Application Announcement for the 1st Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Summer Camp Title: “Imagining 'Inter-Asian-ness' beyond Neo-liberalism” l Dates: 2008. 6.30~7.3. l Venue: Yonsei University, Seoul l Organizer: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society l Co-organizers: Korean National University of Arts(School of film, tv, and multimedia), Sungkonghoe University(Institute for East Asian Studies), Yonsei University(Graduate Program in Culture and Gender Studies and Graduate School of Communication and Arts) l Contacts: E-mail, ; Website, www.inter-asia.net
Regional School on Democracy and Democratization in Asia
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 03 July 2007
Regional School on Democracy and Democratization in Asia Jointly Organized by SungKongHoe University and ARENA
A regional school on Democracy and Democratization in Asia has been organized within the framework of the MA course in Inter-Asia NGO Studies (MAINS), SungKongHoe University, Seoul. The course looks into the dynamics of societal changes and examines how people’s learning has been influencing the processes of democratization and social change. Practical learning from people’s participation in democratization processes and movements and resistance against hostile forces based on participants' experience is another important dimension of the course. Learning from the grassroots development organizations is another major feature of the course.
A Call for the Campaign Against Exploitative Migration and Human Trafficking
Written by Administrator
Monday, 11 June 2007
A Call for the Campaign Against Exploitative Migration and Human Trafficking: Towards Just and Sustainable Development
ARENA decided to join the IMADR appeal, A call for the Campaign Against Exploitative Migration and Human Trafficking. Full text is below.
Exploitative migration caused by neo-liberal globalization
Nowadays, neo-liberal globalization tends to be increasingly feminized and informalized, due to the polarization of the global economy where the rich get richer and the poor poorer. This is one of the root causes of exploitative migration including human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
Gwangju International Peace Forum / East Asian Human Rights Forum 2007
Members of ARENA MAINS Curriculum Development Project, Dessa Quesada, Francis Loh, Mohiuddin Ahmad, Hilmar Farid, and Francis Lee, participated in the event (MAINS is an MA course in SKH University in Korea offered by ARENA and the hosting university).
On April 19, 2007, ARENA co-hosted “Migration and Marriage in Asia,” a workshop aimed at raising awareness about the marriage migration phenomenon in Vietnam, while building partnerships with local Vietnamese NGOS and other international organizations. ARENA Program Convener (“Three-year cooperation among marriage-migrant groups for new citizenship of marriage-migrant women in Asia--Marriage Migration in Asia”) Le Thi Quy first initiated the event in coordination with the Center for Gender and Development (RCGAD) and Hanoi University for Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH). The workshop was part of ARENA’s Marriage Migration in Asia program, the first of its kind to be held in Vietnam on the marriage migration issue.
