FORUM-ASIA E-Newsletter December 2020

Issue No. 79, December 2020

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'We must help and support people to speak out whenever they face any form of violations; we need to hear from them and raise their voice to the world'

Read this month's interview with Naw Hser Hser, Secretary General of the Women's League of Burma, FORUM-ASIA's member organisation in Myanmar.

FROM OUR MEMBERS AND PARTNERS

Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights (LILAK), the Philippines - Statement 'Persisting Greed Amidst Tragedy: OceanaGold Philippines Inc'
Awaz Foundation Pakistan - Centre for Development Services, Pakistan - Statement 'Trends and Dynamics of Gender-based Violence during COVID-19'
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Malaysia - Statement 'Suaram condems assassination of Iranian scientist as cowardly terrorism and calls for UN sanctions against State responsible'

FROM THE SECRETARIAT

ASEAN: Press Release 'Ten years on, has the ASEAN Commission of Women and Children (ACWC) fulfilled its mandate?'
Bangladesh: Joint Statement 'Violence against women on the rise amid COVID-19 and rampant impunity'
Thailand: Joint Statement 'Statement on pro-democracy protests on 17 and 25 November'

Visit our website for a complete overview of FORUM-ASIA statements and activities.

FORUM-ASIA has revamped its Human Rights Defender Portal, which is now available online here.

The portal presents an overview of monthly statistics on the violations committed against human rights defenders, based on FORUM-ASIA's daily monitoring and documentation.

About This Month

To commemorate International Human Rights Day on 10 December, FORUM-ASIA is launching a month-long campaign to raise awareness on the role of human rights defenders, especially women, in contributing to a more just and equitable world, and relevant human rights frameworks and systems that are important for the promotion and protection of human rights.

Quote of the month

'Our struggle to change patriarchal norms, values and structural violence has culminated in control over our bodies and physical intregrity'' said Sanjita Timsina, Programme Coordinator at Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC), FORUM-ASIA's member organisation in Nepal, in a s ocial media outreach campaign launched in conjunction with the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29 November.

Media Coverage

Systematic genocide of captive Kashmiris in IIOJK a blot on UN Charter (7 November, The Daily Times)

Mianmar: partido de Aung San Suu Kyi deve sair vitorioso en eleções legislativas (9 November, Uol.com)

ASIA/TAILANDIA - La protesta de los "patos amarillos": democracia y menos privilegios para la Corona (28 November, Agencia Fides)

in the lead up to Myanmar's general elections on 8 November 2020, FORUM-ASIA published its #FAagainstHateSpeech poster series.

The posters are drawn from its briefing paper 'Pervasive Hate Speech and the Role of Facebook in Myanmar’

About Us

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is a Bangkok-based regional network of 81 member organisations across 21 Asian countries, with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and consultative relationship with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.

Founded in 1991, FORUM-ASIA works to strengthen movements for human rights and sustainable development through research, advocacy, capacity-development and solidarity actions in Asia and beyond. It has sub-regional offices in Geneva, Jakarta, and Kathmandu.

Learn more on FORUM-ASIA's work through the 2019 Annual Report, or find more info at www.forum-asia.org

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