“Oxfam is very relieved that Cyclone Mahasen did not cause damage to vulnerable communities; if a serious cyclone were to hit Myanmar, the casualties and losses could be huge.”

““The communities of Rakhine remain very vulnerable, particularly the 140,000 displaced people living in camps, some still in tents. This is only the beginning of the monsoon season: people face heavy rain and potentially more storms. The international aid community has been highlighting for many months now the need to relocate those people living in low lying camps with poor shelter; nothing has changed in the respect- it still needs to be urgently addressed.

“Our assessment teams are now in Sittwe and Kyau Pyau checking on any new needs arising from the relocations. Oxfam also plans to strengthen our existing work on preparedness and disaster risk reduction. Our experience shows that supporting women to take a leading role in community preparedness can significantly help communities to protect themselves against monsoons and natural disasters. There is now a real opportunity for the Myanmar government to work more closely with all concerned actors on disaster preparedness, to minimize the impact of future disasters.”

Mrs. Chey Siyat facilitating a monthly meeting in the community. (Photo by CEDAC)

Chey’s daily mission is to help farmers deal with the impacts of climate change, raise productivity, and gain greater access to markets through ecological agriculture. She is known for having established a savings and credit facility for farmers, as well as women-only groups that have become lively venues for sharing and addressing community and gender concerns. While she still can’t send her son to a university, the story of how her family survives with limited means serves as an inspiration for others.

Our Stories, One Journey: Empowering Rural Women in Asia will collect everyday writings from eight rural women in different countries to give a personalised voice to a growing clamor to transform agriculture into a more equitable and sustainable system. The initiative is led by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC), and East Asia GROW Campaign.

In the southern part of Thailand, small scale fishing communities or traditional/artisanal fisher folk are the most marginalised and vulnerable communities. They use traditional fishing gears and go out in the sea to earn their livelihood along with family members. Unlike commercial fishing groups, they do not employ labourers or use heavily mechanised boats and fishing gears. There are approximately 50,000 such families in Thailand. With the depletion of resources due to overfishing and with the unpredictable weather pattern due to climate change, the livelihood bases of these communities are on the decline. Because of unequal power relations with commercial fishing interest groups, these communities have been marginalised and their voices have not been heard by the authorities. The fishing communities decided to organise themselves to defend their community rights and restore the marine resources to earn their living. Linking all local community based federations of traditional fishing communities, they have formed themselves as “Association of Thai Fisher folk federations “(ATFF).

“Initially we went along with our husbands to attend the federation meetings to see what is happening there. We realised that they were discussing livelihood issues that we face in our lives. We thought it’s important for us to bring women together to discuss the issues and build our leadership skills to be active in public life. We formed our own federation to meet this demand”, said a women leader who introduced us to their second annual general assembly of the association.

“We want to contribute to the fisheries bill which is being discussed in the parliament committee. Our president is one of the representatives in the parliament committee. We also want to link with other women leaders of marginalised communities in Thailand and in the region”, she continued proudly. As we were engaging with women members, one of the leaders asked me “In the news, I heard about the case of rape victim in Delhi and increasing violence against women. We want to stop all forms of violence against women. What can we do?” I was really moved and amazed by the awareness of women leaders and their expression of solidarity with others. I started thinking what we can do as Oxfam to bring the voices of women leaders from marginalised communities across Asia.

I then visited fisher folk federations in three provinces and interacted with them to understand what they do locally. Besides defending their community rights of fishing, they are also engaged in conservation activities. They have formed coastal conservation zone, developed community guidelines for responsible fishing, promoted activities to breed and regenerate the marine species, documented all the marine species present in the coastal zone, formed community volunteers to enforce community guideline and developed community early warning systems. It was inspiring to see their passion about conserving marine resources and promoting responsible fishing. “Through the federation, we would like to create awareness on community rights, formalising it through laws and policies and encouraging local participation to defend the rights and protect the marine resources. We would also like to gain more bargaining power to access markets“, Mr. Rhed Mengsai, the vice chairman of the federation said. “Our dream is to reclaim our rights and dignity. Public should see us with respect.”

