A Seminar on Ethnic Conflict and Democratization in Myanmar
5 videos • 26 views • by Third World Studies Center The invitational seminar, "Ethnic Conflict and Myanmar's Problematic Democratization", which is part of the 2014 UP ASEAN Lecture Series, was held last 20 February 2014 (Thursday), from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN at the Third World Studies Center Conference Room, Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall, University of the Philippines-Diliman. The seminar featured as speaker Lahpai Seng Raw, a 2013 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and founder of the Metta Development Foundation, a Myanmar non-governmental organization which has helped communities in Myanmar affected by conflicts between the government and ethnic armed groups. The seminar aimed to open a comparative discussion on the issues and challenges that confront Myanmar and the Philippines with regard to conflict and civil society engagement in peace-building. The forum also featured as reactor Ms. Melinda Prieto, Program Manager of the Initiatives for International Dialogue.