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On 11 April 2023 at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 29th #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. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as…

This online event will focus on Filipino women’s migration to Europe and be held on 20 April 2023 at 4.00-5.30 pm (Bangkok Time) on Zoom (Link: http://bit.ly/SEA-EUROPE-MIGRATION) and Facebook Live: SEA-Junction and GAATW page. Focus is on social integration in two European countries with significant Philippine migrant population. Krisanta Caguioa-Mönnich, a language and cultural mediator at Ban Ying, will discuss the situation in Germany, while Marissa Begonia, Director at The Voice of Domestic Workers, will talk about Britain, while (for…

On 26 April 2023 at 5.30-7.00 pm, the book “African Migration to Thailand: Race, Mobility and Integration” will be discussed at SEA Junction as part of the Wednesday SEA Mobilities Seminar in collaboration with the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) of Mahidol University In-House Wednesday Seminar and the Mahidol Migration Center. The book based on exploratory ethnographic research, analyzes the experiences of African migrants in Thailand, a topic so far barely studied. Thailand has always been a regional…

On 11 May 2023 at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) will hold the 30th #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. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as…

On 17 May 2023 at 5.30-7.00 pm, SEA Junction is highlighting a growing human trafficking crisis in Mainland Southeast Asia. Since 2020, across the Mekong region, particularly in Cambodia, Laos and ever more in conflict-torn Myanmar, industrial-scale online scam mills and online illegal casinos have been expanding, luring low-wage workers from across the region. Malaysian, Indonesian, Philippine, Vietnamese, and Thai nationals, but also people from South Asia, East Asia and Africa have been trafficked and forced to work and commit…

Insein Prison is infamously known as Myanmar’s primary jail. Built by British colonialists in 1887 with a circular panopticon design to closely control detainees, it has a decade-long history of being used for repression of political dissidents by the military especially during the 1988-2011 period. Since the 2021 coup, Insein Prison has again received thousands of political prisoners, who have been tortured, incarcerated in inhumane conditions, with some condemned to death and executed. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), as…

Insein Prison is infamously known as Myanmar’s primary jail. Built by British colonialists in 1887 with a circular panopticon design to closely control detainees, it has a decade-long history of being used for repression of political dissidents by the military especially during the 1988-2011 period. Since the 2021 coup, Insein Prison has again received thousands of political prisoners, who have been tortured, incarcerated in inhumane conditions, with some condemned to death and executed. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), as…

Event Background The book “Who Cares? COVID-19 Social Protection Response in Southeast Asia” to be launched at SEA Junction on 2 June at 5.30 - 7.30 pm documents how the pandemic in Southeast Asia laid bare the entrenched wealth and welfare inequities in society and their diverse implications for the well-being and safety of the various segments of the population as well as the social protection responses to the crises. In mainland Southeast Asia, the human toll was initially limited…