During the trip, I had a chance to visit community market that the local federation had set up to increase the bargaining power. “With the community market arrangement we are getting better price for our produce now. We share our profits and certain percentage of profit goes to conservation activities. For us the economic activities and conservation activities should go hand in hand”, a beaming women manager of the community market told me. “With the support of OXFAM, we are planning to develop an enterprise on dry shrimp processing. We will market it under blue brand”, she added. The federation has identified 10 products to be marketed under the blue brand. They would like to identify the blue brand with responsible fishing. Even one of the federation members told me that they dream to open a restaurant under the blue brand. What an amazing idea, I thought.

After the visit to community market and witnessing some interesting conservation activities, I attended a saving group meeting organised by local federation. The group provides loans to fisher folk, particularly in lean season. They also have a disaster fund to be used in the event of any disasters. I also learned that the federation have disaster preparedness activities, including drills.

“I am one of the representatives who sit in the parliament committee to draft new fishery bill and new marine coastal resource management bill. There is a lot resistance from other vested interest groups to favour the commercial fishing. But with our strong evidences and experience on conservation, we are pushing for provincial level committee to manage the coastal resources. Being able to represent the community voices at the parliament committee is a major achievement for us“, Ms. Supaporn Pannarai, the president of the Southern Traditional Fisherwomen federation said. She is also one of the two the vice chairs of the AFFT. She added “I have been working in the field for many years, now i would like to train the young generation to develop new leadership”. The federation has been able to develop alternative fishery bill. Apart from creating political spaces for their representation and fighting for community rights, the federation also resists mega projects that destroy coastal marine resources and impact the livelihoods of thousands of fishing communities. Currently, they are fighting against two such projects.

“We have been working with Oxfam for the past 7 years. During this period we could expand and strengthen the movement and people’s organisations across Thailand. Our vision is to support communities to have their own voice and make them economically sustainable. We really appreciate the technical support provided by Oxfam and true partnership in building the federation.” Mr. Bunjong Nasae , Director of Thai Sea Watch Association said.

During my conversation with community leaders and partner staff, it was clear to me that the power lies with people’s organisation and the partner is playing an effective enabling role. By the end of the trip, I reflected that how well the Oxfam team is exploring new ways to work on issues like “Inequality” in middle income countries like Thailand. This programme is a true demonstration. The federation and the partner are working on all the fronts. On the political front, they are organising communities to reclaim their spaces in decision making bodies through policies and law. On the economic front, they are developing models that can sustain the federation economically and improve the livelihoods of its members. On the ecological front, they are conserving and regenerating marine coastal resources. This is not just for the community but also in the interest of larger society and sustainable living.

On our return, the team was buzzing with ideas on how as Oxfam we can support the movement further. How can we support them in developing their blue brand and enterprise development? How can we support them to create awareness among the middles class on responsible fishing and community rights? How can we support them to build new young leadership? How can we support them with academic rigour in their documentation of marine coastal resources and provide scientific knowledge on conservation? Maybe Oxfam will be able to convene the best management institute, academic institute and responsible business to offer this support to federation.

This visit enabled me to meet and learn with political activists, environment scientists and smart economists among the communities we work. I wish that one day the federations’ dream will come true – to open a restaurant! I am eager to have a meal at the blue brand restaurant to relish good seafood. More than that, to celebrate the power, dignity and economic empowerment of traditional fishing communities in Thailand.

Country-chair Brunei Darussalam of the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) asserts that the future of Southeast Asia is dependent on how the people work together to ensure progress for the development of the whole region. Thus, this year’s ASEAN theme is “our people, our future together”.

In forecasting the common ASEAN future, Brunei declares the present need for a development shift. Hj Muhammad Lufti Abdullah, Permanent Secretary for Administration and Finance at the Ministry of Development of Brunei, has said that a low carbon-based economy would “make us more resilient to unpredictable commodity and energy prices in an uncertain future world”. In his speech at the opening ceremony of the latest meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC), he reminded his fellow ASEAN senior officers and experts that the shift should be seen as an opportunity for the region and urged that the principles of mitigation and adaptation to climate change should be mainstreamed into development plans, programs and projects.

