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Cultural Heritage Sites

Photos of the Wiang Kumkam ancient underground city in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Strand Square in Yangon, Myanmar. 

Country Focal Points Roundtable

Country focal points gather to discuss the requirements and next steps for the State of Environmental Law Report and the next phase of the Developing Environment Law Champions Project.

Siem Reap, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic In-Country Training

Law professors representing institutions from Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic were trained at the 6th In-Country Train-the-Trainers workshop.

Chiang Mai, Thailand In-Country Training

Law professors representing 18 institutions from 10 different provinces across Thailand were trained at the 5th In-country TTT workshop. 

15th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

The University of Cebu hosted the 15th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, a global gathering of legal scholars, environmental experts, and policy makers to address the most urgent issues related to environmental law, policy and governance.

Second Regional Roundtable of Asian Environmental Law Champions - Cebu, Philippines

Participants and trainers from the 1st Roundtable and previous TTT Programs gather to reinforce the learnings and commitments from the TTT Programs.

On the Margins of Development - Asia Pacific LGBT Inclusion Poverty Reduction and Prosperity

Gender equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people is usually viewed through a human rights lens, but equality and inclusion of LGBT people are also important economic development issues.

A Long Day's Journey into the House

Geraldine Roman is a Filipino journalist and politician. She was elected as the Representative of the 1st District of Bataan following the 2016 Philippine elections, becoming the first openly transgender woman elected to the Congress of the Philippines.

The Economic Cost of Exclusion of LGBT People

M. V. Lee Badgett is a professor of economics and the former director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is also a Williams Distinguished Scholar at UCLA’s Williams Institute. 

The Legal Situation of LGBT People in Asia and Pacific Developing Countries

Jogendra Ghimire is a senior lawyer from ADB and has over 15 years of legal experience. In this ADB seminar, he discussed relevant laws on sexual orientation, particularly policies and laws that promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) inclusion.