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AsiaDHRRA has been tapped by the ASEAN Secretariat to anchor the drafting process of the ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Framework Action Plan (RDPE FAP) for 2011-2015.  We are facilitating, together with our national CSO partners and in coordination with the national ASEAN SOMRDPE Focal Points, a series of national consultations this month of [...]

We are releasing another downloadable ebook for your reading pleasure, this time about the Implications of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) on the livelihood and welfare of small stakeholders in Philippine agriculture and industry This research on ATIGA was anchored by AsiaDHRRA for the Trade Advocacy Group (TAG) and was undertaken by Ms. [...]

The following presentations given during the second day (Sept. 28) of the CSO Parallel Meeting to the 30th FAO-APRC held in Gyeongju, Korea are now available for download over at the event website http://csomtgfaoaprckorea.blogspot.com/ Plenary Session 4: The Global Food and Financial Crisis: Lessons and the Way Forward Grassroots Strategies to address the crisis: An [...]

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 lives in the context [...]

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 for [...]

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 [...]

AsiaDHRRA participated in the International Seminar on the Enhancement of Women Farmers’ Role in the Development of Rural Asia organized by the Food and Fertilizer and Technology Center (FFTC) based in Taiwan and the Rural Development Administration (RDA) in Korea last October 2007. The conference brought in about 15 select international delegates and more than [...]

Third ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III) 2-4 November 2007, Singapore Singapore Declaration (Final Version) 1. We, about 200 participants from civil society organizations and trade unions across Southeast Asia gathered at the Third ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III) in Singapore on 2-4 November 2007 to discuss issues of common concerns to people’s lives in the [...]

AsiaDHRRA, in partnership with the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), Focus on the Global South & Third World Network (TWN) will hold a panel session entitled Roadmap Towards a Sustainable Rural Development in ASEAN during the The 3rd ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC3) to be held on 2-4 November 2007, at the [...]

AsiaDHRRA will co-organize 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. It will be held on October 25, 2007 from 8:30-10:00AM at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. The featured panel speakers are Ms. Alice Chang, UNI-APRO (on [...]

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General has been invited by FFTC to present a paper on the role of women in agriculture entitled Ensuring Rural Women’s Voice in Agricultural Policy Formulation at the seminar on Enhancement of Women Farmers’ Role in the Development of Rural Asia to be held on October 15-19, 2007 in Suwon, [...]

AsiaDHRRA has been invited by APHD SA to participate in the 3rd APHD Pan Asia Farmers’ Conference to be held on October 17-25, 2007 in the Province of Bohol located in the central part of the Philippines. The event includes two days of field exposure and community immersion in the Diocese of Talibon; and four [...]