ASEAN People’s Forum

7 Nov 2020
Kornkanok Khumta, an activist from Women for Freedom and Democracy, made a bold move during her online speech at the ASEAN People’s Forum 2020 (APF) opening ceremony by mentioning the disappearances of Thai refugees in Laos and Vietnam.
30 Mar 2012
Four workshops organized by civil society organizations were forced late last night to move their workshops to La Palaranda hotel, away from the main venue of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ASEAN People’s Forum (APF), the Lucky Star Hotel (on Street 336, Phnom Penh). Three of the workshops dealt with land rights, eviction and environment issues and the fourth focused on Burma’s currentpolitical and human rights situation and the challenges this poses to the country’s chairmanship of ASEAN in 2014.
7 May 2011
(7 May 2011, Jakarta) As of 1.30 p.m. on 7th of May 2011, the struggle to establish a genuine and meaningful dialogue between Civil Society and ASEAN’s Heads of Government at 4.00 p.m. today remains a stark and troubling reality. Up until 3.30 a.m. this morning (7th May 2011), the country delegates representing the peoples of ASEAN through the ACSC/APF process were still not given clear and official indication that the leaders will respect the rights of civil society from individual countries and ASEAN as a whole, to choose their representatives.
5 May 2011
Climate change and its impacts could no longer be viewed as mere environmental concerns. Climate change is now a reality in the daily lives of the people in the ASEAN region, as their livelihoods and means of sustenance, their habitats, their communities and resources which are their lifeblood are threatened.  A fundamental reality in the current climate crisis is that the majority, especially the poor—particularly women—who have consumed less and contributed very little to the climate crisis, are the ones that are greatly affected by its impacts.
4 May 2011
Jakarta, May 3 - A session intended to help participants of the APF/ACSC to understand Idnoesia, drove home the common experience of people in ASEAN. At Plenary 3 titled “ASEAN Today: What Role for Indonesia?”, the stories and insights shared by speakers resonated with all nationalities in the hall, because they highlighted the common problem of people being exploited as commodities and denied protection by their governments.  
4 May 2011
JAKARTA, May 3 – ASEAN policies are at odds with the needs and desires of the majority of people in Southeast Asia, making urgent the need to advance peoples’ alternatives, said a panel of speakers at this year’s ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF).
4 May 2011
Jakarta, May 3 – The first plenary session on the first day of the 2011 ASEAN Peoples’ Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference (APF/ACSC) focused on the trends and challenges towards a ‘people-centered’ ASEAN. Indonesia’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nur Hassan Wirajuda and Focus on the Global South’s Senior Associate Ms. Jenina Joy Chavez shared their views on the process to a more people-centered ASEAN. Points made will serve as food for thought for further discussions and deeper analysis during the workshops scheduled later on this week.
18 Oct 2009
A delegation of Burma civil society actors organized by the Task Force on ASEAN and Burma (TFAB) are attending the ASEAN People’s Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference in Cha-am, Thailand, on October 18-20, days before the ASEAN Summit. The APF/ACSC has been reformatted to create greater opportunities for interaction between civil society and ASEAN senior officials. Burma’s civil society groups are calling on ASEAN to address the SPDC’s violations of the regional body’s Charter. 
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