There could be no possible argument against the ASEAN theme or low-carbon development.

With business-as-usual while gearing for economic integration, the expansion of energy supply infrastructure would increase ASEAN’s share of global energy-related carbon-dioxide emissions by 5% by 2030 up from 3.5% today.  In terms of energy use, ASEAN’s final energy consumption will grow at an annual average rate of 4.4%, from 375 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE) to 1,018 MTOE, according to the Institute of Energy Economics Japan.

Without low carbon policies, between 1995 and 2005, a total of 43.6 million hectares were deforested in the main forest countries of the region. The deforestation released about 3.45 million tonnes of carbon according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Globally, without drastic reductions in CO2 emissions, the scientific consensus is that the earth’s temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius by the end of the century. This could lead to a potentially irreversible catastrophic scenario.

Given the bounded geography, climactic similarities, common ecological features and other observable shared natural characteristics, the ASEAN countries are destined for a common future under the climate change regime. The Philippines, the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam and almost all regions of Cambodia, north and east of Lao PDR, the metropolitan area of Bangkok, South and West Sumatra, West and East Java of Indonesia are considered hot spots to climate change impacts. Most endangered is Jakarta as this densely populated city lies at the intersection of all but one of five climate-related hazards—droughts, floods, landslides and sea level rise. [International Development Research Centre’s Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia]

In the last couple of decades, Southeast Asia has experienced delays in rainy season in some parts, and extended monsoon in others that disrupted the planting season and production in a region largely dependent on agriculture [documented observations by Dr. Tun Lwin, climate expert from Myanmar].  Such climate change impacts have proven severely threatening for the life and livelihood of most Southeast Asians who are considered poor and have very limited adaptive capacity.

In this context, the call of the ASEAN chair for a low-carbon development is timely and crucial.

To tow this line of development, ASEAN leaders should consider removing coal and oil subsidies while throwing their support for the development and expansion of renewable energy. As climate change is an adversary that does not recognise borders of nations, ASEAN leaders must look into adopting trans-boundary initiatives aimed at addressing cross border climate change issues. One such initiative could be the development of a tool for a trans-boundary environmental impact assessment system in the region.

To stay in this development path, ASEAN governments should stabilise provision of sufficient budgetary support for appropriate and community-driven climate adaptation initiatives to speed up the enhancement of climate resilience in the region. They also need to work with community and non-governmental organisations in the development and sharing of knowledge and learning on the best climate adaptation practices.

And because this kind of development is only possible with a supportive global supply and demand market, technology transfer, and international financial support, ASEAN must contribute its voice for a fair, ambitious, and binding climate deal in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC is where the world’s governments negotiate how to address the climate crisis at the global level.

The crucial question for Brunei and the rest of ASEAN, however, is how they would translate the theme and vision for low-carbon development into specific, measurable, accountable and relevant actions.

It is a common knowledge that ASEAN deals with many organisational and political challenges to be able to act with unity and in a decisive and strategic manner to address cross-border issues such as climate change.  Although there are inter-governmental semi-permanent committees, working groups, agencies and centres with multi-sectoral and inter-country cooperation plans and platforms,  they would need more political support from the ASEAN leaders themselves to be able to function effectively.

For obviously, climate change is an issue that is bigger than these organisational or political concerns. It threatens the common future of ASEAN people.

In its theme and vision, Brunei as country-chair of ASEAN this year, invites ASEAN leaders and citizens to engage in thinking about the future, and undertake actions needed to address climate change and track a low-carbon development path. We should see this happening in the ASEAN Summit this week.

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This is the first of the  ’Regional Director’s Journal’ series by Cherian Mathews, the new Regional Director of Oxfam GB, Asia Region. Through this series, Cherian shares his insightful observation and reflection from his recent visits to country programmes.

