CALD

A video which shows the abuse and violence committed against Cambodian women, and what women political leaders can do to eradicate these problems and empower future generations of women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAs_nWW8Wk

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BURMA

Some 300 people attended a rally calling for constitutional reform on Monday in the Chin State capital of Hakha, the latest campaign stop by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party and the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS).
http://www.dvb.no/news/nld-moves-to-chin-state-for-charter-reform-rallies-burma-myanmar/41181

Peace without Constitutional Reform is like ‘hoping on one leg’, says Min KO Naing
May 30 2014

Representatives of Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), together with leading members of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS), on Wednesday took their constitutional reform campaign to Karen State capital Hpa-an where they addressed a crowd of several hundred.
http://www.dvb.no/news/peace-without-constitutional-reform-is-like-hopping-on-one-leg-says-min-ko-naing-burma-myanmar/41087

CAMBODIA

In this letter, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy questions the ILO figures relating to the unemployment rate in Cambodia.
https://www.facebook.com/rainsy.sam.5/photos/a.521085964614808.1073741829.520708567985881/719226218134114/?type=1&theater

INDONESIA

Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was scheduled to meet Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X during a visit to the province on Monday, ahead of the official presidential campaign period from June 4 to July 5 set by the General Elections Commission (KPU).
Jokowi and his running mate Jusuf Kalla are supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the NasDem Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB) and the Hanura Party, representing 207 seats, or 39.97 percent, in the House of Representatives.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/06/02/jokowi-visits-jogya-meets-sultan.html

Jokowi gets Dahlan’s Backing
June 2 2014

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan, the winner of the ruling Democratic Party’s presidential convention, announced on Saturday he is backing the presidential ticket of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-led coalition.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/06/01/jokowi-gets-dahlan-s-backing.html

TAIWAN

To mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy activists, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has called on China to free all its prisoners of conscience and to cease all human rights abuses. Dr. Joseph Wu, DPP’s Secretary-General together with DPP Legislator Chao Tien-lin, concurrently serving as director of the Department of China Affairs, released a press statement on June 4th, emphasizing that the 25th anniversary of this tragic event will not be forgotten by the people of Taiwan, nor by the rest of the world.
http://dpptaiwan.blogspot.com/2014/06/dpp-general-secretary-urges-china-to.html

MALAYSIA

Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Mah Siew Keong has won the Teluk Intan by-election, defeating DAP’s Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud with a majority of 238 votes.
The Election Commission officially declared the Gerakan president the winner with 20,157 votes against Dyana’s 19,919. There were 550 spoilt votes.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/gerakan-claims-victory-in-teluk-intan-polls

TAIWAN

Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday officially assumed the chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), vowing to succeed in November’s seven-in-one elections and change the party by promoting an internal “generational shift” and “reconnecting” it with society.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/05/29/2003591497