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AGENDA and ADF advocated for the implementation of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 with ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD)
September 23, 2020
On September 22, Tolhas Damanik from AGENDA and Lim Puay Tiak from ADF participated in the Open Session of the 16th SOMSWD Meeting that was moderated by the SOMSWD Philippines. In the 15-minute open session, Tolhas and Lim introduced AGENDA and ADF as a DPO networks coalition in ASEAN advocating disability rights in…
AGENDA and ADF virtually participated in the 15th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and Development
September 23, 2020
On September 21, AGENDA together with the ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) participated in the 15th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and Development and presented on the impacts of the COVID19 pandemic on the lives of persons with disabilities and their families including the loss of jobs, mental and financial instability at…
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…
Launching of PPDI’s Short Film Competition
September 26, 2019
On September 25, AGENDA partner in Indonesia, PPDI, launched a 'Short Film Competition' with the theme of Fulfillment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Implementing ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 to Achieve an Inclusive Indonesia at Ministry of Foreign Affairs premises.There were 52 people attended the launching event. Before the short film…
AGENDA at ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People Forum 2019
September 13, 2019
On September 10-12, AGENDA attended the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum 2019 in Bangkok. The theme was “Advancing Peoples’ Movement for Justice, Peace, Equality, Sustainability and Democracy in Southeast Asia.” AGENDA held a session called “The ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Creating Civil Society Partnership for Inclusive and Diverse Political Participation” on September…
Public-Private-People Conference on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025
September 12, 2019
AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor spoke at the Public-Private-People (PPP) conference on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 on September 11, with the theme of “Working Together,” hosted by the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) in Singapore. The conference brought together government officials, industry and business sector representatives, non-government organization…
Conference on the implementation of ASEAN Enabling Masterplan in Thailand
September 10, 2019
AGENDA partner, the Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB), hosted a conference on the “Implementation of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan in Thailand” on September 9, 2019. Fifty-eight participants, 29 of which were women, attended the conference in Bangkok. The participants discussed the implementation of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of…
NCBM 2nd Regional Masterplan Awareness Workshop in Sabah, Malaysia
August 28, 2019
National Council for the Blind, Malaysia (NCBM) hosted its second regional awareness workshop in Kinabalu, Sabah. 86 participants attended the workshop, 44 of which were women, representing 11 non-government organizations (NGOs) and 22 government agencies. NCBM introduced the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Masterplan) and consulted…
Public Dialogue on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan in Indonesia
August 8, 2019
AGENDA partner, the Indonesian Disabled People’s Association (PPDI), organized a public dialogue on the Masterplan in Jakarta on August 7. The dialogue was attended by 91 participants, 38 of which were women, representing various DPOs, universities, political parties, government bodies, and media outlets. Edi Suharto, the General Director of Social Rehabilitation at the…
