AAYLF delegate from the Philippines Nguyễn Minh Tiến (Tony) shares his insights about the key challenges in preserving and celebrating Vietnamese culture and identity within the Australian diaspora community. “When mentioning the [Vietnam] war, a million people feel happy but another million feel miserable.” This saying of the former Prime Minister of the Socialist …
AAYLF delegate from Australia Elise Giles explores the tragic prevalence of gender inequality, particularly in post-disaster and crisis situations. More than ever, our region is facing unprecedented changes ranging from natural disasters, to the climate crisis and geopolitical instability. Recent predictions indicate that by 2050 much of Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam could all but …
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AAYLF delegate from Malaysia Paul Lim Pau Hua explores the implications for climate change for ASEAN countries and calls for urgent regional cooperation on environmental issues. In December of 2015, a total of 195 countries converged unanimously to sign the Paris Agreement, ASEAN member states also pledged their commitment to reducing emissions by 2030 under …
AAYLF delegate from Australia Joshua Saunders examines the role that interfaith dialogues hold in addressing counter-terrorism challenges in the ASEAN region. October saw the escape of approximately 800 Islamic State-linked detainees in Syria, with at least 50 of these being radicalized Indonesians [1]. The threat of these ISIS militants and their families returning home looms over …
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AAYLF delegate from Thailand Prued Wahachart explores the opportunities and areas of focus for sustainable development of the ASEAN-Australia region. Born out of immediate necessity, the ASEAN-Australia partnership has long evolved around the political domain, ever since the two became formal dialogue partners in 1974. But as the regional paradigm shifts from war-time political anxiety towards …
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AAYLF delegate from Australia Fraser Lawrance discusses the issue of plastic pollution in the ASEAN region and challenges us all to take action to reduce single-use plastics. As a region with incredibly rich ecological biodiversity and reliance on marine environments, ASEAN is significantly touched by the issue of plastic pollution. Attitudes towards single-use plastics across …
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AAYLF delegate from Singapore Qi Siang Ng explores the importance of a neutral and stable ASEAN, particularly for Australia amidst rising global tensions. The time of “having your cake and eating it too” in the Asia-Pacific is over. For most of the past two decades, ASEAN and Australia have profited from the economic heft of a rising …
AAYLF delegate from Australia Leila Bowe explores framing environmental problems within the economic, social and development problems to tackle the biggest challenges. It is no surprise that countries included in the ASEAN-Australian partnership are extremely vulnerable to natural hazards. What makes these hazards a disaster is how much they impact vulnerable populations. Climate change is not …
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AAYLF delegate from Lao PDR Thiladeth Sivixay discusses key challenges for LGBTIQ+ rights in the ASEAN region and looks forward to a more inclusive future for all. The Asia-Pacific as considered the most populous region yet also one of the strongest and fastest growing regions economically. But what of the social aspects and …
AAYLF delegate from the Philippines Ben Duggan highlights the integral role that teachers play in society and shares ideas on future opportunities for collaboration between ASEAN and Australia in this area. Teachers around the world seek to answer the same question: ‘how can I best help students to learn?’ From Sydney to Singapore, this …
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