Anisa | Focus on the Global South

Civil Society under the Marcos-Duterte Administration

Posted by Anisa | Jul 21, 2023 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements

By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...

[UPCOMING EVENT] Learning from Herstories and Histories; Shaping Futures

Posted by Anisa | Jul 20, 2023 | Announcement, Asia/World, Event, Social Movements

(ภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) In the occasion of our launch of new research collaboration project “A Peoples’...

43 signatories have called on the Indian Government to not formally accept the June 2022 WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

Posted by Anisa | Jul 19, 2023 | India, Media Release, Trade and Investment

Against the backdrop of the ongoing fisheries subsidies negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), 43 signatories have called on the Indian Government to not formally accept the June 2022 WTO Agreement on Fisheries...

Advancing accountability and justice through the legally binding instrument (LBI)

Posted by Anisa | Jul 18, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Opinion/Analysis

by Joseph Purugganan* Good afternoon and good evening from the Philippines Thank...

[FS4P] Social Movements and Indigenous Peoples Oppose the UN Food Systems Summit and Call for True Food Systems Change

Posted by Anisa | Jul 18, 2023 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release

Originally posted on People’s Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit website here....

70 families forced out of evacuation site amid agrarian dispute in Sumalo

Posted by Anisa | Jul 17, 2023 | Climate & Environment, Media Release, Philippines, Power and Democracy

17 July 2023 PHILIPPINES—Amid heavy rains, more than 70 families from Barangay Sumalo located in...

1SAMBUBUNGAN Statement on the Designation of IPs as Terrorists

Posted by Anisa | Jul 14, 2023 | Alternative Regionalisms, Peace and Security, Philippines, Social Movements, Statement, The Commons

Indigenous Peoples are under attack. Again. Using the Anti-Terror Law, the all-powerful...

Thailand on the Brink of Change

Posted by Anisa | Jul 10, 2023 | Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Thailand

By Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn and Walden Bello* The next few days leading up to July 13 will...

Pride 2023: Celebrations and Protests in the Philippines

Posted by Anisa | Jul 7, 2023 | Feature, FOCUS Dispatch, Philippines, Social Movements, Women

Pride 2023 in the Philippines was marked with simultaneous actions and events across the country,...

Standing Up for Justice

Posted by Anisa | Jul 5, 2023 | FOCUS Dispatch, Graphics, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Social Movements

Artwork by Kyaw Linn Story by CDMer (Health Professional) The story is part of “Living the...

Sama-Sama: A Celebration of People’s Music from Asia

Posted by Anisa | Jul 3, 2023 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Blog Post, Event, Social Movements

Written by: Anisa Widyasari Pictures provided by Asian Music for People’s Peace and Progress...

Time to seek justice, not hand out the Nobel Prize, for economic crimes

Posted by Anisa | Jun 12, 2023 | Announcement, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines

The following is the acceptance speech of Amnesty International Philippines’ “Most Distinguished...

CSO Letter to the Commerce Minister on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and India joining the trade pillar

Posted by Anisa | May 26, 2023 | India, Media Release, Trade and Investment

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity or IPEF is a US led trade agreement with expansive rules on regulatory issues of which India is a partner country. The IPEF Ministerial is supposed to take place in Detroit, US...