“If the work is of bad quality, then we take up the issue with local officials. They listen to us and help in addressing the issue. I am proud to be part of the group and serve my community”, said a woman member of the community supervision group of Phuoc Tan commune in Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan Province in Vietnam.

I met her during my recent Vietnam country programme visit in March. Her confidence and determination impressed me greatly. She belongs to the Raglai community, an ethnic minority group in Vietnam. Along with her engagements with the community, she also attends evening classes to complete her 11th grade studies. In Bac Ai district 94% of population belongs to Raglai community, out of which 46% live in dire poverty. It is a matrilineal community and women inherit family property. However, men continue to play a dominant role in decision making process and in the public sphere. Main objective of the community supervision group is to monitor the community infrastructure projects like roads, houses etc., and report the quality of work to the local officials.

Before visiting the field, I had a chance to meet with officials from National Assembly, Provincial council and other donor agencies working in Vietnam. Though Vietnam has witnessed rapid economic growth and poverty reduction in the past two decades, the ethnic minority population constitutes 47% of poor in 2010 compared to 29% in 1998 (or 66% compared to about 13% for the majorities in 2010) . All the agencies that I met with shared the critical challenge of growing social inequalities that Vietnam is facing. Vietnam government has introduced series of targeted programmes and social safety nets. But the challenge persists as most of these programmes are designed with a top-down approach. Analysts say that a bottom-up approach, conceived locally with people centred solutions is required to empower the ethnic communities.

Our team in Vietnam is focussing their programme among ethnic communities in Ninh Thuan province. Our programmes range from livelihoods, governance and education to advocacy. We have similar programmes in Lao Cai province.The team is working with communities, especially with women to improve their income and enhance their voice and leadership in decisions making process. At the same time, it is also supporting district and provincial people’s council in planning reforms, policy and budget analysis and also building organisational capacity of council members.

“Oxfam has really helped us to understand the people’s planning processes, to build the capacity of our officials in monitoring skills and improve our performance through various social accountability tools like citizen report cards. We are the first province to initiate such processes and with the support of Oxfam we are keen to influence the National Assembly for its replication across the country. We are already contributing to the constitutional amendment process to institutionalise practices that we learnt in this province,” said Mrs. Dinh Thi Van, a beaming woman official from the people’s council. Her confidence was telling. One of our colleagues told me that she is a real champion in this province. With systematic exposure and training, she has made good progress in the last couple of years.

The reflection of these two women exemplifies the impact of our work in the province. This has not been achieved overnight. We have been working in this province since last 5 years. Given the political context, it was amazing for me to see the trust and confidence that the team has built up with government officials and communities over the years. While driving back from our visit, our team discussed various ideas to scale up and sustain this work in Vietnam. They also talked about ways to work with other Oxfams and donors to influence national processes. They did not hesitate to challenge each other and explore innovative ideas. I could clearly see the link between what we do in Phuoc Tan commune and our engagement with National Assembly. I was thrilled to see the passion and commitment of our team to demonstrate our impact at the local level and scale it up at national level. As I departed the field with lot of thoughts and memories of my interaction with the communities, the confidence of the Raglai women lingered in my mind. It gives me inspiration and pride in what we do as Oxfam.

Walking into a fisherman’s house in Marunda village, North Jakarta, the first thing that I could not help noticing was a modern water dispenser and a well-known foreign branded water bottle. “It is the only valuable item in our house. We spend a lot of money on it”, the wife said to me. It appears that Marunda villagers have to spend nearly 40 percent of their hard earned income on drinking water every week. This is because access to usable water was cut off as the land, or more accurately, a garbage dump site that they live on is left unused amongst the mushrooming factories along Jakarta bay.

But water stories are never simple. Not having access to clean water is one challenge, not being able to earn income due to the polluted sea water is a different but interrelated problem. Since the government has decided to turn the bay area into a Special Economic Zone and conceded large pieces of coastal land to manufacturing industries, pollution levels in the bay are rising considerably. This is primarily caused by toxic waste released from these factories, which in turn is killing large numbers of mangroves and fish.

