Queenie Pearl Tomaro

Queenie Pearl V. Tomaro is a faculty member at the Department of Political Science of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT). She is the secretary of the Institute for Peace and Development of MSU-IIT and a Sub-Editor for the ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership.

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Political Dynasties and their Guns, Goons, and Gold Plague One of Asia’s Oldest Democracies

These are personal learnings and reflections from an Executive Course on Governance and Democracy with the Ateneo School of Government under the Youth Leadership for Democracy’s (YouthLed) 2021 Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) fellowship. On June 12th of 1898, revolutionary leaders of the Philippines declared the country as an independent and sovereign state, making it one of …

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Mainstreaming Women, Peace, and Security in ASEAN

This October will mark 20 years since the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 or the Women, Peace and Security Resolution was unanimously adopted. The Resolution is linked with the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) which will also celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Both global commitments underscore the importance of women’s rights and …

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Virus or Bullets: A glimpse of COVID-19 in Rakhine, West Papua, and Bangsamoro

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, conditions are particularly serious in conflict and humanitarian settings, as abuses to vulnerable communities continue. A case in point is the continuing violent conflict in Palestine where coronavirus testing centres in Palestinian security checkpoints in the West Bank were reportedly demolished by Israeli soldiers. A lesson learned from the Ebola …

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