rights in particular contexts of Asia and to gain a deepened understanding of human rights issues in this region. This two-week intensive course was launched in 2014 and is now awaiting participants for its sixth year. A special lecture on the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Asia' will…

Registration: January 14, 2019 Are you taking action to prevent noncommunicable diseases or poor mental health in your community? Would you like to connect with other young professionals to be able to do more? We invite you to consider applying to the 2019 YSEALI-ENGAGE program, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, the East Asia and Pacific Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, and RTI International. The program is part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, YSEALI.…

Registration: 14 Jan 2019 at 08:30 – 18 Jan 2019 at 17:30 Details In this module the concept of ‘design’ has been expanded to be ‘co-created design with nature’, including not only physical aspects of community but also core values about the purpose of life. Participants will also inquire into forms of human relationships with each other and with nature, and economic practices that will enhance wellbeing of all. Based on a real traditional village in Northern Thailand, the facilitator,…

Registration: 23 Jan 2019 at 08:30 – 25 Jan 2019 at 16:30 Details Thought leaders of every discipline recognize major problems with modernity. While it has provided some improvements, it has also led to a terrifying increase of physical diseases, mental disorders, and collapsing social systems, particularly in the global North. It is vitally necessary for modern societies to initiate a systematic process of cultural repair, adding back in lost, forgotten, or undervalued traditional cultural elements. This workshop will offer…

Registration: January 30, 2019 This two-day dissertation writing workshop for UC students will be held Friday-Saturday, May 3-4, 2019 at UC Berkeley. The deadline to submit applications is January 30, 2019. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA and the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley are accepting applications for participation in a two-day writing workshop for Ph.D. candidates currently enrolled at any University of California campus whose research in the humanities and social sciences focuses on Southeast Asia.…

Registration: 31 Jan 2019 at 08:30 – 12 Feb 2019 at 17:30 Details Most social change initiatives without serious people’s participation do not last. Community organizing for empowerment is a fine art with people participation as a core value. Although it takes time and the process is complicated, it warrants serious attention from community change leaders as the outcome is more likely to sustain. Participants will visit some success stories of communities that have gone through this process and learn…

Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 session of the EarthRights School. Please read the Program Information before completing the application. All forms are attached. Applications or questions may be emailed to ersmm@earthrights.org. The deadline for receipt of applications is February 1, 2019. ——- EarthRights International (ERI) believes in the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, which we define as earth rights. We recognize that a healthy environment cannot be maintained without respect…