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SUMMARY:26th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
DESCRIPTION:On 14 December 2022 at 3-4 pm (Bangkok Time)\, SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 26th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This update series was started soon after the coup d’état in Myanmar with the aim to contribute to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. \nSince February 2021\, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army\, known as Tatmadaw\, detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a general election which Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The coup by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously\, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and restoration of the democratic rule and the National Unity Government (NUG) has been formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)\, a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the coup. Economic collapse amid escalating conflict is making of Myanmar a failed state\, with many leaving the country in search of refuge and opportunities. The global community has overall condemned the coup and the military abuses\, but concerted diplomatic interventions are still too bland. After more than one year of the coup\, ASEAN has been excluding Tatmadaw representatives from their summits\, but still fails to recognize NUG as the legitimate representative of Myanmar. While the future of the country is in the hands of its people\, international and regional bodies ought to isolate the military junta\, ban arms\, embargo business by the militaries and their cronies\, address gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and provide humanitarian relief to the population. \nThe updates are meant to be short informal dialogues with a speaker who provides an analysis of the latest events in the preceding two weeks for about 20 minutes before the moderator\, SEA Junction’s Founder and Director Rosalia Sciortino\, opens the floor for questions and answers. Initially the updates were held bi-weekly and lasted from March 2021 to March 2022 with speakers Aung Zaw\, Founder and Director Irrawaddy; Khin Ohmar\, a well-known Peace and Security Advocate; Debbie Stothard\, an active promoter of human rights in Burma and the ASEAN regions; and May Zin Thaw\, the founder of a local think tank institute Researchers’ Republic. After few months of break to evaluate the series\, we feel there is still an urgent need to keep Myanmar on the public agenda in the midst of many other global worries as the situation continues to worsen in the country. The now-monthly updates are going to restart with one of our previous resource persons Khin Ohmar who has been much appreciated by the public for her comprehensive reviews of the evolving situation. \nTo participate\, turn in for the monthly update planned for 14 December 2022 at 3-4 pm (Bangkok Time) via Zoom (Link: http://bit.ly/Zoom-SEAJunction) and Facebook Live on our page: SEA Junction. \nSpeaker Profile: \nKhin Ohmar is an experienced peace and security advocate from Myanmar. For the past 30 years\, she has worked with fellow Burmese democracy activists as well as with ethnic women and youth from conflict-affected areas in Myanmar\, including Kachin\, Karen\, Lahu and Rohingya. In 2008\, Ms. Ohmar won the Anna Lindh Prize\, awarded annually to a woman or young person with “the courage to fight indifference\, prejudice\, oppression and injustices in order to promote a good life for all people in an environment marked by respect for human rights.” She also won the 2008 Vital Voices Global Leadership Award for Human Rights\, which she shared with Shan Women’s Action Network activist Charm Tong and the Young Women’s Peace Award (Democracy Today) in 2018. \n(Photo: CJ) \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, 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.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction \nAsia Justice and Rights (AJAR) \nAJAR is a non-profit organization\, based in Jakarta\, Indonesia\, whose aim is to contribute to the strengthening of human rights and the alleviation of entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific region. Its work focuses on countries involved in transition from a context of mass human rights violations to democracy\, where it strives to build cultures based on accountability\, justice and a willingness to learn from the root causes of mass human rights violations to help prevent the recurrence of state-sanctioned human rights violations. For more information\, see www.asia-ajar.org. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/26th-whatshappeninginmyanmar-monthly-updates/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch & Panel Discussion "LGBTQI Digital Media Activism and Counter-hate Speech"
