Every year, the 31st of January is recognized as Street Children’s Day. We at EngageMedia would like to commemorate this day by highlighting some videos on street children in Myanmar.
When a group of us “organizational security practitioners”* gathered in Prague this February, we were cautiously optimistic about what we could achieve.
The seventh Barcamp in Yangon, Myanmar, called the “Colorful Barcamp”, was held at the MICT Park with over 5000 participants from 30-31 January 2016.
The ‘1965 Tragedy’ that happened fifty years ago in Indonesia is considered the worst tragedy in the political history of Indonesia. The incident claimed the lives of over a million victims from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
On 27 November 2015 in Leiden, The Netherlands, KITLV, or the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Carribean Studies, held a seminar titled ‘EngageMedia’s Papuan Voices: Video and Empowerment’.
Indonesia is slipping back to darker days in its history when restrictions and surveillance were more prevalent.
Expert speakers at the Digital Laws Update, a public forum held in Bangkok, Thailand on 17 October 2015, presented their critique of pending internet laws in Thailand. The event was hosted by EngageMedia and the Foundation for Internet and Civic Culture.
In March 2015, EngageMedia partnered with Access and the Foundation for Media Alternatives to conduct RightsCon Southeast Asia, a digital rights conference that brought together 600 participants from the region and beyond. Over the three-day event, there were several side meetings to discuss country-specific issues and potential collaborations with regards to internet rights. One of the results of those meetings was an emerging Indonesian network of digital rights activists.
Check out a live results map of the 2015 Myanmar election
