Women in Action articles from December 2006

Women in Action archives from December 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2006... In the midst of the proposed regional integration, ASEAN--the organisation and the region--is facing one of its greatest challenges so far. While the ASEAN governments are hoping for an integration that is merely economic in nature, the civil...

The search for alternative regionalism in Southeast Asia.
December 1, 2006... When the Association of Southeast Asia, Nations (ASEAN) was formed in 1967, the original members did not have all a priori vision of what they, wanted the Association to be. It would take another 30 years before the vision of an ASEAN Community...

Moving from impunity to accountability.
December 1, 2006... Ancients say, "War is a vanishing point of law, and before arms, the laws fall silent." The countries of Southeast Asia know this well. The culture of impunity in times of war and internal conflict has been horrifically evident in the...

Burma's choice, ASEAN's dilemma: "disciplined democracy" vs. "diversity in democracy".
December 1, 2006... Introduction There has been a protracted political impasse in Burma between a military regime on the one hand and an ethno-nationalist and pro-democratic political opposition on the other. This stalemate rests on fundamentally opposing...

ASEAN's emergency rice reserve schemes: current developments and prospects for engagement.
December 1, 2006... The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted a food reserve scheme to ensure food security in the face of unexpected instabilities in supply and production brought by a gamut of factors, through the ASEAN Emergency Rice Reserve in...

Is the ASEAN environment for information technology (IT) conducive to creating wealth for people in the region.(ComMuniTy & IndePenDent MediA)
December 1, 2006... Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers (TelMin) With the rapid development of the communications and the information and communication technology (ICT) sector worldwide, the Telecommunications and Information Technology...

Asian Freedom Film Festival 2006.(ComMuniTy & IndePenDent Media)
December 1, 2006... Using film as an alternative medium to put its message across, specifically to mainstream issues of migrant workers in the Southeast Asian region, was the goal of the first Asian Freedom Film Festival. In spite of the threat of a storm and the...

William Gois speaks on Asian films and ASEAN feats.(We'vE gOt Male)(Interview)
December 1, 2006... WIA had the chance to chat with William Gois, migrant forum in Asia's regional coordinator, as he shared his thoughts on the asian freedom film festival and ASEAN, in general. Why did you organise this film festival? Our target...

Debbie Stothard on identity, citizenship and media.(One On One)
December 1, 2006... Debbie Stothard, coordinator of Southeast Asia-based Altsean Burma--the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma, talks about how media binders as well as facilitates participation of citizens in democracy. As she put it, "media call be quite...

If I were an ASEAN woman ...(TaLking PoiNts)
December 1, 2006... This paper was delivered at a preparatory ASEAN Civil Society Conference meeting in the Philippines last October 2006, entitled "Facing the Challenges of Regional Integration." Let me begin with what I grasp to be the predominant force that...

Political space for advocacy in the South East Asian region: in March 2007, the South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) will release a book based on their project, "Research on Political Space for Advocacy in the South East Asian Region.".(Isis PreviEws)
December 1, 2006... In Southeast Asia today, political space is present in widely varying degrees, reflecting not only the heterogeneous nature of existing political systems in the region, but also the varying levels in which the project of political modernity has...

The multiple faces of Civil Society in Southeast Asia.(PhoTo EssAy)
December 1, 2006... Indeed, the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) established its level of independence from its parallel organisation by allowing the event to take place at all--while the ASEAN itself opted to cancel its scheduled Leaders Summit, the ASEAN...

Civil society commitment and call to action.
December 1, 2006... * The challenge of building a regional community is complex. Equally challenging is the task of monitoring and exacting accountability from the national and regional institutions that claim to lead the building of this community on our behalf....