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Mapping the Vision: ASCC Launches a Robust Monitoring and Evaluation System

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The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2025 is a comprehensive roadmap towards realising an ASEAN Community that engages and benefits the peoples and is inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and dynamic by 2025. It is guiding policy frameworks and institutions for ASEAN Member States, and enhancing and strengthening their commitments and activities to achieve their targets across … Mapping the Vision: ASCC Launches a Robust Monitoring and Evaluation System

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council: Charts Strategic Directions for ASCC Beyond 2025

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The 31st ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting was convened on 24 March 2024 in Luang Prabang, the Lao PDR. It was attended by ministers and representatives from 10 ASEAN Member States, including Timor-Leste as Observer and the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. The meeting deliberated on the Lao PDR ASCC chairmanship priorities … ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council: Charts Strategic Directions for ASCC Beyond 2025

Nguyễn Trần Thủy Tiên: Nothing about the Deaf without the Deaf

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Forty-year-old Nguyễn Trần Thủy Tiên’s lifelong dream was to become a teacher. Shortly after completing her master’s degree in Sign Language Education at Gallaudet University, United States, through the World Deaf Leadership Scholarship in 2016, she landed her dream job. Yet, upon returning to Viet Nam, she was confronted with the persistent barriers facing the … Nguyễn Trần Thủy Tiên: Nothing about the Deaf without the Deaf

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

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Gemma Ambuyoc, 38, did not have an easy life growing up. Born out of wedlock, Gemma was raised by her grandmother, who struggled to support her. “I would not have been able to finish high school without my teacher, who gave me a job and a place to live,” Gemma recalled.

Old Age Poverty and Active Ageing in ASEAN: Trends and Opportunities

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Poverty in Old Age The current method of tracking old-age poverty involves disaggregating the current poverty measure according to age. However, poverty in later life is not the same as it is in youth and early adulthood. Older people are less likely to emerge from long-term poverty because of receding capability, deteriorating health, and limited … Old Age Poverty and Active Ageing in ASEAN: Trends and Opportunities

From Local to Global: Malaysia and ASEAN Address Poverty in the 21st Century

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While we often describe or ascribe income values when discussing poverty, there is a recognition that poverty is a multidimensional concept (Saidatulakmal Mohd et al, 2018). Income can be useful as an indicator to capture general trends. In Malaysia, the income-based categories of wealth, such as the T20, M40, or B40, are also useful for … From Local to Global: Malaysia and ASEAN Address Poverty in the 21st Century

6th ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Leadership Awards

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Every two years, ASEAN hands out the ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Leadership Awards to outstanding private sector and non-government or civil society actors in each ASEAN Member State. Winners are chosen for their impact on rural communities and poverty reduction; innovative approaches to addressing rural development challenges; sustainability, scalability, and replicability of anti-poverty … 6th ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Leadership Awards