We Are Agents of Change
The Asia Pacific Youth Network (APYN) connects people in the region who want to work together to campaign for human rights change. It involves young people throughout the region to develop and coordinate campaigning activities. The Asia Pacific Youth Network also focuses on providing opportunities for young people to develop leadership skills, share their creative and other skills and connect with friends in the region.
There are currently more than 5000 individuals in the network from Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. They are also joined by friends from other parts of the world! APYN currently have over ten online spaces, on Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Ammado and more. Join one of our online spaces now!
Activities of APYN activists over the last year have included:
(((Demand Dignity))) campaigning where more human rights = less poverty in support of Amnesty International’s campaign which includes the amplification of young voices in the region on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. Activists have organized 42 simultaneous events in ten countries in May, facilitated over 3500 ‘voices’ of young people and in the International Week of Youth Action hosted over 20 local events – from ‘slum experience installations’ to umbrella flash mobs to local peer to peer workshops in ten countries. Activists have also collected petitions, written letters and devised online campaigning activities
APYN activists have also worked together to develop a UDHR DVD, conceived and produced by young people around the region in many languages check them out here
Other activities have included:
- Campaigns calling for Justice for former ‘Comfort Women’,
- Surveys, actions and more to Abolish the Death Penalty,
- Campaigning activities about human rights in Myanmar (Burma)
- Campaigning activities for Bhopal and Women’s Rights and many more.
- Current campaign actions are available here or ‘do something’ here
The Asia Pacific Youth Network works with local, national, regional and international organizations in tactical partnerships, if your organization is interested in working with the Asia Pacific Youth Network, please contact us here
More information:
Dear Asian and Pacific Youth, We are a youth NGO from Bulgaria and are now developing a project under Youth in Action Programme and we need partners from Asia, Latin America, Africa, The Pacific and teh Carribean.The project will include local research about youth lifestyle in the project countries, international exchanges , booklet development etc. There will be budget for all partners. If this sound interesting send us an email at: mgird@abv.bg The deadline for emails of interest is 20th April.
Hi Tsvetina,
thanks for your message, just wondering if before we publish your comment if I can also include your weblink? And just confirm if you are looking for individuals or for other organisations as partners?
thanks,
asia pacific youth network
Hi!
Amnesty International has invested in the Asia Pacific Youth Project, which seeds and facilitates the Asia Pacific Youth Network. Some individuals involved in APYN are also involved in Amnesty International. However, the focus for the Asia Pacific Youth Network, is a network of individuals, young people working with other young people in the region and participating as equals. It is what, and how, we all participate that makes us a network.
We have some answers to various questions also here :