Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) is organizing the “Sustainable Hackathon 2020” from Friday 20 November 2020 at 18:00 to Saturday 21 November 2020 at 18:00 (GMT+0700 Bangkok Thailand). This event is the 2nd series of the Hackathon organized by DDS. The theme of this time is
The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is organizing the INTERSECTIONS on Tuesday 27th October 2020 from 16:00 – 18:00 (Bangkok, Thailand time UTC/GMT+0700) via both online and offline. For this time, the topic is “Women Home-based Workers in Thailand: Under Covid-19 pandemic and beyond“ In this talk, the speaker Read more…
The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is pleased to invite you to join us for a series of conversations on contemporary global issues with gender experts from the field. This cross-cultural transnational forum aims to spur dialogue and reflections on a range of topics bridging theorizing, policy and development Read more…
The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is pleased to invite you to join us for a series of conversations on contemporary global issues with gender experts from the field. This cross-cultural transnational forum aims to spur dialogue and reflections on a range of topics bridging theorizing, policy and development practice addressing current Feminist concerns and intersectional work towards social justice.
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The epidemic of the COVID-19 has dramatically changed the world in every dimension. Consequently, it can be said that this is an era of “COVIDization”. This complete change of lifestyle has “disrupted” people into “New normal” especially in the public health service, which has been a direct responsibility since the beginning of the pandemic.
“Fisherfolk in Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka — Migration, Gender and Well-being”, the first edition of the book co-edited by Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe, Head of Department of Development and Sustainability, has recently been published.
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What is gender and development studies? Japanese professors at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) tell you!
Gender Studies video made by GDS Students (Chinese subtitle available)
Speaker: Professor Kyoko Kusakabe, Gender and Development Studies (GDS) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Recording, editing, subtitles, etc by GDS Students
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26 May 2020 | Bangkok, Thailand: Women work in all stages of the fish value chain, producing, processing and selling fish and through their work support the economy, their households, and communities in rural and coastal regions. They are said to make up half the fisheries workforce, yet their work goes unrecognized in most official statistics, policies and development programs which frequently are designed from a gender-blind standpoint.
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Cambodia’s Sopheap Sreng is a first recipient of the Xulhaz Mannan Inclusive Development Award conferred by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for his commitment to the inclusion of marginalized populations in USAID’s development efforts. He currently is a Gender and Project Design Specialist with USAID Cambodia.
One of the few good things Bangladesh is known for around the world is NGOs and their work. About fifty years ago, when the country became independent, the oldest NGOs started their work by providing relief to the people affected by the war of independence by helping to rebuilding their livelihoods. In the last few decades NGOs in Bangladesh have travelled a long way: reaching the remote areas, mobilizing the poor into groups for making them aware about health, education, running schools, providing loans to start their small businesses. With the improvements in Bangladesh’s social indicators and its economic condition, the fortunes of the NGOs have also changed.
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