by GC Asia Pacific | Jan 11, 2021 | News and Events
Be part of change. Study human rights. The Asia Pacific MA in Human Rights and Democratisation (APMA) is a one-year interdisciplinary program that highloghts the inseprable links between human rights, democracy, peace, and development in the Asia Pacific region. The...
by GC Asia Pacific | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog
Kenny Hendero Yudo, APMA 2020, Indonesia Everyone can agree that education is a necessary step in every child’s development. It is one of our first experiences in getting to know more and more about the world around us. Not only does it affect our worldview, but it is...
by GC Asia Pacific | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog
Sharmila Bhandar, APMA 2020, Nepal The term “chaupadi” might be a little-known word for the people living outside Nepal, but it has profound implications on Nepali women’s rights, especially in the country’s western region. It is the ritual that isolates menstruating...
by GC Asia Pacific | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog
Graciela Ann Awkit, APMA 2020 Philippines Since 2019, there was–again–a big push in the Philippine congress to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in the country, from 15 to 9 years old. Yes, 9 years old. This has caused national...
by GC Asia Pacific | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog
Mubei Li, APMA 2020, China A video of a group of maskless people parading through a Target store in Florida in the USA went viral on social media last September 2020. In the video, one of the protesters can be heard saying “If you want to wear a mask and think (it)...
by GC Asia Pacific | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog
Yogi Paramitha, APMA 2020, Indonesia Indonesia has a high rate of violence against women. In this patriarchal society, women are seen as the second-class citizen in which their rights are very often being overlooked. According to the National Commission on the...
