#RightsAtRisk in Asia Pacific
Channel: AWID
Date: 2019-04-12

In this online conversation, 4 activists from Asia Pacific share their experience and analysis on the advances of fascisms and fundamentalisms in the region.

They cover the following questions: 
- How are anti-rights forces operating in Asia-Pacific? How are they gaining support?
- What are the impacts on gender justice and human rights in the region?
- What does collective resistance look like and how can we strengthen it?

The discussion was led by Rima Athar - Coordinator of the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR)

With presentations from: 
- Cristina “Tinay” Palabay: Secretary General of human rights group Karapatan in the Philippines
- Rozana Isa: Executive Director of Sisters In Islam, Malaysia 
- Chayanika Shah: a queer feminist researcher, teacher, and activist based in Mumbai, India. 

Learn more: https://www.awid.org/ours-report