The Sun Always Rises from Pati
Leony Sondang Suryani Kania Putri Rahmadiani “Scream! With your hands up in the sky Like you wanna testify For the life that’s been deleted Scream! Like a rebel’s lullaby Under the stars and stripes For the lost souls that were cheated” The lines from Revolution Radio by Green Day have become a daily […]
Tuning Up Southeast Asian Youth Voices: Reconceptualizing Meaningful Youth Participation
Danielle M. Noche Meaningful youth participation is a cornerstone of effective governance. When youths are actively included in policy spaces, they bring fresh and diverse perspectives that enhance and shape more effective decision-making (UNICEF, 2024). Across Southeast Asia, youths are already driving change, organizing community initiatives, advocating for human rights and peace, and co-developing […]
The Silent Struggle of Southeast Asia’s Middle-Class Youth
Celia Vanessa Hakim Southeast Asia is home to more than 670 million people that can be classified as middle-class income and half of the population in this region is under 30 (FSSA, 2024). According to the OECD, the middle-class can be defined as households with incomes ranging from 75%-200% of the median household income […]
Young Activists and the Fear of Missing Out
Kania Putri Rahmadiani With the ease of social media, youths are often bombarded with campaigns, both organic and orchestrated by parties with their own interests. Human rights violations often occur at a massive scale, which calls for drastic measures. In order to raise awareness and demand action, organizations, media, and activists often utilize human rights […]
Where Is Academic Freedom? When Knowledge Is Believed to Be for Sale, and a Tool to Serve Profit and Power
By: Leony Sondang Suryani Indonesian Scholar and SEAHRN Contributor Today we, Indonesian scholars, find ourselves compelled to reflect: What does academic freedom truly mean in our country today? Or maybe for our region? For our friends and colleagues across Southeast Asia, allow me to share a glimpse of what we’re currently facing: in […]
Pride for Profit?: Blatant Gaps between Queer Labor Rights and “Corporate Responsibility”
Celia Vanessa Hakim and Danielle Noche Introduction Pride Month honors the LGBTQIA+ community’s long history of resistance and continued struggle for equality. In commemoration of its roots in the Stonewall Riots of June 1969, Pride Month has grown into a global celebration of queer identity, visibility, and rights (The Proud Trust, 2025). In recent […]
Taking Back Pride to and for The People: The Disappearance of Corporate Pride
Kania Putri Rahmadiani The celebration of Pride Month has been interpreted in various ways in different parts of the world. The excitement has reached different parts of society that in the past few years, corporations and businesses have joined in on the fun and incorporated Pride in their campaigns. Though the notion of “the […]
Voices In Exile: the Rohingya, ASEAN, and the Collapse Of Regional Solidarity
Aung Kyaw Soe and Celia Vanessa Hakim Rohingya people are the most oppressed and discriminated minorities in Myanmar where systematic segregation and terror by the state has been normalized for decades. Rohingya people, which are the Muslim populations in Arakan, have historically resided in the north Arakan (Rakhine) area since centuries ago and historical documents […]
