We, the youth of Southeast Asia, are looking to a better future following the struggle and losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. While time is allowing us to recover, there are other challenges that must not be overlooked. The climate emergency, deterioration of democracy and ongoing human rights violations continue to Read more…
We, the youth of Southeast Asia, express our continued frustration, desperation, and sorrow with what is still happening in Myanmar. Exactly one year ago today, the Myanmar military staged a coup d’etat deposing the democratically elected government and marked the beginning of the widespread and systematic onslaught of Myanmar civilians. Read more…
Update! May 11-12, 2022: AYF Secretariat brought the Youth Collective Statement (2021) during the Briefing Session of the Second Workshop: Second Iteration of the ASEAN Youth Development Index (2nd ASEAN YDI). The Statement was also displayed during the Open Session at the Second Workshop: Second Iteration of the ASEAN Youth Read more…
We, as the youth of Southeast Asia, stand in solidarity with the people of Myanmar in condemnation of the Myanmar military junta and its security forces’ continuing lawless violence against peaceful protesters and civilians. While we welcome the efforts made by ASEAN leaders in holding the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting on Read more…
For a PDF version of this open letter and its full list of endorsing organisations and individuals, click here 23 April 2021 Open Letter to ASEAN Leaders: Recommendations from CSOs in Myanmar and in Southeast Asia to the Special ASEAN Summit on Myanmar To: Leaders of the Member States of Read more…
ASEAN Youth Forum was given an opportunity to deliver an intervention and sharing in the 5th ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium: Enhancing the Roles of Youth in Achieving the SDGs on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Intervention delivered by Rastra Yasland, Programme Manager of ASEAN Youth Forum Secretariat: Before jumping into my presentation, I would Read more…
Your Excellencies, Re: ASEAN’s response to the military coup in Myanmar As civil society organizations from the ASEAN region, we write to you urging you to use your unique position to influence the situation in Myanmar by taking immediate measures to ensure that the military respects people’s right to peaceful Read more…
Update! June 29-30, 2021: ASEAN Youth Forum attended and push several points (health related and around migrant workers) of the statement to AICHR Forum on The Right to Health and The Rights of Migrant Workers. April 8, 2021: ASEAN Youth Forum included recommendations from the Youth Collective Statement into the Read more…