“We are fishermen with no fish”, Mr. Halim, 50, a fisherman from Marunda described the plight of the fisher folks in just six words.

Similar stories occur across Asia, from Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Water; ground water, sea water, spring water, is being grabbed from local communities and there is no sign of it being regulated and halted. Smallholders in Cambodia are obliged to pay high fees for private pumping services as the water at the upper stream is controlled by investors. Cultivable land along with water rights in Pakistan has been given away to foreign agro-businesses leaving many local farmers without viable options.

Although there is no single definition of water grab, it can be generally described as situations where powerful actors are able to take control of or divert valuable water resources for their own benefits at the detriment of local communities whose livelihoods depend on these resources and ecosystems. The grab can take different forms including extraction of ground water, contamination of water resources, granting legal rights to water without informed consent from affected communities and diversion of watersheds. Often, water grab is linked to land grab, making it a more intractable challenge.

Of course, water grab is not a new phenomenon. But the grab has taken various new forms, become more sophisticated and the number of grabbers is on the rise. Given that Asia is home to half of the world population and its economy is expanding, tremendous pressure is put on water availability. Yet the power to this increasingly scarce resource seldom lies in the hands of local communities.Given that water is predominantly used in agriculture across Asia, water grab, if left unaddressed, will continue to undermine the region’s food security.

More efforts and resources should be devoted to addressing water grabbing and working together to formulate appropriate policies and arrangements. To respect, protect and fulfill the human rights to water should be a guiding principle for all the relevant actors and is key to the livelihoods of the people of Asia. The words of a community leader in Banten, Indonesia who successfully led the movement against establishment of bottled water company in the area, sum up very well on how we should view the whole water garb quagmire: “This is our area, our homeland. We cannot be thirsty in our home on our land!”

The author is Arpaporn Tata Sumrit, Oxfam Asia’s regional research coordinator. Oxfam has conducted a scoping study on water grab and food security in South Asia and has collected case studies in East Asia.

When I first saw her, she was passing out some plates to the women (mostly mothers who even have their children with them) gathered around a small ‘sari-sari’ or a small convenience store located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountain range in Montalban, Rizal in thePhilippines. The food (a simple fare of dried fish, cooked rice, sautéed miswa noodles and coffee) was to be partaken as part of the launch of the travelling journal “Our Stories, One Journey: Empowering Asian Rural Women”. This initiative was undertaken by the East Asia GROW Campaign in partnership with the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) and Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP).

The "One Stories, One Journey: Empowering Rural Women in Asia" initiative was launched in the Philippines last March 8 as part of a global campaign to achieve food security through a more equitable and sustainable system of growing food.

When the program started, I saw Nanay Margie alternately sitting and standing with some of the women in front of the store. We conducted the short program in Nanay Margie’s community which is situated just right beside the road. Her house is fronted by road and the back of her house are the mountains where stone quarrying has gone unabated despite the promise given to them by provincial environment officials that the quarrying just a temporary project.

When Nanay Margie was introduced by Amihan (National Federation of Peasant Women in the Philippines) President, Ka Lita Mariano, the women laughed out loud especially when she mentioned how people used to steer clear of Nanay Margie since she’s “masungit” (grumpy)  and “mataray” (haughty).  Ka Lita pointed out however that Nanay Margie has long changed. She is now the leader of the community fighting against the quarry project and is responsible for running the cooperative grain store of the community and managing the joint fund which was pooled from the resources of these women.

The "travelling journal" is handed over to Margarita Tagapan or Nanay (mother) Margie by Ka Zen Soriano, Amihan (National Federation of Peasant Women in the Philippines) Vice Chair. Also in the picture are Amihan President Ka Lita Mariano, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific Women in Agriculture Coordinator Marjo Busto and other ARWC-Amihan women leaders in the community of Rizal, Philippines.

The ‘Travelling journal’ of Asian rural women hopes to bring marginalised voices into food and agriculture policy debates.

