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A Pathway to Entrepreneurship for Sulu Women
The creation of the BARMM has brought a new era of peace to Sulu, in Mindanao, but this Philippine region still suffers from economic disadvantages that fall especially hard on women.
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Accelerate Sulu Exhibit Showcases the Craftsmanship of Women Entrepreneurs
On May 26-28, Women entrepreneurs from Sulu joined a three-day exhibit in Manila, Anyam-Hablun: An Exhibition of Weaving Arts of Women of Sulu, to showcase their artistic creations. The exhibit […]
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A New Generation Takes the Driver’s Seat in Bangsamoro
Attorney Abdel Jamal Disangcopan and his parliamentary staff are part of a new generation of young professionals building peace in the Bangsamoro.
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A Data-Driven Peace Dividend for the Bangsamoro
It’s been four years since the terrorist siege of Marawi. It’s been just two years since the president’s pen ratified the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Now, some young data enthusiasts have offered a tantalizing glimpse of a brighter future in the southern Philippines.
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Data Challenge Leverages Local Expertise in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
Twenty-one unique data-driven solutions for a range of development challenges in the Philippines’ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were recognized during the BARMM Virtual Data Challenge 2020 Awards […]
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BARMM Virtual Data Challenge 2020 Launch
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM PHT Bangsamoro Data Challenge invites every Filipino, especially Mindanao-based data science enthusiasts, to produce insights, solutions, or strategies using authentic and reliable publicly available data […]
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Podcast: A Woman Attorney General for the Bangsamoro
She’s part of the new face of leadership in her long-troubled homeland of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Attorney General Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba sits down with InAsia to talk about the past, the future, and her vision for the Bangsamoro.
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Virtual Event – Children of War: A Rapid Needs Assessment of Orphans in Muslim Mindanao U.S. Launch
Please note: Due to a technical difficulty, opening remarks from Sam Chittick and Minister Jajurie have been cut off On July 30, 2020 the Asia Foundation launched the report Children […]
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Virtual Event – Children of War: A Rapid Needs Assessment of Orphans in Muslim Mindanao
10:00 am GMT+8 Please check your local time for this event. The two-hour event will bring together government actors across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to be informed […]
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Women for Peace in the “Land of Promise”
A small but fierce civil society organization works for peace, development, and women’s empowerment in the southern Philippines.
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Bangsamoro Law Deliberations: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
The Philippine Congress resumed session this week, and is potentially in its last stretch in deliberating on legislation that would establish the new Bangsamoro Government. In a recent pronouncement, both houses of Congress declared a self-imposed deadline...
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2016 Philippines Election Politics Causes Hiatus in Bangsamoro Law Process
This week, tens of thousands of aspiring candidates – from president and vice president, through senators and members of Congress, to governors, mayors, and local councilors – will file for candidacy in May 2016 general elections in the Philippines.
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Peace Council Endorses Bangsamoro Basic Law – with Some Tweaks
It's crunch time again for peacemaking in Mindanao. Both houses of the Philippine Congress are now considering the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the implementing legislation for the hard-won peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
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Minorities within the Minority: Indigenous Communities in the Bangsamoro
In March this year, a major milestone passed in the 40-year effort to end hostilities in the Philippines between the national government and Muslim separatist fronts. The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed a Comprehensive...
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New Report Examines Political Parties in Bangsamoro
After almost 30 years of fighting and multiple rounds of negotiations, peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the southern Philippines have led to agreements that include the […]
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Implementation of Bangsamoro Holds Lessons for Philippines as a Whole
As we prepare for the long-awaited March 27 signing in Manila between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, one of the striking things of the peace process...