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I am pleased to introduce my Resource Centre — a comprehensive collection of documents, my teaching outlines and curricula, training modules, handbooks, research papers, speeches, presentations, and publications—available for free download and sharing.
I have authored and generated nearly all these resources from over 40 years of professional experience in development work around the world. They cover a wide range of topics, including academic courses and teaching, child labor, child rights, development studies,
public finance for children, social policy, sustainable development goals (SDGs),
and much more.
I encourage you to explore these resources, share them widely, and use them to stimulate your thinking and inform and inspire your own work. Together, let’s advance knowledge and contribute in a meaningful way to positive change globally.
Asian Studies Course Outline
This was a first-ever Asian Studies Course developed for M.A. students at the Asian Social Institute, Manila, the Philippines. The purpose of this academic programme was to provide students with an overview of the evolution of Asian studies, historical review of colonialism and nationalist movements in Asian countries and discuss current and emerging issues in the region.
Child Rights as Human Rights
Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges Conference 2011
22 February 2017, Bangkok
Learning Objectives
Language, Education and Social Cohesion
Bangkok, Thailand
19-21 October 2016
Sustainable Development Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for ALL
The Human Rights of Children
On the 55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Schomburg Center/NYPL, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., NY, NY
20 November 2009
Mission Statement:
The mission of The School for Human Rights is to develop the academic and social capacities of all our students, regardless of identity or ability. A combined middle and high school, the
School offers an integrated academic and social skills-based curriculum, challenging our students to become critically thinking, compassionate, and socially engaged young adults
committed to equity, dignity and social consciousness. We are implementing a school-wide approach to human rights: teaching human rights through coursework.
Youth Participation in Development
Published by the DFID–CSO Youth Working Group Copyright © SPW/ DFID-CSO Youth Working Group March 2010
Overview
This guide has been developed to assist donor agencies (multilateral and bilateral) and policy advisors in a range of organisations working with and for youth. It will also be useful for
government, NGO and civil society partners. It aims to increase understanding of the growing importance of, and greater potential for, youth participation in development practice
and to explore key issues and approaches. But it goes beyond the rhetoric of many policy advocacy papers, which simply argue for a focus on youth participation. Rather, this guide
provides information on how to actually work with youth at a practical operational level in respect of policy and programming. It does this through the provision of promising practice
case studies (and their associated resources), and a number of quality standards that will help organisations to get started.
Adolescent Mental Health
Project aims:
This project was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to produce an overview of initiatives being undertaken by international
organizations (including UN agencies, international research institutions and NGOs) with the goal of improving adolescents’ mental health and psychosocial well-being in the period
2000–2010. The specific objectives were as follows:
Adolescent Development: Perspectives and Frameworks - A Discussion Paper
This paper serves as a tool for discussion and was initiated by the Adolescent Development and Participation Unit (ADAP) at UNICEF Headquarters in New York. The paper is divided into
three parts: the first part outlines the components of adolescent development, needs, and the implications for programming to meet these needs. The second part is dedicated to an
overview of the different approaches to adolescent programming, as well as approaches used by the United Nations and partner agencies when designing and implementing adolescent
programming around the world. The paper concludes with an analysis of the various approaches and some general recommendations for adolescent programming.
A limitation to this paper is that though it is written to inform discussion on programming for adolescents primarily in developing countries, much of the references are to
literature derived from research primarily with adolescents in developed countries. Therefore, some research may not be applicable to young people in developing countries due to the
differences in contexts, environments, culture, and experiences.
There is a limited amount of research on adolescents in developing countries, but when found, it was incorporated into this paper. However, similarities and important concepts and
findings from the “Western” research do exist and are important to consider. Yet, this dearth of research on 85% of the world’s adolescents is cause for concern and present ongoing
difficulties in conceptualizing and realizing adolescent programming for adolescents.
Creating a Culture of Human Rights, Democracy and Peace in the New Millennium
Victoria, British Columbia, August 18-22, 2001
The 2nd International Conference on Children's Rights in Education hosted approximately 150 child-centered international policy makers, who discussed the implications and implementation of children's rights to guide educational policy, research, and practice. This report presents an annotated agenda of the conference proceedings and, based on the presentations and discussions, a number of recommendations that describe the elements and the context that need to be in place to make children's rights in education a reality. Opening presentations are annotated, dealing with the role of conferences in policy change, implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for a 14-year-old, and the significance of general comments on the Convention's article 29, on the aims of education.
Child Poverty in a Middle-Income Country Context
UNICEF-EAPRO: Social Policy Networking Meeting 13 to 17 June 2011, Bangkok
Child Poverty in Malaysia
Child-friendly Justice
Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges Conference 2011
“Judicial Independence – Diversity, Pluralism and Challenges in the Commonwealth”
18 to 21 July 2011, Kuala Lumpur
More than 1 million children world-wide are deprived of their liberty by law enforcement officials. Most of these children are under arrest or awaiting trial and the
majority of them are not serious criminals. In fact a significant number have not even committed a criminal offence. They are instead detained for the so-called ‘status offences’ such as
vagrancy, begging, smoking, dropping out from school and alcohol use.
