Report back from the World’s Largest Conference on Women & Health
Last month, Asia Catalyst joined 8,000 people from 165 countries at WomenDeliver2019, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. It was...
View ArticleExpanding Access to Rights Documentation: Tools for Marginalized Groups in...
This article explores how nonprofit Asia Catalyst implemented a rights-training program for community-based organizations (CBOs) in Myanmar and the positive outcomes of these collaborations. The three...
View ArticleAn Up Close Look at Our Work in Myanmar
Greetings – It’s already been a busy fall at Asia Catalyst. We were thrilled to bring Khine Su Win, our Myanmar Program Officer, to the United States in September. She traveled to New York and...
View ArticleVietnam’s Exploding Advocacy Movement
In October, Asia Catalyst supported the #StrongerTogether Summit, a groundbreaking meeting of LGBTIQ leaders from across Vietnam, organized by Lighthouse Social Enterprise. We went to Hanoi to join...
View ArticleWhat We’re Doing on COVID-19
Map by Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Resource Center Dear Friends, All of us at Asia Catalyst are thinking of you, our beloved friends, partners, allies, and colleagues. We hope this message finds...
View ArticleQ&A with Alexa Johns, Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual & Reproductive Health...
Dear Friends, We hope you are well during these trying times. It is so important to stay connected and support one another now. While the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in some ways, in others it...
View ArticleCOVID-19: The Health + Human Rights Perspective from Myanmar
As a health and human rights organization that came of age during the HIV epidemic, Asia Catalyst has been working nonstop to leverage the lessons learned fighting AIDS to protect vulnerable groups...
View ArticleHear from Activists Across Asia for #GivingTuesday
Friends, I hope this finds you safe and staying afloat. These times make clear the need to improvise and stay inspired. Together, we will get through this! For #GivingTuesday, moved to May this year...
View ArticleThis Pride We Celebrate the LGBT Rights Group, TRY!
TRY went through Asia Catalyst’s human rights documentation and advocacy program, focused on stopping the arbitrary arrests of LGBT people in Mandalay, Myanmar. They collected data on where the...
View ArticleExploring the Impact the Pandemic Is Having on Trans People in Southeast Asia
Soon after the pandemic started, Asia Catalyst started giving small emergency grants to grassroots groups and activists to provide COVID-19 relief in their communities. MAP Foundation in Thailand...
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