Social development
Exploring gender dimensions of water insecurity and governance in the Lower Mekong Region
Experiences of water insecurity vary depending on identity issues including gender, ethnicity, race, class and age. While women play significant roles in managing water resources, their contributions are often overlooked. This discussion brief outlines some approaches to inclusive decision making within water governance mechanisms. Read ...
TIJ-UNODC Borderless Youth Forum
TIJ-UNODC, with a team from Standford d.school, invite Asia Pacific youths to join in this first ever TIJ-UNODC Borderless Youth Forum 2019. This Forum adopts techniques taught at Design Across Borders, a Stanford d.school class. This technique allows participants to dive deep into local justice challenges, ...
The Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia
A new book titled: “The Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia”, written for Minority Rights Group International (MRG) based in London, discusses issues that indigenous and tribal peoples of Asia are facing, including complex threats to their survival as ...
Public Good or Private Wealth? - Oxfam Briefing Paper
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day – while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent. ‘Public Good or Private Wealth’ shows the growing gap between rich ...
Forging Careers in Human Rights Information Security Today
The survey aimed to get a clearer picture of the systemic infrastructure within which information security trainers and capacity builders work today. Research was structured around consultations with practitioners supporting human rights organizations, in different professional roles, circumstances and contexts. The investigation focused on identifying existing resources and frameworks ...
CSEAS fellowships for visiting research scholars 2019
Seven fellowships, including one librarian position, will become available on the following dates: 1) September 1, 2019 2) October 1, 2019 3) January 8, 2020 4) January 16, 2020 5) March 1, 2020 Applicants must be productive scholars of high reputation under 65 years of age at the time of the fellowship appointment; those over 65 ...
2019 EarthRights School Application
The EarthRights School (ERS) is a training program for civil society advocates from Myanmar and the Mekong region who are working on environmental and human rights issues. The theme of the seven-month program is “Community Leadership for Earth Rights.” The curriculum integrates storytelling and legal ...
The world’s largest crowd-sourced dataset of online abuse against women
Using crowdsourcing, data science and machine learning to measure violence and abuse against women on Twitter, the findings of Troll Patrol project is a joint effort by human rights researchers, technical experts and thousands of online volunteers to build the world’s largest crowd-sourced dataset of online ...
The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2019 Calls for Papers
The Organising Committee of The Asian Conference on Education & International Development (ACEID) is calling for abstract submissions. The 2019 conference theme for ACEID is “Independence & Interdependence”, and invites reflections on the desirability, extent and limits on independence and autonomy for ourselves, our students, and ...
16 days of activism
From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The ...
