The Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRN), a consortium of academic institutions which provide human rights education through study programs, research and outreach activities within the Southeast Asian region, is organizing a conference entitled "The First International Conference on Human Rights in Southeast Asia." The conference will be held on 14 - 15 October 2010 in Bangkok. The conference intends to bring together academics, researchers, graduate and post-graduate students, civil society organizations and government and inter-government agency representatives who work on the research and greater understanding of human rights in Southeast Asia. It seeks to enrich the knowledge and discourse on contemporary human rights in Southeast Asia through a dynamic dialogue among stakeholders from the academia, civil society and governments. It further aims to provide a venue to explore the ways researchers and civil society have begun to make critical contributions to deepening the understanding of human rights-based framework and actual issues through in-depth engagement with localized sites within the Southeast Asian region. As human rights is an emerging area of study at universities and academic institutes in Southeast Asia, the conference aims to provide a venue for the increasing body of research work being done by academics, researchers and graduate students on human rights in Southeast Asia. For further information, please contact:
SEAHRN c/o Center for Human Rights Studies and Social Development (CHRSD), Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 73170; ph (662) 4414125 ext 400, 401; fax (66-2) 8892151; e-mail: seahrn@gmail.com; www.seahrn.org
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will organize its annual Asia Pacific NGO Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (UNSRVAW) on 29-30 November 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Recognizing that women experience multiple, simultaneous and aggravated discrimination as a result of their multiple identities, the theme of the 2010 Asia Pacific NGO Consultation will address intersectional and multiple discrimination experienced by women and its consequences on fulfillment of women's equality in this region. The discussion and findings of the Consultation will serve to inform national and regional mechanisms and international level mechanisms including the annual report of the UNSRVAW. The Consultation has the following objectives:
Beyond these objectives, the Consultation will also identify the challenges posed by the patriarchal systems and institutions that reinforce the compounding subordination of women, as well as the gaps that exist between women's lived reality and universal human rights. Attendance at the consultation is by invitation- only. For further information on the consultation, please contact:
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), 189/3 Changklan Road, Amphoe Muang, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; ph (66 53) 284527, 284856; fax (66 53) 280847; e-mail : misun@apwld.org