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27 Mar 2024
Health and COVID-19, Social Protection
The ASEAN Economic Community Digest: Developing Sustainable Tourism in a Post COVID-19 ASEAN
The tourism sector is a significant contributor to the ASEAN Economy. Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the travel and tourism industry generated approximately 12 per cent of ASEAN’s combined GDP and provided jobs to 42 million ASEAN people (ADB, 2
4 Sep 2023
Social Protection
Ageing Well in Singapore, Lessons for Southeast Asia
An ageing population presents a multi-faceted and complex challenge with profound implications. According to the United Nations, a country is “ageing” if more than 7 per cent of its population is aged 65 years and above, “aged” if it exceeds 14 per cen
4 Sep 2023
Social Protection
Harnessing Care Economy for ASEAN’s Sustainability
As ASEAN embarks towards post-2025, conversations on what is next and what is needed for ASEAN in the next 25 years and beyond, have already started. We also continue to ponder the age-old question, “What does it mean to be a part of ASEAN?”
4 Sep 2023
Health and COVID-19, Social Protection
Impact of Demographic Shifts on Health Care and Social Protection
22 May 2023
Children, Education, Gender
Gender Barriers in Education and Health: A Story from East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
The ASEAN region has made progress in many sectors, but challenges remain, especially in the area of girls’ and women’s access to health and education. Meryana (not her real name) is a 12-year old girl from Noinbila, a small village in South Central T
22 May 2023
Gender, Social Protection
Advancing Sustainable Development through Gender-sensitive Governance
The 2022 ASEAN SDG Snapshot Report highlighted ASEAN’s progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to the pandemic, the region is likely to fall short on Goa
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23 Aug 2022
Children, Education, Social Protection
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.
19 Aug 2022
Children, Gender
Hou Nirmita
ACWC is a consultative body that supports the work of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development. ACWC Chair and Cambodian Ministry of Women’s Affairs Under Secretary Hou Nirmita talks about the role of the Commission in securing t
19 Aug 2022
Children, Social Protection
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 acces
12 Apr 2022
Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development, Social Protection
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.
3 Mar 2022
Education, Social Protection
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 pla
24 May 2021
Gender, Health and COVID-19, Social Protection
Mohammad Naciri
UN Women Asia and the Pacific Regional Director Mohammad Naciri discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women, efforts to implement a gender-fair and gendersensitive pandemic recovery plan, and the continuing partnership between UN Women and ASE
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28 May 2024
Health and COVID-19, Social Protection
Rethinking Health Advocacy with Pingann Oung
Thirty-one year-old Pingann Oung is a prominent social media influencer in Cambodia, known for promoting healthy lifestyles and overall well-being. His rise to fame began unexpectedly as an advocate for women’s health, which quickly garnered him a subs
27 Mar 2024
Social Protection
Nguyễn Trần Thủy Tiên: Nothing about the Deaf without the Deaf
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 la
23 Mar 2023
Social Protection, Youth
Margianta Surahman J.D. : Youth activist, Emancipate Indonesia
In 2021, an online petition called #LindungiKurir, revealed troubling work conditions of Indonesian couriers. It quickly went viral. The petition stated that these platform workers were often verbally and physically threatened by Cash On Delivery (COD)
26 Aug 2022
Children, Education
Story Books by Children for Children
Children relate their experiences and feelings in the most fascinating and amusing ways. But their stories are often insightful and profound, giving us a glimpse of how they view the world. During the pandemic, the view for Hannah and Callum Goh and Za
23 Aug 2022
Children, Education
Online Learning
One hundred fifty-two million students in the region were forced to shift to remote and online learning when the COVID-19 pandemic led to prolonged school closures. Eight children share how they coped with this abrupt transition and what they liked or
23 Aug 2022
Children, Health and COVID-19
On the COVID-19 Pandemic
Five children candidly share how the pandemic affected their daily lives, how it altered their views and attitudes, and what lessons they learned from the experience.
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