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What Comes After The Election of Women?: Views and Points
What Comes After The Election of Women?: Views and Points
In its 15 years as an independent nation, Timor-Leste has blazed a trail in gender equality and empowerment,
especially in putting more women in political positions from the village to the national level. Now, it is time to
ask how a robust gender-quota system has delivered its benefits to society, says this article for the 2017
Developing Media Fellowship of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance. Helio Pereira of Times Timor magazine
contributed to this piece.
“You don’t lose your human rights because you take a dollar for sex,” Liz Hilton of the Bangkok-based
Empower Foundation tells Reporting ASEAN’sJohanna Son in this Q & A. But this has not been easy to push
in Southeast Asia, where sex work is illegal in almost all countries, she explains.
ASEANIZATION
THAILAND: Could A ‘Cleaner’ Fishing Industry Set New
Norms?
Cleaning up atrocious labor practices in Thailand’s commercial fishing industry won’t happen overnight, even
as an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report documents both progress and persistent problems. But
experts say reforms may well lead to new norms that other countries in Southeast Asia and beyond would be
pressed to follow, reports Johanna Son for the Reporting ASEAN series.
“You don’t lose your human rights because you take a dollar for sex,” Liz Hilton of the Bangkok-based
Empower Foundation tells Reporting ASEAN’sJohanna Son in this Q & A. But this has not been easy to push
in Southeast Asia, where sex work is illegal in almost all countries, she explains.
NOTEWORTHY
‘I Feel Part of ASEAN’
“There are so many things to learn, to hear from the other organisations and CSOs,” Nguyen Thi Kim Que,
vice director of the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies in Vietnam, said after taking part in the 2nd S
Rajaratnam Endowment (SRE) ASEAN Community Forum in Singapore in August 2017.
South China Sea Dispute: Asean Voice Drowned Out As
Big Powers Pipe Up
The recent joint communique about the South China Sea dispute stopped short of mentioning the
tribunal ruling invalidating China’s claims over most of the waterway. Tan Hui Yee of the Straits Times
argues that while Asean has survived this test intact, its consensus-based system has muted its voice compared
with the world powers weighing in loudly.
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Apart from the 10 members of Asean, leaders from the United States, China,
Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are also to
due to attend the gathering.
Here are four things to watch out for during the summit:
Five Asean nations, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
have competing claims to waters in the South China Sea, along with China.
The rival claims are a constant source of friction and the issue is likely to be
high on the agenda at the summit.
It took nearly 15 years for China and the regional bloc to reach a framework
for the code of conduct, which aims to prevent clashes and armed conflict in
the busy and resource-rich waterway.
“The issues are so complex and intersecting that what President Duterte
wanted to do is to lower the temperature, get people talking, stop people from
claiming more features and occupying and building,” Cayetano told reporters
on the sidelines of the summit on Sunday.
2. Indo-Pacific vs Asia-Pacific
Trump’s decision to extend his trip to Asia to attend the summit is seen by
analysts as a sign of the importance the US places on the region.
While Trump and other White House officials have recently replaced the term
Asia-Pacific with “Indo-Pacific”, the concept still lacks details and Trump is
expected to unveil additional information about his Asia strategy.
Trump will meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday afternoon
after talks with the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the
Philippiness’ Duterte.
India and Australia are two of the United States’ key allies in the region.
3. Rohingya crisis
More than half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh following recent
violence
Myanmar has said “very explicitly” that it need helps from Asean, Cayetano
said, adding that any aid would mostly be focused on humanitarian help
instead of sending peacemaking forces.
4. Trade
The Asean summit comes after an Apec gathering in Vietnam where leaders
of the remaining 11 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed to push
ahead with the trade deal despite the United States’ withdrawal earlier this
year.