We finished our informal interview with this note. I alight from the vehicle on my way to the office, while Nanay Margie goes to the Department of Interior and Local Government and later to the Department of Agriculture to rally against the planned removal of quantitative restrictions (QRs) for rice imports and to raise their voices as their way of celebrating International Women’s Day.

The author, Menchie Flores-Obanil, is Oxfam’s East Asia GROW Campaign Officer. Oxfam’s GROW campaign is working for food justice in a resource constrained world with gender at the heart of the campaign.

กำหนดการ

วันที่ 13-16 มีนาคม 2556: นิทรรศการภาพถ่าย “พลังสันติภาพ ผู้หญิง 3 จังหวัดชายแดนใต้” และมุมผลิตภัณท์ผู้หญิงจากภาคใต้ สาธิตและกินฟรีชาชัก ณ โซน เอเทรียม 2 ศูนย์การค้า เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์

วันที่ 13 มีนาคม: เปิดตัวนิทรรศการภาพถ่าย “พลังสันติภาพ ผู้หญิง 3 จังหวัดชายแดนใต้
กล่าวรายงานโดย คุณสุนทรีย์ แรงกุศล ผู้อำนวยการองค์การอ๊อกแฟม
พิธีเปิดนิทรรศการภาพถ่ายโดยเอกอัครราชทูตประเทศอังกฤษ

วันที่ 14 มีนาคม:
16.30     การแสดงระบำรอเง็ง โดย กลุ่มหญิงหม้าย
16.40     การแสดงของกลุ่มหญิงหม้าย “ผู้หญิงคนนี้”
16.50     สาธิตการชงชา “ชาชักแต่คนไม่ชัก”
17.00    เสวนากับเจ้าของภาพถ่าย “วิถีวานีตา” โดย มูลนิธิรักษ์ไทย กับช่างภาพอิสระ
18.30    การแสดงดิเกร์ปุตตรี เป็นศิลปะการรำร่วมสมัย วิถีวัฒนธรรม แบบมุสลิม โดย เยาวชนหญิง 3 จังหวัดภาคใต้
19.00    การแสดงปัญจสีละ โดยกลุ่มเยาวชน