Other cases show children detained because they were accompanying a parent to detention or seeking asylum in another country. Some children are jailed for reasons such as race,
religion, nationality, ethnicity or political views. Depriving children who are in conflict with the law of their liberty is often unnecessary or even counter-productive.
The notion that children deserve special attention in the legal system is not a new one, and has taken on various forms and a number of different names throughout its development. You
may come across other terms that reference the ideas and principles related to children and justice system - “child-friendly justice” and “child-sensitive justice” to “justice for
children” and “children in contact with the law.”
Monitoring of Children's Well-being in Malaysia
12th National Convention on Statistics (NCS)
EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City
October 1-2, 2013
Malaysia is committed to addressing inequities of socio-economic development as part of its aspirations to become a high income nation by 2020. The Tenth Malaysia Plan
(2011-2015) adopted a socio-inclusive development approach that aimed to contribute to achieve not only the national 2020 vision but also the Millennium Development Goals 2015.
The progress towards the achievement of these goals is tracked under the MalaysiaInfo web data platform.
UNICEF Malaysia is currently in discussion with Malaysia Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department and the Department of Statistics to establish a centralized database
on children (ChildInfo) as a web data platform – under the umbrella of MalaysiaInfo - to compile, analyze and publish information on children rights and development, based on these and
other child well-being indicators mutually agreed with the Government.
ChildInfo will ensure adequate monitoring and access to reliable and robust data on children’s well-being. This will facilitate the design and implementation of better targeted and
more efficient policies and programmes, which are key to children’s survival, protection and development. These policies and programmes enabled by ChildInfo will thus contribute to the
achievement of not only Malaysia national 2020 vision, but also the Millennium Development Goals 2015, since children represent a large and vulnerable group for which the above
development goals are critical. Most importantly, it will help address the inequity challenges that remain in an upper middle income country.
Children Have Rights Too
Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges Conference 2011
22 February 2017, Bangkok
Chaplains and Animators Formation and Exchange (CAFÉ)
International Young Christian Students (IYCS)
Tue 8 March 2018
Nonthaburi, Thailand
Outline
Pathways to Knowledge
My writings in this book refect my passion for transformative social change that has at its centre human/child rights, people-centred development and harmonious living with people and nature. In these writings, I attempt to share my experiences and insights from addressing and infuencing social issues through engagement with a wide range of stakeholders and organisations in so many countries. In this, I firmly believe that knowledge is always original depending on one’s intellect and cognitive inclinations. It is not just reproduction or recycling of information and learnings – it is an original contribution of every human person in our attempt to make meaning of life, people and the world around us. Therefore, no one has a monopoly on knowledge, and no institution can control knowledge – it is of the people, by the people and for the people.
Development Thinking and Gaps between
Euro-centric Approaches and Asian Realities
Sustainable Development Goals & Public Policy
Innovation for Inclusive Development
Current Issues in Development Studies
De-colonizing Development: Critical Issues in
Development Studies
Development Theory and Practice
The Politics of Public Policy
M.A. in International Development Studies
Faculty of Political Science, Chualongkorn University, Bangkok
Trimester 2, 2016-2017
Lecture 1 : Unfinished Business and Lessons Learnt
Lecture 2 : SDGs - Purpose, Goals, Targets
Lecture 3 : SDGs - Indicators and Monitoring
Lecture 4 : SDGs - National Plans and Stakeholders
Lecture 5 : SDGs - Opportunities and Challenges
National Consultation
26 January 2015
Public finance for children in Malaysia: analysis and strategy development
HQ-New York
19-22 May 2015
Public Finance Management (PFM) & Social Policy
University of Bhutan
SPD-Thammasat University
26 January 2015
Equity and Social Inclusion – Policy and Practical Imperatives
University of Bhutan
SPD-Thammasat University
20 November 2017
Main elements of social policy, their interconnections,
and how it fits together
SPRI – SPD/Thammasat University, Bangkok
Social Policy and Development
Thammasat University, Bangkok
Review on UNICEF programming for SDG1 in EAPR
EAPR Regional Social Policy Network Meeting
20-22 June 2016
Bangkok, Thailand
SDGs in the Asia Pacific Region
International Institute of Peace and Development Studies – IIPDS
Asian Resource Foundation – ARF Bangkok
Friday 10 February 2017
Sustainable Development Goals
Nottingham University Malaysia
6 April 2016
Social Well-being and SDGs in Asia:
A Research-Policy Agenda
The 1st Conference of International Consortium for Social Well-being Studies
Organised by:
Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute
Center for Social Well-being Studies at Senshu University
Chula Global Network
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
10 March 2017
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