FUNDED BY
Category: Article
Awareness Campaign on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan in Cambodia
November 30, 2019
On November 29, ASEAN Disability Forum, in collaboration with AGENDA partner the Cambodia Disabled People Organization (CDPO), held its first pilot awareness campaign to promote the Masterplan in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Seventy-seven participants attended, 20 of which were women. The campaign included an open-for-public exhibition where Cambodian DPOs s presented on their organization…
Open Session at the 14th SOMSWD Meeting
November 21, 2019
On November 20, Tolhas Damanik, AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor, and Lim Puay Tiak, Chairperson of ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF), attended the open session with SOMSWD focal points during the 14th SOMSWD meeting in Lao PDR. Since September 2019, AGENDA and ADF, through the ASEAN Secretariat, had requested to have an open session with…
AGENDA and the 14th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and Development
November 19, 2019
On November 18, AGENDA team participated in the 14th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and Development themed ‘Strengthening Social Protection on Vulnerable Children in ASEAN’ held in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Tolhas Damanik, AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor, was one of the panelists of the forum and shared several points of our recommendations on…
HILC Workshop on Identifying Priorities of the Masterplan
November 8, 2019
On November 7, Hanoi Independent Living Center (HILC) conducted a workshop on identifying priorities of ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025, which was attended by 17 participants including 9 women. Former Vietnam representative to ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), Ambassador Nguyen Thi Nha, led a session on the Masterplan, its importance and role…
MILI Meetings with Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement
October 30, 2019
On October 29, MILI and five other DPOs held an in-person meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement (MoSWRR) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The meeting discussed several points, including ways to engage relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the Masterplan in Myanmar…
MILI Advocacy Workshop
October 24, 2019
On October 23, MILI hosted an advocacy workshop for 19 participants from the 18 DPOs that had attended the policy platform workshop, including four women. During the workshop, MILI presented its legal framework analysis on the harmonization of the 2008 Myanmar Constitution with the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons…
MILI Policy Platform Workshop
October 23, 2019
On October 22, MILI conducted its policy platform workshop, which was attended by 20 participants from 18 disabled people’s organizations (DPOs) in Myanmar, including five women. The workshop was led by MILI staff who had participated in the policy platform training on October 17. The workshop yielded five priority advocacy areas: education, employment, access to justice, elections…
NCBM 3rd Regional Masterplan Awareness Workshop in Sarawak, Malaysia
October 21, 2019
On October 15, AGENDA partner, the National Council for the Blind Malaysia (NCBM), conducted its final series of regional awareness workshops in Kuching, Sarawak to raise public awareness on the Masterplan at the state level. 21 participants joined, including five women, from nine DPOs; the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development; the…
CDPO National Conference on Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Cambodia
October 21, 2019
On October 11, General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) partner, Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), held a national conference on mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities in Phnom Penh attended by 101 participants, including 29 women participants. Four government officials from the Ministry of Health; Ministry of Women’s Affairs; Ministry of…