วันที่ 15 มีนาคม

10.00    รวมพลังหญิงกล่าวปฎิญาณวันสตรีสากล 2556 ณ บริเวณหน้าศูนย์การค้า เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์
10.30    ประธานพิธี รมต.สำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี ศันสนีย์ นาคพงศ์ เดินทางมาถึงบริเวณงาน
11.00    กล่าวรายงานโดย คุณ พร้อมบุญ พานิชภักดิ์ เลขาธิการมูลนิธิรักษ์ไทยและ คุณ ธนวดี ท่าจีน ผู้อำนวยการ มูลนิธิเพื่อนหญิง
11.15      บทบาทของสหภาพยุโรปในการพัฒนาพื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้ โดย Mr. Attila Nyitrai, Deputy Head of Delegation
11.25     กล่าวเปิดงานโดย รมต.สำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี ศันสนีย์ นาคพงศ์
11.35     การแสดงดิเกร์ปุตตรี เป็นศิลปะการรำร่วมสมัย วิถีวัฒนธรรม แบบมุสลิม โดย เยาวชนหญิง 3 จังหวัดภาคใต้
11.45     การแสดง ระบำรอเง็ง โดย กลุ่มหญิงหม้าย
12.00    การแสดงของกลุ่มหญิงหม้าย “ผู้หญิงคนนี้”
13.00    เสวนา ผู้หญิงเดินทางมาเล่า “วิถีผู้หญิงที่หลากหลายในสามจังหวัดชายแดนภาคใต้”
- นางรอซีดะห์ ปูซู บทบาทในการตัดสินใจและร่วมทำงานพัฒนาในพื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้
- นางนุชรีย์ อับดุลคานาน “ผู้หญิงกับงานพัฒนา”
- นางมาเรียม โสะ “ผู้หญิงต้องเข้มแข็งและพึ่งตนเอง”
- นางสาวนูรอัยมี อุมา “ผู้หญิงกับการเข้าถึงกระบวนการยุติธรรม”
- นางนาฟีซะห์ หะยีดอเล็ง “ผู้หญิงกับการเข้าถึงบริการสุขภาพ”
- นางละม้าย มานะการ “ผู้หญิงกับการจัดการทรัพยากรธรรมชาติ”
- คุณซูไบด๊ะห์ ดอเลาะ “ผู้หญิงกับสันติภาพ”
ดำเนินรายการ โดย คุณณาตยา แวววีรคุปต์ จาก TPBS
14.30-15.00 การแสดงดนตรี unplugged เอ้ นิติกุล กับเพลงกำลังใจเพื่อผู้หญิง
15.00-15.50 ปาฐกถา “เธอ…ผู้สร้างการเปลี่ยนแปลง” ส่งต่อพลังกำลังใจสู่ผู้หญิง คุณ รสนา โตสิตระกูล วุฒิสมาชิกหญิง
15.50-16.00 การแสดงดิเกร์ปุตตรี เป็นศิลปะการรำร่วมสมัย วิถีวัฒนธรรม แบบมุสลิม โดย เยาวชนหญิง 3 จังหวัดภาคใต้
16.00-17.00 เสวนา “โรงเรียนหนูอยู่ไหน: การเรียนรู้นอกห้องเรียนในสามจังหวัดภาคใต้”
- คุณ นุรดี ลาเต๊ะ มูลนิธิรักษ์ไทย
- เด็กหญิงนาอีละห์มูลูคารี โรงเรียน อนุบาลแสงสันติปอซัน จ.ปัตตานี
- ดญ.นูรฟิรดาวส์ ซารีเดะ โรงเรียน อนุบาลแสงสันติปอซัน จ.ปัตตานี
- คุณ สาลีฮาห์ เจ๊ะเละ โรงเรียน อนุบาลแสงสันติปอซัน จ.ปัตตานี
- นางสาว สุมิตตา สุพิทักษ์ โรงเรียนสุคิรินวิทยา จ. นราธิวาส
- คุณพร้อมบุญ พานิชภักดิ์ มูลนิธิรักษ์ไทย
ดำเนินรายการโดย คุณภูมิใจ ไกรสินธุ์
17.00-17.45 ฟังดนตรีสบายๆ สไตส์หวานซึ้งกับสุดเพลงฮิตของ ลุลา (คุณ กันยารัตน์ ติยะพรไชย)
การแสดง สิละ ดนตรีสด ศิลปะการป้องกันตัว วิถีวัฒนธรรม แบบมุสลิมเด็ก โดย เยาวชนหญิง 3 จังหวัดภาคใต้

วันที่ 16 มีนาคม 2556
13.00-15.00 เสวนากับเจ้าของภาพ “พลังสันติภาพ ผู้หญิง 3 จังหวัดชายแดนใต้” (1)
- คุณอธิษฐ์ พีระวงศ์เมธา ช่างภาพอิสระ
- คุณหัสชัย บุญเนือง ช่างภาพ นักเขียนสารคดี บรรณาธิการ
- คุณสมศักดิ์ ล่ำพงศ์พันธุ์ ช่างภาพ นักเขียนสารคดี
- คุณวินัย ดิษฐจร ช่างภาพอิสระ วิทยากร
- คุณวันชัย พุทธทอง ช่างภาพ นักข่าวอิสระ บล็อกเกอร์ ประจำภาคใต้
ดำเนินรายการ โดย คุณ จิระนันท์ พิตรปรีชา
15.00-16.30 เสวนากับเจ้าของภาพ “พลังสันติภาพ ผู้หญิง 3 จังหวัดชายแดนใต้” (2)
คุณ ทวีชัย เจาวัฒนา กรรมการมูลนิธิภาพถ่ายแห่งประเทศไทย
คุณวีระศักดิ์ จันทร์ส่งแสง ผู้ช่วยบรรณาธิการบริหาร นิตยสาร สารคดี
คุณคัทลียา จารุทวี ช่างภาพอิสระ
ดำเนินรายการ โดย คุณสิริยากร พุกขะเวส

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