This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. The wicked problem of climate …
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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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Alexandra Smith is a Third Year Law and Asian studies student at the Australian National University, currently on exchange in South Korea. Over 500 election workers have died and 2,000 more have suffered from fatigue-related illnesses following this year’s Indonesian general election on 17 April. The election, described as the world’s most complicated single-day election, …
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