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SUMMARY:Exhibition “Bodymaps for Healing: Seeking Peace in Southern Thailand”
DESCRIPTION:Duayjai Group\, in collaboration with SEA Junction and Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) organized an exhibition titled “Bodymaps for Healing: Seeking Peace in Southern Thailand” between 5 to 17 September 2023 on the curved wall\, 4th floor of the BACC. \nThe showcase will encompass more than 30 bodymaps produced during a therapeutic art program with conflict-affected communities in the Southern part of Thailand. The mental effects of armed conflict\, abuses and torture on the victims as well as their families and communities are not always visibly apparent like in the case of physical injuries. They also may not manifest themselves immediately\, but rather gradually emerge over time. \nDuayjai Group has researched the psychological and social impacts on victims of abuses and tortures and their families and discovered that anxiety\, depression\, and post-traumatic stress disorder made it impossible for them to reclaim their former lives and also affected their livelihoods. In response\, Duayjai Group has been organizing psychological rehabilitation programs using art therapy to help participants to explore and embrace their emotional states\, self-awareness\, stress management\, and the restoration of self-esteem. The colorful artworks to be exhibited in Bangkok were produced through these programs and were previously exhibited in Pattani at the Pattani Art Space and in Songkhla at the University of Prince of Songkhla. \nThe exhibition aims to raise awareness about the importance of healing for all those who have suffered psychological impacts from violence\, and to foster participation among networks in order to develop a support system. It also raises awareness of the importance of effective legal and institutional frameworks for implementing fundamental human rights principles such as torture prevention and prohibition to enable a fair and effective justice system. The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel\, Inhuman\, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) provides a framework for States to strengthen legislative\, policy\, and administrative measures to ensure that procedures are taken to prevent and prohibit the crime of torture\, including guidelines for investigating\, prosecuting\, and resolving allegations of torture and other ill-treatment. In Thailand\, the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act was recently passed\, its effective enforcement is still pending. \nThe exhibition will be launched with a panel discussion on 5 September 2023\, 5:00-6:30 pm at SEA-Junction The tentative agenda is as follows: \nModerator \n\nRosalia Sciortino\, Founding Director SEA Junction\n\nOpening remarks  \n\nPornpen Khongkachonkiet\, Director of Cross Cultural Foundation\nKatia Chirizzi\, Deputy Representative of the Regional Office for South East Asia of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\n\nPanel discussion \n\nGerda Liebmann\, Artist\nAnchana Heemmina\, Director of Duayjai Group\nRangsiman Rome\, Member of House of Representatives\nVictims’ representative\n\n \nOrganizers \nDuayjai Group \nDuayjai Group is a non-governmental organization established in 2010 to provide assistance to those affected by the unrest in the southern border provinces/Patani. Duayjai also aims to protect people from human rights violations\, provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by conflict\, and build mutual understanding between people in society to achieve long-term peace. Since 2015\, Duayjai Group has organized psychological rehabilitation programs for torture victims and their families with Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) under the auspices of the Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFTV) using Art Therapy. \nCross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) \nFounded in 2002 CrCF is a non-profit organization based in Thailand. The foundation’s goal is to achieve equitable justice for all in Thailand\, and it collaborates closely with its international human rights networks to help indigenous peoples and minorities integrate and empower themselves. \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 407-8 of the 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\, please see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/exhibition-bodymaps-for-healing-seeking-peace-in-southern-thailand/
LOCATION:Curved Wall\, 4th floor\, BACC
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SUMMARY:34th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates by Debbie Stothard
DESCRIPTION:On 13 September 2023 at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time)\, SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) and Mizzima will hold the 34th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This update series was started soon after the coup d’état in Myanmar with the aim of contributing 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 two years 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. The now-monthly updates in 2023 are going to restart with one of our previous resource persons Debbie Stothard who has been much appreciated by the public for her comprehensive reviews of the evolving situation. \nTo participate\, tune in for the monthly update planned for 13 September at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time) via Zoom (Link: https://bit.ly/MyanmarUpdates2023) and Facebook Live on our page: SEA Junction. \nPhoto: Sai Aung Main/ AFP via Mizzima \n  \nSpeaker Profile: \nDebbie Stothard is the coordinator of Alternative Asean Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)\, an NGO campaigning for human rights and democracy in the ASEAN region\, with a particular focus on Burma\, which she founded in 1996. During her 32-year career\, she has worked as a journalist\, community education consultant\, governmental advisor and trainer in Malaysia\, Australia and Thailand. She has participated in democracy building in Burma\, organising advocacy meetings and campaigns on human rights\, in Burma and other ASEAN countries since 1987. These activities led her to work in collaboration with UN and ASEAN institutions as well as several governments in Asia\, North America and Europe. She is also invited by universities\, conferences and media outlets to speak on the Burmese situation. ALTSEAN produces a monthly brief on the coup that can be read at https://www.altsean.org/coupwatch-briefer.html. \n  \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 407-8 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 \nMedia Partner: \nMizzima \nMizzima\, derived from the Pali for middle or moderate and chosen for its inference of an unbiased and independent media\, was established in 1998 in New Delhi\, India\, by veterans of Myanmar’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising. Founder Soe Myint and co-founder Thin Thin Aung participated in the movement for democracy and they were in exile in India as refugees. Since its founding the aim of Mizzima has been to provide high quality news relating to Myanmar while contributing toward freedom of expression and the realization of an inclusive and democratic Myanmar for all the country’s peoples. For more info\, please see: https://www.mizzima.com/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/34th-whatshappeninginmyanmar-monthly-updates-by-debbie-stothard/
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