#USAID #US #FundingFreeze 🚨 What’s next for development and human rights in Southeast Asia? 🚨

📅 18 March 2025

🕗 5:30 - 7:00 PM

📍 SEA Junction, 4th Floor, BACC

The abrupt suspension and termination of USAID-funded projects has sent shockwaves across Southeast Asia, disrupting critical aid programs and leaving civil society organizations and local communities struggling to fill the gaps. As funding freezes, human rights and development work across the region face unprecedented challenges—but how do we move forward?

🎙 Speakers include:

🔹 Lia Sciortino Sumaryono, SEA Junction

🔹 Sara Piazzano, independent consultant

🔹 Phil Robertson, Asia Human Rights and Labor Advocates - AHRLA

🔹 Emilie Palamy Pradichit, Manushya Foundation

🔹 Kaona Saowakun, ILGA Asia

🔹 Aung Zaw, The Irrawaddy - English Edition 

Our Founder & Executive Director, Emilie Palamy Pradichit will be joining fellow civil society leaders from across the region at this crucial panel talk on "Navigating a Troubled Funding Landscape for Development in Southeast Asia", organized by SEA Junction.

🔥 What’s at stake?🛑 How can we navigate this funding crisis?🛑 What alternative strategies can we build to sustain our movements?

💡 Join us as we strategize and fight for sustained impact!

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