CALD PROJECTS Defending Freedom of Expression: Fake News Laws in East and Southeast Asia Report Launch February 21 | 14:00 – 15:30 (Bangkok) / 15:00 – 16:30 (Manila/Taipei) The online report launch presented the key findings and recommendations of the CALDAsia Centre joint baseline study on how governments across Asia have been using laws and policies to control freedom of expression. The report’s aim was to provide a policy toolbox of ideas to empower legislators, political party leaders, academics, civil-society activists, and journalists to protect such freedom.
Asian Women Education (AWE) for Transformative Leadership April 9-10 and April 16-17 | 09:00-12:00 (Manila/Taipei) The four-day virtual training course, organized by the CALD Women’s Caucus, in cooperation with the Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) and the Southeast Asian Women’s Watch (SEAWWatch), brought together political and movement leaders to revive and strengthen women’s leadership at different levels within a feminist framework of analysis.
CALD Youth Political Academy 2021 Tier 1: June 18, 19, 20 | 09:00-12:00 (Bangkok) Tier 2: June 24, 25 | 10:00 – 13:30 (Taipei) Tier 3: July 02, 03, 04 | 14:00-17:00 (Manila) Tier 4 and Graduation: July 08, 09, 10 | 14:00-17:00 (Manila) This innovative training program aimed to create meaningful and lasting connections among the youth participants by providing a platform where different people with different ideas can converge. Organized by CALD Youth in collaboration with the Liberal Youth (LY) of the Philippines and Taiwan NextGen Foundation, and with the support of FNF Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, CYPA 2021 used games throughout its sessions as its main learning tools.
CALD Smart City Meeting with Local Governments August 24 | 10:00-11:30 (Taipei) / 09:00-10:30 (Jakarta) In partnership with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), and with FNF support, CALD organized this project to provide technical support and recommendations to select cities in Taiwan and Indonesia to increase their pandemic-response mechanisms and achieve people-centered efforts.
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