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ASEAN YOUTH
Movement
Getting to know AYM
Mobilizing Southeast AsianYouth
Issue :Winter 2010
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I think people need to re-look into what they should use tomake progress for country orsociety. Some people say GrossNational Happiness (GNH) andsome people say Gross DomesticProduct (GDP). I don’t knowwhich one is the right answer forour country or for society’sout the progress as we movealong.
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Introduction to ASEAN Youth Movement
Between 2008 and 2009, the Collaboration or the Young Generation inMekong region (CYM) - a regional program o the Thai Volunteer ServiceFoundation (TVS) - initiated a new process or the young generationto share their experiences, ideas, and local and regional socio-culturalsituations. The Mekong Youth Camp, ASEAN Youth Camp and ASEANPeoples’ Forums were important spaces or a growing youth network toapproach ASEAN policy-makers. More than 150 youth rom nine ASEANcountries participated in these activities and through their strongintention to build a youth network, ASEAN Youth Movement hasdeveloped to bring together more youth in our region. ASEAN Youth Movement is a space or youth activists, students, NGOs,entrepreneurs and youth allies (to name a ew types o participants) tocome together, share their experiences and support each other’seorts or a better society. We are not an organization - we are trying tocreate a communication network, which can bring together,organizations, networks, groups or clubs interested in connectingwith others and exchanging inormation. We call ourselves a movement because many o our participants areactivists - actively participating in society, working in communitydevelopment, politics, the environment, human rights and manyother issues. The most important thing is that we are all active youth,and when we come together, we believe that we can call ourselvesa movement. We aim to bring youth together and support our riends’eorts or social change through youth-driven media andcommunication. We have organized the ASEAN Youth Movement and plan to continuewith seasonal newsletters to represent the activities and ideas o youthin many dierent ASEAN countries. Human Rights, the environment,health, gender and social justice are all issues we continue to supportand help publicize throughout ASEAN. We are working based on youthvolunteerism and grassroots energy, and hope or our movement ora better region to continue rising!
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