A Successful 30th Anniversary
AsiaDHRRA’s 30th Anniversary DHRRAW conference was successfully concluded, attended by 130 development practioners from 12 Asian countries. The Opening Guest speakers were Secretaries Dinky Juliano- Soliman and Ging Quintos-Deles, representing the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Office of the Presidential Adviser to the Peace Process, respectively. It was a happy occasion to […]
The 5th AsiaDHRRA General Assembly
The 5-day event was capped by the business meeting of AsiaDHRRA’s 5th General Assembly. Updates on the resolutions passed in the 2002 GA in Kuala Lumpur were presented. The Chairperson recalled the network’s key accomplishments for the past two years as presented during the DHRRAW. The GA likewise accepted the DHRRAW outputs and the major […]
MyanDHRRA is newest member of the DHRRA Network
MyanDHRRA, as represented by the SEARSOLIN Alumni Association of Myanmar (SAAM) was ratified as the newest member of the DHRRA network. The members warmly welcomed the MyanDHRRA representatives who vowed to also develop their DHRRA in the coming years. After more than four years of inter-action with SAAM, it was already deemed timely to respond […]
AFA conducts Asian Rice Forum
Thirty two farmers and NGO leaders from ten Asian countries belonging to AsiaDHRRA and AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development) attended the “Asian Forum on Rice: Promoting Sustainable Rice, Upholding the Interests of Small Rice Farmers”, held from August 9-18. The event is part of AFA’s and AsiaDHRRA’s joint Sustainable Rice Campaign, in celebration […]
TaiwanDHRRA OJT
The second DHRRA On-the-Job Trainee arrived in August 02, 2004 from Taiwan. Ms. Shu Hui Tsai, a second liner of TaiwanDHRRA, has a master’s degree in Agribusiness Management from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. She will join the AsiaDHRRA secretariat for one year following an OJT program that was jointly developed by […]
Support Solicited for the AsiaDHRRA Anniversary
Ushering on its three decades of nurturing partnerships, solidarity building and working with rural communities, AsiaDHRRA in a joint project with PhilDHRRA, has solicited the support of corporations, individuals and partners in development by being one of the sponsors/advertisers in the AsiaDHRRA 30th Anniversary Souvenir Program. The funds that will be solicited will be used […]
2nd Leadership Development Session Held
Last May 17-21, 2004 key leaders and staff of AsiaDHRRA took a break from work and headed to Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in Tagaytay to energize their spirit and further hone their leadership capacity. The second leadership development session included a refresher session for the second liners to prepare them for the second […]
AsiaDHRRA convenes regional caucus for SEACA, attends BOD Meeting
As a regional member organization of the Southeast Asia Committee on Advocacy (SEACA), AsiaDHRRA participated in the Board of Directors meeting held last May 7-8 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In preparation for the Board meeting, AsiaDHRRA convened a caucus of SEACA’s regional partners, among them Asian Women Cooperative Forum (AWCF), Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform […]
AsiaDHRRA Attends World Social Forum
Esther Penunia, AsiaDHRRA’s Program Officer for Regional Policy Advocacy and Movement Building, participated in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India, last January 15-21, 2004 as one of the representatives of Southeast Asia Committee on Advocacy (SEACA), a regional advocacy network. Ms. Penunia attended various conferences on globalization and peasant issues organized by various […]
AsiaDHHRA is now an ASEAN NGO Affiliate
The ASEAN Standing Committee, at its meeting held on 5-7 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, accorded AsiaDHRRA an ASEAN-affiliated NGO status. As such, it is expected that AsiaDHHRA can engage into the mainstream of ASEAN activities, be informed of the major policies, directives and decisions of ASEAN as well as having the privilege of participating in […]
