Child Undernutrition Why It Matters
ASEAN’s aspiration to produce a highly skilled and productive workforce to prop up economic growth may be in peril.
Articles Category: Social Protection
The Care Economy
Creating Jobs, Bringing ASEAN Closer to SDGs
Luu Quang Tuan
Bullying of children is becoming a pervasive concern in the region. Director General Luu Quang Tuan shares with The ASEAN, some of the initiatives started by ASEAN to protect children from bullying, both online and offline.
Baykham Khattiya
Minister Khattiya provides an overview of ASEAN’s goals and strategies for upholding the rights and advancing the well-being of children in the region. She talks about the progress made in terms of protecting children from violence and increasing access to education. She also cites ongoing challenges, such as poverty and inequality, that affect children’s welfare.
ASEAN Children-led Change
A child shall have the right to Children have the right to think for The ASEAN Ministers of Social Welfare and freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, … ASEAN Children-led Change
Older Women Workers in Southeast Asia’s Informal Economy
Dimensions of Rural Development and Poverty Eradication The ASEAN Framework Action Plan on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2021 – 2025
In the realm of rural development and poverty eradication under the ASEAN Cooperation Framework on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication, two levels of concrete cooperation mechanisms have been established.
Suharso Monoarfa
Suharso Monoarfa has been actively participating in numerous development projects in the country. Those experiences have shaped his career as well as equipped him with various essential soft skills.
Phoeurng Sackona, PhD
Minister Phoeurng discusses Cambodia’s key policies and programmes to develop and support its creative industries, the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role that the creative industries play in the country’s post-pandemic recovery plan. She also shares her views on how ASEAN can position itself collectively as an important driver in advancing the … Phoeurng Sackona, PhD
ASEAN at A Creative Turn
What is the creative economy? The term invariably evokes multiple meanings, often seen as the nexus of various creative fields, including the arts and culture, science and technology, business and trade. At its root, the creative economy deals in ideas and money (Howkins, 2001).