Welcome to AsiaDHRRA

Thailand has traditionally been a major exporter of rice and other major agricultural products such as sugarcane. As much as two-thirds of the country’s population live in the rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihood. However, agriculture accounts for a mere 10 per cent of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP), well behind the [...]

A downloadable template for conducting documentation:
1. Suggested template for documentation

More readings on empowering rural women:
1. Feminization of Agriculture: Trends and Driving Forces
2. Regional strategies for empowering women (6MB)
3. Strategies for empowering poor women

(NewsTarget) Imagine a tree in your backyard that will meet all your nutritional needs, take care of you medicinally, and purify your water for you. This tree actually exists. For centuries, the natives of northern India and many parts of Africa have known of the many benefits of Moringa oleifera. Its uses are as unique [...]

Downloadable rural poverty reduction monitoring tool:
1. Rural poverty reduction monitoring tool

AsiaDHRRA will attend the Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for Asia and the Pacific for the 16th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) on 26-27 November 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The RIM objective is to articulate Asian and Pacific concerns at the 16th and 17th sessions of the Commission for Sustainable Development, by assessing progress [...]

API or Aliansi Petani Indonesia has a new website up and running at http://api-indonesia.blogspot.com/
The multilingual website offers indonesian and english language versions and showcases the latest news, updates and activities of Indonesia’s largest farmer’s group.

NCCC is set to present the inaugural report on Malaysian consumer complaints for the year 2006.

The Annual Report 2006 is the first consumer complaints report in Malaysian history. The report contains a review and analysis of all consumer complaints which were lodged with the NCCC throughout 2006. It is heartening to note that in 2006, [...]

Below are some downloadable development tools developed or enhanced by Asiadhrra:
1. AsiaDHRRA organizational growth checklist
2. Revised AsiaDHRRA organizational growth monitoring tool

A downloadable tool developed and enhanced by Asiadhrra for conducting inventory of agricultural products:
1. Inventory of Agricultural Product

The 3rd ASEAN + Civil Society Conference or ACSC 3, under the theme “Moving Forward – Building an ASEAN+ People’s Agenda” , took place in Singapore in November 2-4. About 200 participants from civil society organizations and trade unions across Southeast Asia gathered to discuss issues of common concerns to people’s [...]

AsiaDHRRA and PhilDHRRA Luzon conducted an Altour workshop last November 7, 2007 at the PhilDHRRA Partnership Center in Quezon City. The workshop was participated by PhilDHRRA Luzon members who have altour interest and initiatives, namely Fundacion Santiago, Otradev Foundation, LIKAS, ICDAI, ASCODE Foundation, NORLUCEDEC & Batanes Development Foundation, Inc.
The workshop resulted in [...]

AsiaDHRRA, together with other regional CSO partners in SAPA, participated in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference 2007 held in Singapore in October 27-28 organized by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), a member of the ASEAN ISIS network. The conference was aimed to allow further participation by more groups in ASEAN, as called [...]

AsiaDHRRA co-anchored a panel entitled “Towards Fair Trade In An Integrating ASEAN: Perspectives of Workers, Farmers and Informal Sector” during the 6th ASEAN People’s Assembly 2007 last October 25, 2007 in Manila.
The panel which was well attended focused on the serious social ramifications on small men and women farmers, on workers and on the [...]

AsiaDHRRA initiated a series of brainstorming sessions among fellow CSOs engaging ASEAN as a platform to promote sustainable rural development. The sessions focused on the sharing of plans vis-à-vis ASEAN advocacy; concerns/ gaps or areas to strengthen in own work vis-à-vis current engagement; areas for possible cooperation and identifying possible next steps/activities.
The idea of strengthening [...]