DESCRIPTION:LGBTQI Digital Media Activism and Counter-hate Speech: Experiences from Asia and Europe \nAs media are rapidly evolving\, social movements and activists are increasingly taking advantage of the opportunities provided by the wide range of communication tools and platforms to organize their networks\, form collective identities and develop new languages of resistance to counteract anti-gender and homophobic discourse. \nRendering visible LGBTQI cultural resistance\, expressed through digital media activism and counter-hate discourse is of utmost importance not just in Italy but also in Asia and globally. Invisibility and the symbolic annihilation of LGBTQI people in media and popular discourse have historically signified powerlessness for LGBTQI people\, and have also contributed to the dissemination of harmful misrepresentations of gender and LGBTQI identities\, promoting negative stereotyping\, increasing prejudices\, hate\, discrimination and homophobia\, also leading to direct physical violence in many cases. These attitudes are fully embodied and expressed by actors mobilizing nationally and transnationally in anti-gender countermovements. \nTech firms such as Facebook\, Twitter and YouTube face growing scrutiny for hate speech and misinformation. They have not invested enough in developing countries\, and lack moderators with language skills and knowledge of local events. The result is that hate speech and abuse\, particularly in local languages\, often goes unchecked and local communities are disregarded\, potentially increasing polarization and risk of violence. This was the case of Indonesia\, where significant online hate speech has targeted religious and racial minority groups\, as well as LGBTQ people\, with bots and paid trolls spreading disinformation aimed at deepening divisions. \nCommunication is central to activism and resistance. While a great amount of scholarship has been invested in studying anti-gender mobilizations and their violent and trauma-generating discourses\, the book that will be presented during this event and the organized panel discussion\, will shift the attention on LGBTQI social movements and their digital media activism and non-violent communication practices\, sharing experiences from Asia and Europe\, which often are unheard of.  \nYou’re cordially invited to join the event\, with a panel discussion followed by a cocktail reception and book signing on 14 December 2022\, 18:00-19:30 at SEA Junction\, 4th Floor\, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). The panel is composed of: \nModerator:  \n\nSriprapha Petcharamesree\, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies\, Mahidol University\n\nSpeakers \n\nSara Gabai\, Author and Communication Expert\nEmilie Palamy Pradichit\, Founder and Executive Director\, Manushya Foundation\, Thailand\nHenry Koh\, Executive Director\, ILGA Asia (on line)\n\nThe Book is available in all main e-stores including: Amazon  I  Book Depository  I  Google Play  \nLimited copies will also be available at SEA Junction during the event. \nShort Bios Moderator and Speakers \nDr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree is the former Director of the Ph.D. Program in Human Rights and Peace Studies (International) of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand. In October of 2009\, she was appointed by the national government to act as the Thai Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights\, a role she served in until December of 2012. She is currently Co-Chair of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism advocating for effective regional human rights systems in the ASEAN region. She holds a degree in Political Science from Thammasat University as well as a D.E.A. in Comparative Politics and a Ph.D. in International Politics with distinction from the University of Paris-X. \nSara Gabai has worked in Asia and Central Asia with European Union-funded programs\, UN agencies\, academic institutions\, NGOs\, civil society organizations and local communities\, on communication for development initiatives. Her passion and expertise range from human rights to digital media activism and freedom of expression\, media literacy education\, gender and women’s economic empowerment\, environmental and sustainability issues. Sara earned her Ph.D. in Human Rights and Peace Studies (2021) from the Institute of Human Rights and Peace\, Mahidol University\, Thailand\, a MSc in Gender\, Media and Culture from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)\, and a BA in Communications and a Minor in English Literature from John Cabot University\, Italy. \nEmilie Palamy Pradichit\, the Founder & Executive Director of Manushya Foundation\, is an intersectional feminist visionary & international human rights lawyer specializing in accessing justice for marginalized communities through strategic litigation before the United Nations (UN) — where her innovative work has successfully held governments and businesses accountable for their human rights abuses and violations. Working on the ground\, she also endorses women & youth to speak truth to power at the forefront of their fight for justice and equality as well as defends indigenous\, forest-dependent\, LGBTIQ+ & marginalized communities across Asia. \nHenry Koh (They/Them) is the current Executive Director of ILGA Asia. Prior to joining ILGA Asia\, Henry served as a human rights specialist with regional human rights organizations and the United Nations. They had extensive experience engaging in UN advocacy to advance SOGIESC rights\, access to healthcare for vulnerable groups\, freedoms of expression\, assembly and association. Henry is also the co-founder of Beyond Borders Malaysia\, focusing on refugees’ rights\, Assistant Secretary-general of PROHAM (Society for the Promotion of Human Rights)\, and the Malaysian MSM Representative for the UN Global Fund’s Country Coordinating Mechanism (2019–2022). They initially joined ILGA Asia as the Research Officer from March to July 2021\, and was part of ILGA Asia’s UN Human Rights Mechanisms trainers from 2017 to 2019. \n \nFor information/reservation for our events\, please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone: +66970024140. \nOrganizer \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, 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.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction. \n
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